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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1941)
alb' WEATHER High 66i Low 94 PRECIPITATION 24 hour to a. in. 00 8on to data ...... 10.70 Normal precipitation .. 9.8J Laat yr to data . ........15.94 PICTURES ! AsioclaUd Praia TlmU, NEA Tl photoi and llv local nawiplotur nd ngravlng atafl provldt Th Nwa and Htrald raadara with eomprhnalv photographle acrvlc. o ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA -CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS FAIR PRICK FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1941 Number 9264 .." A II V IMl Ul mm 0 o a In The Day's News By FRANK JLNK1NB nltl'l'lSll, Australian unci New Zealand troop In Craccti, tocluy'a dlsputchva Inlorm us, arc withdrawing akllfuily In tho fuco o( overwhelming German forcca pour mu Into tho plulm of ThvMMly retiring In good order, llir dispatches Tvpurt avoiding Cormnn attempt . to outflank them nnd holding tliolr loaaca comparatively low. There will bo no rout of the tough British, In Greece or else where. THE atorv of thin British ad venture In Grceco la alowly comlnK out. It upiwar to have been agreed to not holding military pos sibility but aa MAKING GOOD BRITISH PROMISES to amall allies. Military defeat In Greece was rliked (along with tho grave conaequencra following loaa of military prestige) In ordtr to up. hold Britain a plighted word. TT woa agitlnat all the ancient, cynical mlea. wnlcli unheal' tatlngly aanctlon treachery and falthltiwnesa aa Inairumenta of national policy. MarMavelll muat be turning over In Ida grave. Let' pauae a moment before Uttering thn crltlclaTi that hind' alght lo clearly suggests Britain (with hor back admit tadly to tha wall) la defending ' her position ' ai ruler of " tha world. If the world MUST HAVE A RULER, who wouldn't rather be ruled by ona with aense of humor thnt bnlks at treachery to amall partner? DEAUSTIC thinking (ao often x referred to In this column of late) suggest Inevitably that the Balkan Incident I nearly closed. What next? Will Hitler, flushed with hla newest successes, push on to Suez ond Africa, lo tho Near East and IU oil; poiu'.bly to Rus sian grain lands and oil? Will ha turn back swiftly to attack England bcfoie American help can reach her In decisive volume? Or will no ATTEMPT BOTH T f fIME alone can toll. ' " For hints, watth Turkey, where some kind of deal with Germany, presumably to permit German passage to tho oil fields of Iraq and lo Suez, Is being discussed. Watch Russia, which obvious ly fears Hitler but lumps when' ever ho cracks tho whip. Watch Spain and GIBRAL TAR. Tho foo that Hitler fears la tho British floct and if he li going on to make tho Mediter ranean a German lako he must shut tho British fleet out of It. 'Gibraltar is tho gate and Spain holds the koy, : Watch the pitiful remnant of 'once great France. France is re i luctant to ploy Hltlei's gomo but : locks tho courage to mnko tho heroic sacrifices Involved in re fusal to obey when Hitler orders. s A ND watch Japan. -' Japan Is Hitler's king row so Jar as wu are concerned. If we move thicatonlngly on the 'checkerboard, It will bo Hitler's purpose to bring Japtn out to checkmate us. Great events are In tho mak ing for this summer that Is near. DROWNED RAINIER, Oro April 21 (AP) A fall from a fishing boat re sulted in tho drowning of Fred Fetsch, 40, Portland, in tho Co lumbia river neor hero yester day. Looking Backward By Tha Associated Press April 21, 1040 Allied forces In Norway try to prevent Junc ture of German troops. April 21, 1918 Russian troops arrive at Marseille to aid allied army; Gorman Field Marshal Von Hoosoler recalled from Ver dun for failure to capture fortress. 1 !"1'J 'J I1 " '"''' I M i ,i. ii, ii i in i,ii li mil il WPOWWHW H'lut-- 1 'W, ',. VOW r v v ' ' ' ' '"t'-t'-T'"'yv'--4 --..-?.--- 'S - . .... ,M, , - - r , ' ", ' - ,,(:,. , '.: ' 'i . " ' ; ! ' X ' ' 1 4 ,,-' HwrV , , ; 4 . 1 ' ' Cstt? lit- --AegA-,- ...n. , . j a , ,,.- ,v.-. j Douglas Aircraft company tha U. S. Army air corpa and just before Ita final Inspection airplane aver built. Tha B-19 tons and a rang of 7750 non-stop 11,000 gallons, the plan can fly EYED FOR DEFENSE Other Increases Get Attention in Plan Before Congress WASHINGTON, April 21 (TV) The treasury was reported in congressional circles toclny to have proposed to congress thut the basic individual income tax rate bo increased from 4.4 to 6.0 per cent as part of a program to ralso $3,500,000,000 In new revc- nuo for tho next fiscal year. The corporation tax would be Increased from 24 to 30 per cent under tho reported plan. May Hals Surtax Thcso rates were said to have been offered to the house ways and means committco In secret session by John L. Sullivan, as. sistant treasury secretary. Tho treasury proposal, which Committco Chairman Doughton (D-N.C.) declined to disclose, was said also to provido for sharp Increases in surtaxes which arc now assessed against income of $4000 and more. Tho plan also was reported to provido for a lowering of this $4000 level making tho surtaxes apply to smaller incomes. Transportation Tax Among new toxes said to have been proposed by tho treasury official was ono applying to all passenger transportation. This would be similar to the railroad transportation tax applied dur ing tho 1017-18 world war. Doughton said the committee would approve only as much of tho treasury's program "as we think is wise." In connection with tho Indi vidual Incomo levy, informed (Continued on Pago Two) Vichy Reports German Demands VICHY, Franco, April 21 (TP) It was reported, tonight in Vi chy that German terms brought to Paris by Otto Abctz, Ger man ambassador at Paris, in cluded a demand for free pas sago of German troops en route to Spain. It is accepted almost univer sally In Vichy governmental and diplomatic circles that a movement into Spain by Ger many for operations against Gibraltar to close tho western end of tho Mediterranean Is a matter of a few weeks at most and possibly only days. Huge Douglas B-19 Ready for Final Inspection officials aaid tha B-19, built for ahown at Santa Monica, Calif and ground check, is tha largest haa a usaful load capacity of 28 miles. With a fuel capacity of from Los Angel to London British Raid German Cities, Hit Oil Stocks LONDON, April 21 (AP) British bombers started large fires in Cologne last night and also raided Dusscldorf and the docks of Brest, on the German' occupied French coast, the air ministry announced today. Oil stores at Rotterdam and tho docks at Dunkerquo and Os- tend also were bombed, tho mln lstry sold. A heavily laden ship of 3000 tons was hit and left sinking off tho coast of Norway and other shipping was attacked off the Dutch coast. It declared, and other aircraft bombed the air drome near Caen. Althoucn visibility was poor, tho air ministry said, bursts of fire were observed on tho quays ond neor the drydock at Brest, and largo fires were started at Cologne. Air raid sirens shrieked a mid' morning alarm In London, but (Continued on Page Two) BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE R. H. E Boston 3 11 3 Washington 6 12 2 Wilson, Dobson (7), Fleming (fl) and Peacock; Sandra and Ferrcll. NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E. Philadelphia 1 8 1 Boston 8 14 0 Pearson, Crouch (2), Tamulls (8) and Warren; Fcrrell and Berres. British Press Gives Gloomy View of War LONDON, April 21 () The British press more ond more openly discussed tho possibility of defeat In Greece as reliable observers today gloomily studied tho campaign there and the in tensification of the German dip lomatic campaign. Britain's action In sending troops to Iraq was taken as a visible Indication of the official belief that the battle Is Hearing the Suez and tho oil fields of the mlddlo cost. The press, almost in ono voice, warned against letting the Brit ish force in tho middle east be destroyed. " Hitler's "real aim," it was said, was to use his armies and diplomacy, in lieu of a fleet, to win not merely the battle In the Balkans, but to trap the British Mediterranean fleet and middle eastern army. nd back to New York. A basic craw of ten man tha plane. which rfittd a a troop transport could carry 125 men. It wings maura 212 ft from Cyclone motor totaling 9000 at a pd In exceas ot 2uu mil T Interchange of War Materials Agreed For Nations HYDE PARK, N. Y. April 21 (tV) Speedy mobilization of North America' resources, call ing for the interchange of de fense articles by the United States and Canada, has been agreed upon by President Roose velt and Canadian Prime Min ister W. L MacKenzie-King. Designed for the dual pur pose of hastening aid to Great Britain and o'ther democracies ond for defense of this hemi sphere, the agreement was an nounced in a joint statement last night after a seven-hour conference between Mrs.' Roose velt and the Canadian leader at the president's Hi.dson valley home. Both then left for their respective posts in Washington and Ottawa. The president ar rived in Washington this morn ing. . Trad Planned "It was agreed upon .as a general principle. . the . state ment said, "that in mobilizing the resources ot til's continent (Continued on Page Two) President, Michigan Governor Discuss Threatened GM Strike By Th Associated Prtss i Governor Van Wagoner of Michigan discussed a threatened strike in General Motors plants with President Roosevelt in Washington today, and reported on settlement of the recent Ford Motor company strike. Governor Von Wagoner said there was no detailed talk on tho General Motors situation but indicated he had complete faith that tho Michigan media tion board could handle any labor disputes arising in his state with settlement being achieved "around the confer ence table." Coal Deadlocked The CIO United Automobile Workers union served a five day strike notice against Gen eral Motors lost week. It wants a union shop and higher wages. : Union spokesmen an' nounced that no defense work would be struck. .. Meanwhile, the contract dead lock which has halted soft coal production in the eight-state Ap-1 tip to tip. Four Wright Duplex. horspowr will drive the plana an hour. Mfaian Would Favor federal Plant Control WASHINGTON, April 21 VP) Sidney Hillman, associate direc tor of the office of production management, testified today that "If it becomes necessary, he would favor the government tak ing over and operating defense plants in which production had been stopped by strikes. At the same time, however, he told the senate committee in vestigating the defense program that he did not think such ac tion necessary now and that no other legislation was needed to deal with strikes. . He urged, instead, that gov ernment efforts to obtain "co operation" between labor and management be continued. , He cautioned that the govern ment should be authorized to take over a strike-bound defense plant only "In an emergency" and " if there is no other way King Peter Lands In Jerusalem VICHY, France, April 21 (AP) Dispatches reaching Vichy today frpm Beirut, Lebanon, said that a plane carrying 17-year-old King Peter II of Yugoslavia had reached Jerusalem- in a flight over .the ! Mediterranean during which an unidentified member of the Yugoslav cabinet was killed. palachian area since ' April 1 continued Steel circles already were be ginning to feel the pinch of a coal shortage which resulted when CIO's United Mine Work er sof America failed to reach a contract agreement with southern mlno operators. North ern operators agreed to a $1 a day raise, but the southerners balked at a demand that they also pay $7 a day, eliminating a 40 cents a day differential in their favor. No Favor An appeal by Secretary Perkins Saturday for resump tion of work tomorrow met no favor with- any of the interest ed parties. The United Mine Workers re plied that they were willing to resume negotiations with the southern operators in New York. The southerners insisted that they had definitely with draw from the Appalachian wage conference which includ- (Contlnuea on rage two) Villag FOREST FIRES L Nine States Marred As Flames Blacken Eastern Areas By Th Associated Press A forest fire sweeping through the stunted pines of southern New Jersey threatened the vil lage of Lakehurst and the US naval air station . there today, adding to the damage caused by an outbreak of woodland blazes in nine eastern states over the weekend. . Already more than - 100,000 acres had been devastated and fires still burned on in New York, New Hampshire, Massa chusetts and Vermont, as well as in New Jersey. Fighters Weary Thousands of weary fighters battled the New Jersey fire. which moved in toward the air station from the Fort Dix army reservation. An American air lines pilot arriving in New York" irom ..Washington saia smoKe frorrrMis fire billowed 9000 feet above the ground and resembled 4 thunderheads, or storm clouds The smoke, he said, was visible as far south as Philadelphia In Connecticut, 300 forest fires in the last 20 days caused Acting Governor Odell Shepard to close the state's woodlands un til further notice. In southern New York counties, permits to burn rubbish, brush and the like were cancelled. Farms, Homes Burn With the flaming woodlands went many farms and homes, their destruction helping to send the total loss into the millions New Jersey, the hardest hit counted 40,500 blackened acres New York did not estimate its loss, but several square miles in Rockland county alone had been gobbled up like cordwood. 1000 acres were burning in Sullivan county, and Orange county list ed many smaller fires. Massachusetts saw 5000 acres devoured, and Virginia re ported five times that much. Connecticut, West Virginia, Maryland and Vermont had not estimated their loss. A fortnight of unseasonably warm, dry weather was blamed for the seriousness of several hundred individual blazes that felled dozens of firefighters and resulted in at least two deaths Hardest hit was central and southern New Jersey, where 68 homes were gutted and property damage was estimated up to Sl.- 000,000. In Lakewood, a winter resort, 46 dwellings were razed by licking flames. Two Dead Vzevelon Glazoff, 52, died of (Continued on Page Two) Axe Handles Swung In U nion Battle At Oakland Plant OAKLAND, CalU., April 21 (AP) Axe handles were swung and fists flailed today as 50 CIO union men charged through an AFL picket line at the Alameda plant of the Bethlehem Steel company. Fifteen or 20 police, swinging baseball bats, broke up the fight ing before it reached serious pro portions. No one was hospitalized and thero were no arrests. The 50 CIO men, members of the steel workers organizing committee, fought their way through a 13-man picket line set up by the AFL International Un ion of Operating Engineers. Last Wednesday the same groups-engaged in a melee. The AFL claims to represent a majority of crane men In the plant; the CIO Claims to represent a ma jority throughout the entire workings. The AFL union established a picket line in demands for rec ognition and wage increases. SWEEPNEARER NAVA STAIN e in uanger Italians Seize Albanian Coast To Greek Line ROME, April 21 UP) The Ital ian high command reported to day Italian forces had reoccupied the entire Ionian coast ot Al bania as far as the Greek frontier- In the Mediterranean, the war bulletin said Italian planes tor pedoed and sank a 15,000-ton oil tanker and an 8000-ton auxiliary cruiser out of an allied convoy. The newspaper II Popolo Di Roma said "A big battle to wipe out the Greek army was in progress at Perati bridge, which spans the Viosa river at the Greek-Albanian frontier. Earlier reports said fascist dive-bombers had blasted the bridge, trapping the Greeks on the Albanian side. "Our troops yesterday forced Greek troops, who were offering tenacious resistance in fortified positions at the Albanian bor ders, to beat a retreat, the high command said. ID-YEAR SENTENCE Judge Unable to Fol .-. low J ury's Request. r . For Leniency . ' ' Declaring he could find no Justification . for ' lenience, ' Cir cuit Judge ' David R. - Vanden berg Monday afternoon imposed a 10-year , prison sentence on James Quentin Anrierson, who was convicted last week of man slaughter in the deoth of Jerry Zuikoski. Judge Vandenberg stated he had carefully considered the recommendation for lenience ap pended to the Jury's verdict, but said: I cannot follow it. Parol Asked Defense Attorneys J. C. O'Neill and E. E - Dnscoll 'ad dressed the court before sent ence, suggesting a parole for Anderson, an 18-year-old half Indian and the sop of O. T. (Buck) Anderson, prominent Beatty cattleman. The district attorney's office made no recom mendation. ' The law provides for a sent ence of from one tu 15 years in voluntary manslaughter cases. In remarks before, passing sentence, Judge Vandenberg said he had consideied the testi mony in the trial, had gone over the physical evidence in the case, and could find no justifica tion for the killing of Jerry Zui koski, a white Anderson ranch hand whose body was discovered on the Lakevlew highway Janu ary 23. Evidence Reviewed Judge Vandenberg said he had considered the fact that Ander son is 18 years of age But, he said, Anderson has been married two years, has been conducting his own business, has had educa tional opportunities and cer tainly knows the difference be tween right and wrong " Reviewing the evidence in the trial, the judge pointed out that Zuikoski had no liquor permit until the day before the shooting and that he bought a permit with money provided him by Anderson. The court said that Anderson was not the intoxi cated person in the killing in cident, but that Zdlkoskl was (Continued on Page Two) Robbers Lock Man ' In Cooler, Take $200 SILVERTON, April 21 (fl5) Two robbers who locked Mar tin Knittel, Sllverton merchant, in his own cooler last night es caped with $200. Knittel, who moved here from Dallas three months ago, at tracted the attention of a neigh bor, E. H. White, by attempt ing to hack his way from the chilly prison. White released him. L HOT FIGHTING New Defenses Set Up On Thessaly Plain, Air War Rages ; ATHENS, April 21 (AP) The British withdrawal to new posi tions in Greece has been nearly completed despite terrific as saults by the German air force and the Germans are advancing "very cautiously." an armv com.' munique said today. ine communique follows: Despite continuous hnmhlno the ordered withdrawal of ou forces to new positions contim uea ana is nearing completion. -. "The enemy Is advancing very cautiously, partly due to bad roads but largely because of thn rough, handling he has received wnenever in contact with our men. Our casualties are light." . BERLIN, April 21 (AP) Fiva full British transports totaling 23,0qo.tonasailing from Ewoia to the Isle ol Crete, were sunk today by the German air force, authorized nazi sources ; de clared tonight ' . Ewoia is an insular section of Greece, along the Aegean sea. -- Two more ships totaling 5009 tons were so severely hit that they began to list it was said. while another two, totaling 12, 000 . tons, were severely 1 dam aged. . . . . ; . : . ..: Aside - from military trans ports, a merchantman of 3000 tons was said to have been sunk out of a convoy west of Crete. Meanwhile, the pursuit of British units on the plain ot Thessaly was proceeding consist, ently. . DNB reported, and the ring osund the besieged British garrison at Tobruk, Libya, was being tightened. ' The German airforce in Afri ca was reported to have sunk a large transport during an attack on a convoy leaving the harbor at Tobruk. ATHENS, Greece, April 21 (AP) Air war in the style of the battle of Britain surged over Athens as British and Greeks, allies in a desperate struggle on the plains and mountains of The- sally, withdrew to new, undis closed positions in the face . of the German advance. The British announced today that 16 German planes were shot down Sunday 14 of them over this seat of ancient democracy in a single battle with a "very large formation' of nazi-bomberi and fighters. Many others of the raiders were crippled, the British said, but admitted destruction of sev en of their own fighters, with four of the pilots. (A German radio broadcast said 11 British planes were shot down over Greece yesterday. The British told of their new positions after the Germans pen etrated a Greek-held pass at Gre vena In the center of the Mount Olympus line Friday. The retirement was said to be "In conformity" with the "move ment of the Greek army" on the left. ' Australians and New Zealand- ers were declared to have fought a "brilliantly conducted" cover ing maneuver, exacting immense losses among the Germans. The Germans have taken Kar dista, 40 miles north of Lamia, after passing Trlkkala. The Greeks admitted they also (Continued on Page Two) News Index iiflTRDRIA COVERED City Briefs Page 9 Comics and Story Page 1 Editorials Page 4 Information -....... Page I Market, Financial ...PBge Midland Empire News ... Page 1 Pattern . Page I Sports ..........Pages 9, It I,
