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ASSOCIATED PRESS
IN THE SHASTA -CASCADE WONDERLAND
UNITED PRESS
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1941
Number 9264
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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