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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1941)
April 21, 1041 THE NEWS AND THE HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE SEVEN Eyewitness Relates Last uays Of Yugoslav Fight (Edltor'i note: Robert St. John, Associated Pros corre spondent stationed In Bolgrado whin the German army struck Into Yugoslavia, tolli In hli first dlspatoh line the Palm Sunday Invatlon of paralyzing blows by the luftwaffe, (St, John, born In Chicago 41 yean ago, has been In the thick nf Balkan event since the out break of war In Europe, cover ln the abdication of King Car ol, of Rumania, the Rumanian earthquake, German occupation of Bulgaria, arrival of British force In Qroece and Yugoslav developments from tho entry of Yugotlavla Into the Romo-Burlln Tokyo alliance through the dra matlo political upset which re spited and the Oorman Invasion.) Br ROBERT ST. JOHN SOMEWHERE IN MONTENE GRO WITH THE REMNANTS Or THE YUGOSLAV ARMY (Via Atheni, Greece), April 21 (Delayed) VP) Man German air attack that killed at leant 10. 000 persons In Belgrade alone and turned Yugoslavia'! princi pal cities Into smoking shambles struck the paralyzing blows opening the Bulkun war. Men, women and children lay by the hundreds In tho do brls of their homes aftor concen trated nasi bombing attacks on Itles. These civilians were ordered by tholr government not to clog the roads by wild flight, hamper ing the military as refugees did in France, but to die on their thresholds If necessary. And there they died. For nine days I rode across augoslavla behind the lines, etching the army try vainly with rifles and oxen-drawn ar tillery to repel the overwhelm ing mechanized force of Hitler's Panzer divisions and screaming Sluka lombers. Almost from the first hour of the German Invasion, the urmy was without communication One division seldom knew what the one next to it was doing. Individually, the Serbian forces fought with great bravery, and , reported inflicting heavy losses on the Germans. In one day's attack the military claimed destruction of 200 nazl tanks. In spite of the furious resist ance, however, tho German wedge bit deeper Into the coun try and the fighting beramo hopeless. I ssy the Serbian army fooght because In traveling bout I have wen msny Croatian jdesjerteri, and In the critical ( V-n:rs of the fighting, officials announced the Croat had revolt ed In the north. I wa In Belgrade the morn ing the German air force at tacked. The citizens, who had not yet learned the nation was ut wnr, poured Into tliu strocta when tho sirens screamed and the bomber squadrons roared overhead. They stood and starod curiously up at the planes und did not take shelter though there weren't enough shelters for all. It was a massacro. At least 10,000 died In tho capital alone. In one square I counted more than 200 bodies aftor the first morning raid. Almost at tho start tho water supply failed and huge flros ruged unchecked until the city was mantled with a heavy smoke pall. The United States, British and Greok legations were among the first buildings destroyed, along with most of tho government quarter. Bomber swept ovor In waves for two days until the city was a shattered, flaming shamble. With several companions, I followed the government toward the Interior. We slept in ditches and barns, and lived on hand out from the hospitable pea.mnts I who refused to accept our mon ey Nazi bombers strafed villages and roads. We arrived In Surajevo in tlmo to moet another air blitzkrieg. This city, where the assassina tion of Archduko Fram Ferdi nand marked an event leading to tho World wnr, was blasted and burned to ruins. Tho flimsy, crowded wooden buildings of Thebazaar In this "most oriental city in Europe" wero turned Into a flumlng muss by the first Incendiaries, and smoke rose toward the towering mountains from tho burning minaret of the many Moslem churches. Hooding toward the Adriatic from Sarajevo we reached Mon tenegro. Hero we found army lenders putting down an abortive fifth column uprising. Traitors were lined up against a wall and shot. By the time we reached the Adriatic coast it was apparent that further Serbian rcslstanee would be confined to guerrilla warfare. Barefoot Boys Mussed Up Musso's Men in East Africa ea-j3B& Take a look ot these members of the King's Afrlcsn Rifles snd you'll understand why IUlln East Africa hss now become plain east Africa. New picture of BrIUch colonials from Kenya just arrived In America. FATAL WAGER CREVE COEUR, III tJD Carl Lesliv Stalling bet $2 with his friend. Lyiu Hyneman, that he could swim acrosi the Illinois river. tlyneman accepted the wager, stood on the bank and watched Stalllngs plunge in Half way across ha sank. Hyneman was one of '.hose who aided In the hunt for his friend's body. Elsewhere In Oregon By The Associated Press BEND, April 21 The army sent pnmphleU urging en listment, to 1'ul Garvey, Bend. Pat's Just Ignoring them, though, for Pat is u girl. bert, Mcdfcrd, legally dead. They have been mlsing sinco an attempted airplane flight to Portland lust November. LA GRANDE, Apill 21 VP) Air corps officers will inspect La Grande's class 3 airport with in the next few days to deter mine Its place in the military prcporcdners program Dr. C. L. GIlKtrnp of m- -v.c- aeronaut ical board said here. Mrs. years a cTnn t a a .ii oi ,i7, a-I BEND, April 21 UP) AVIORIA, April ?! A) -An ' knQwn 20 of $37,000 for improvement, at , TnfYnnTd Camp Clnt..op has oeen author-1 by , IIo,,ywood movlc ,tudlo "ea- I that a film is planned on the l story of her life. CONDON. April 21 OP) Twelve central O'l-tfoii nigh schools will send bands hero May 3 for the annual mid-Co lumbia band festival MEDFOPD. April 21 VP) CLIPPED BUCYRUS, Kas. IP) A Jor sent a load of heaw sheet steel splintering through the sides of a Missouri Pacific aondola car. In 17 miles, $7010 worth of Circuit Jurive H. K. Ilanna sign- trackside signal equ'pment were ed an order here Saturday do-; damaged. Later a station agent clarlng Mr. and Mru C. E. Wal-1 flagged down the train Six Escaped Nazi Prisoners at Large PENINSULA, Ont April 21 (AP) Three escaped German prisoners of war were captured near this Canadian Pacific rail way station house in the night and observers here said they be lieved that only six of the 28 men who broke from the domin ion's most isolated internment camp Friday night were still at large today. Ottawa officials said they had heard of the capture of only 16 of the Germans, three of whom wore wounded, but an official of the intern ment operations branch said "information is coming in slowly." The new captures brought to eight the number caught near this wind-and-snow-swept point between Schreiber and White River and an unofficial list of 19 in custody. Reports here said three others were killed when they fled on being challenged by armed searchers. I Scientists Study Eyesight For Greater Gun Accuracy Br HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE NEW YORK, April 21 (The Special News Service) Ameri can scientists are cohiing a new phrase 'It' the eye behind the gun that counts." Facts Just coming to light show unexpected dilfcrences be tween a man's fighting heart and what his eyes can do. Some phases of this new study already have passed into mili tary hands. But the general fact are in the scientific records. They apply to the fire control of big guns, and more particu larly just at present to problems of accuracy in anti-aircraft fire. A scientists tell this story, a mystery of the battle of Jut land in the World war was one starting point of the new study In that -jea fight the story goes that the Germans used a rather new system of fire control. The system was binocular that is, both eyes were used at once in the sighting of hair lines that finally put the guns on the target. The other, and perhaps older system, uses just one eye, like the man who sights a pistol. Since Jutland, both systems of fire control have been In use. At the start of this battle, the German gunfire apparently was superior to the British. This was attributed to the binocular sys tem. But later In the fight the Germans lost their accuracy. Eye fatigue and poor visibil ity wore suggested as explana tions. However, scientist now know there may hv been a mixture o other important rea sons, all connected with the eyes. The amount of sleep the night before the battle, anxiety, fright or other emotions, and possibly even quality of food are Includ ed In the possibilities. Dr. Selig Hecht, Columbia university blophysicist and one of the authorities on eye func tioning, say that a trained eye is sufficiently accurate to sight one line above another so truly that at on mile the shell will not be more than a foot and a half either way from the target. Some of the work In his lab oratory involves very accurate sighting. The problem! ar simi lar to those of the military fire control. If the scientific expert has not selpt well the night be fore he does not even attempt some of these testa Furthermore, on or two hours Is the limit of endurance on work requiring accurate sighting. After that, errora creep in The effect of emotion has been uncovered scientifically for the first time in recant report by three member! ot the department of psychiatry, Col lege of Physicians and Surgeon. Columbia university. They ar Drs. E. I. Strongin, N. Bull and B. Korchln. Fifty persons t r f e i various eye tests, and thun ropeated them when placed so that they had to (ear electrical shock. No one actually wa shocked, but the emotion inspired by the risk resulted In marked change in ability to use the eye. When binocular (both eye at once) abilities were tested, only six per cent improved under the goad of emotion. Fifty per cent became worse. This may have some bearing on the Jutland mystery. 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