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IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
UNITED PRESS
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, .MAY 21, 1941
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By FRANK JENKINS ,
rlt buttle of Croto today fill
tha wholo horizon ot the
nawa, blacking out (or tha mom
ent all tha other anpect and
angles of the war.
yHE battle of Crcto la TEST
operation, and IU success or
failure Involve! theso posslblllt
le: ,
1. If the Cermana can toko
Crete by air attack, they con
take Cyprua by air attnek.
2. If they enn tuko Crclo and
..Cyprus, they will havo cleared
Jthe aea route for the landing
and aupply of ermlea for a cam
paign against the oil fields of
Iraq and Sun and Alexandria
from the eat thus by passing
Turkoy.
A. If they can take Creto and
Vprua (both Islands) they will
have shaken . confidents In
ENGLAND'S ability to defend It
self against a similar attack on
larger scale.
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'THAT It why tha . developing
battle of Crete Is of such Im
portance as to overshodow for
the moment all the other de
velopments of the war.
CROM "authoritative quarters"
r In London we have these
" disclosures today: .
The German are using so far
a fful parachute division 0 7.000
. men, --including " two Infantry
x regiment, artillery regiments
Jwlth 78s. an anti tank battalion
with 37-mllllmeter guns, a
motorcycle reconnaissance group
and other units,'
For the transport of these
forces, they are using somo 2S0
largo airplanes each carrying
from SO to 75 men, along with
an undisclosed number of gli
ders. So far there are no reports
of air-borne tanks (meaning
tanks carried In by airplanes.)
Today's dispatches assert that
some 4800 Germans have been
landed already. It must bo taken
for granted that more are pour
ing In.
CHURCHILL reports today:
"In one operation, the Ger
mans dropped 3.000 parachutist.
Two houra after tho attack bo
gan, the greater part of these
.had been accounted for."
By "accounted for," ho means
killed, wounded or taken pris
oner. TN Cairo "informed Greek
sources" say they understand
the British have the Crete situa
tion well In hand, but acknowl
edge that somo invading units
are atlll fighting.
Don't Jump to conclusions
This will be a CONTINUING
battle, not given up after any
minor preliminary reverses. It
is a fair guess tho Germans arc
putting their carefully dovclon
ed methods ot air attack to a
definite test for which they
must have made complete pro
caratlon.
The battle of Crete won't be
over In a day.
.
or two German SEA
-BORNE transports (meaning
sa. troopships) are said In London
today; to have penetrated the
British defenses of Crcto.
These are apt to be tho troop
carrying ships tho Germans arc
said to have passed through tho
Bosphorus (and presumably tho
Dardanelles) within tho past low
days or weeks.
NJO cliDiiRo Is reported today
1 from Tobruk.
Hore Is something to watch:
It the Germans attacking To
bruk begin to show suddenly in
creased strength, It will bo a
sign they havo successfully tH'
kon advantage of concentration
ot the British ftoet for the de
fenso of Crete to rush reinforce'
menls across tho narrow straits
of Sicily perhaps landing them
at French Tunis.
' WASHINGTON, May 21 (IP)
The sonata foreign relations conv
mlttee unanimously approved
legislation today authorizing the
appropriation of $20,000,000 for
the construction of new Inter'
American highway to Panama.
1800
GIT! OF TENTS
RAISED BESIDE
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First of Four Doily
Convoys Arrives
From North
There was a tent city In the
building under a scorching after
noon sun Wednesday on a dusty,
pumice soil finld south of Klam
ath Fulls.
Approximately 000 troops, the
vanguard of more than 8000
fighting men of tha 41st Di
vision of tho U. S. army rolled
Into the city shortly after noon
in nearly 200 cargo trucks, com
mand cars, and blitz buggies on
their way from Fort Lewis,
Wash., to early summer maneu
vers In California. Before night
fall the unit will be swelled
by another 900 soldiers.
First of Four
The 1800 men are only the
first of a four-day movement
through Klamath Falls. Their
buddies will be rolling, In
through Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, stopping overnight off
tho Wocd highway on the Kcs-
terson Lumber company road
souin oi town.
Montana's 103rd Infantry to
day led the parado from Bond
where the entire unit blvouack
ed Tuesday night, switching
places with Washington's 181st,
which has been leading the
march since the trucks left Fort
Lewis Monday.
While motorized columns of
tho 41st Division sped down The
Dallcs-Callfornia highway at bet
ter than 40 miles por hour, slm
liar units of the 3rd were cross
ing tho California border on
tho Pacific highway. They will
encamp at Weed tonight.
Local townspeople lined side
walks down Bichn street, up
Oregon avenue, out through
Siskiyou street and California
to Main street as the olive drab
trucks whistled by. Overhead
a silver army pursuit ship
wheeled, then dropped to circlo
over tho growtng tent town
with a message for Brig. Gen
Jesse C. Drain, commander of
the 81st brlgndo which is lead
Ing the columns.
Tho note, saying the final
half of tho long convoy had
lunched at C h e m u 1 1, was
promptly delivered to the silver
haired commander as . ha was
standing on the running board
of a staff car at the camp site
General Drain termed the
movement to date a complete
success and stated he was well
pleased with the south edge
camp ground though remarking
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Over 900 soldiers ot tha 41st division rolled into Klamath Falls shortly alter noon Wednes
day as tha vanguard oi an 8000-troop movement through here In the next four days. The men
disembarked at a eamp ground south of the city near the. Kesterton Lumber company road oft
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Troops
Plywood Men
Given 7Vi-Cent
Pay Increase
A blanket Increase of 71 cents
per hour to all employes of the
Kulpino Plywood company was
announced Tuesday night by Joe
Boyd, AFL representative, at the
conclusion of negotiations be
tween tha union and the firm
management.
Tim boost will bring the mini
mum Kulpinc wage to 72 J cents
per hour, highest In the basin.
Present minimum for most
Klumath mills is 67i cents.
The Increase, retroactive to
May 1, will affect approximately
00 men and raise the company
payroll nearly $1300 per month.
Although tho boost is 7i cents
In base scale, adjustments In the
higher brackets varied from
nothing to 20 cents per hour, ac
cording to a company spokes
man.
Tho much-struck plywood
firm, in and out of labor diffi
culties with both CIO and AFL
during the past 10 weeks, sev-
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140 Passengers From
4 Samzom Held: at
' French Port
WASHINGTON, May 21 (IP)
The state department waa ad
vised today that German naval
authorities would permit Amer
ican survivor from the sunken
freighter Zamzam to leave
France.
The report came through
Vichy, France, from Henry S.
Watermen, American , consul at
Bordeaux, before he left for St
Jean de Luz where the 140
Americans were tuken by the
Germans.
Waterman's report said that
"German naval authorities have
no objection American survivors
leaving via Spain, Portugal."
VICHY. France. May 21 P)
American authorities were noti
fied by the Germans today that
140 American survivors of the
roldor-sunk Egyptian steamer
Zamzam had been landed safe
ly In St. Jcon Do Luz, France.
American Consul Henry S.
Waterman left Bordeaux Imme
diately for St. Jean de Luz, In
the German-occupied strip of
west coast France near the Span
ish frontier.
He was notified by German
navol authorities at Bordeaux
that tho Americans consisted of
82 men, S3 women and 25 chil
dren. (Previously It had been re
ported there were only 138
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BE ASKED FOR
SOUTjLSIXTH
Proposals Will Avoid
Jeopardy of Other
Route, Early Work
Klamath's delegation to Thurs
day's meeting of the state high
way commission will ' ask the
commission to consider a four-
lane highway for South Sixth
street. State Highway Engineer
R. H. Baldock last week said the
highway department will pre
sent a three-lane plan to the
commission.
After a long discussion, direc
tors of the chamber of commerce
Wednesday adopted the follow
Ins statement as interpretation
ot the chamber's attitude on the
Issue:
Tha chamber of commerce
expresses its doubts as to the
value of a thrae lane' high
way: which is generally admit
ted to be dangerous and urga
the highway commission , In
view ol new Information , In
regard (e cost of rlgh-of.wy(
to tonstdtf - fewr-lsns "high
way on South Sixth street' for
Immediate development with
out. In any way interfering
with plans for other, routes.
. It was aenerally agreed upon
by chamber directors and repres
entatives ot the city of Kiamatn
Falls that the local, group would
not oppose the three-lane high
way to -the point of jeopardizing
immediate . construction,, but
would generally urge considera
tion ol a four-lane. Job.'
Alternate Route '
Entering prominently Into dis
cussion was the fact that the
highway department' is known to
be considering an alternative
route into Klamath Falls, lying
northerly of South Sixth street
and entering the city near the
main canal and the Main street
bridge. While no announcement
has been made, it is known that
the department plan is for this
route a four-lane free-way type
to follow the three-lane con
struction on South Sixth street
Mention in the chamber's res
olution of "other routes" is in
reference to this alternative pro
gram. In. the discussion,, it was
brought out that A. -D. Collier
has made inquiries among South
fSixth street property owners as
to concessions they would make
for additional right-of-way. He
reported that property owners
Interviewed hod expressed will
ingness to give the additional 10
feet for right-of-way with the un
derstanding that where buildings
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Registration
For Civilian
Defense Eyed
WASHINGTON, May 21 UP)
A plan for the voluntary regis
tration ' of ' the millions of men
above the present military age
was reported under considera
tion today as Mayor Fiorello La
Guardia came here to direct the
vase new civilian defense pro
gram. Counting in more than 2,000,-
000 World war veterans, author
ities said there were approxi
mately 10,000,000 men in the
age group, 36 through 45. (The
age limits for military service
registrants are 21 through 35.)
Furthermore, they pointed
out, there were 27,000,000 wom
en between ages of 21 and 46
from fhora additional millions
of volunteers could be drawn, if
the registration were extended
to cover them.
A final decision on adoption of
the voluntary registration plan,
it was said, will rest with La
Guardia to whom the -president
has delegated full authority for
supervising the organization of
civilian- defenses.
SENATE TO PROBE
Workers "'Ignore Pfea
From Governor to
Return to Job .
By The Associated Press
A senate defense investigating
committee took .steps today to
inquire into the tie-up of $500,
000,000 worth of ship-building in
the San Francisco area unless a
strike bv about 2000 CIO and
AFL machinists Is terminated at
once.
Charles P. Clark, counsel for
the committee headed by Senator
Truman (D-Mo.), said he already
had assurance from E. F. Dillon,
business agent for a local of the
International Association of Ma
chinists at San Francisco, that
the unions would "gladly" ap
pear before the committee in
Washington Friday.
Clark said he was attempting
to reach other union leaders and
heads of the shipbuilding in
dustry to arrange a hearing.
The machinists rejected a per
sonal plea of Governor Olson of
California that they lay aside
their grievances and return to
work at 11 shipyards in the in
terests of patriotism.
A new strike threat came
from South Bend, Ind where
officials of the United Automo
bile Workers (CIO) union said
3000 workers In the Bendix Avia
tion Corporation Products plant
had rejected a proposed wage in
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of approximately tne same numner oi men pagan io roii in arouna mm s ciock inw ohihouu.
U.S.
DEMANDS
FRENCH SPEAK
ON NAZI PACT
Definition of Stand
With Germany Eyed
In Hull Request.
: VICHY, France, May 21 CP)
United States and other mem
bers of the foreign diplomatic
corps Teceived word today from
their respective embassies and
legations in Berlin that they
would have to withdraw their
representatives from Paris by
June 10.
The order was said to have
emanated from the Wilhelm-
strasse and to have been handed
to foreign ambassadors and min
isters in Berlin.
WASHINGTON, May 21 UP)
The United States, it was learn
ed authoritatively today, has
made the equivalent of a dip
lomatic call on the Vichy gov
ernment for a forthright declara
tion of France's future Inten
tions in "collaborating" with
Germany.
Vichy has been given to under
stand, it was said, that it cannot
hope to restore Franco-Ameri
can relations to harmony unless
it is first prepared to supply full
assurances in writing that France
will hold rigidly Jto .tha. terms of
the June, 1940 armistice in ell
subsequent dealings f With the
third reich.
. Note Asked -
'. Secretary . Hull's - sternly
worded explanation' Of C S.
views to French Ambassador
Hnry-Haye contained the .diplo
matic cue, informed sources as
serted, that a formal note, put
ting France on record, -was the
only solution. .-,
.' 'The uncertainty 'over French
intentions meanwhile increased
overnight with the news from
Martinique that the French cruis
er Emile Bertin and the aircraft
carrier Beam had been out to sea
for what the commanding ad
miral called "routine exercises."
The officer was quoted as say
ing that no real preparations
for the ship's departure were
being made.
As far as is known here, this
was . the first time the vessels
have ventured out of port since
they berthed at the French col
ony in the Caribbean when
France fell last year.
Warning Hinted
Informed sources were slow to
accept the Martinique explana
tion that the purpose, in part,
was to keep up the morale of the
crews. ......
One theory advanced was that
the "exercises" constituted a
veiled warning to the United
States that the warships were
ready to resist any attempt to
make the island a hemisphere
protectorate, should the course
of . Franco-German "collabora
tion" so warrant.
of erecting pup tents for the
British Blast
Greek Bases
Of Nazi Force
CAIFO, Egypt, May 21 (IP)
Heavy bombers of the RAF
smashed last night at the Greek
mainland bases of the German
air invasion of Crete, but de
tailed results are not yet avail
able, the RAF middle east com
mand reported today. ' ' -
The Germans were reported
to have made their first raid on
the British air base at Habbani-
yah, Iraq, yesterday afternoon.
At dawn, the British said, tne
RAF had heavily bombed the
Iraq airdrome at Raschnid, doing
considerable damage." Damage
from the German raid was mini
mized. Renewed British raids on
German aircraft , at landing
fields in the neighboring French
mandate of Syria also were an
nounced. : '
FREE FRENCH FORCE
IN SYBIfl, REPORT
German War Materia!
Crossing Turkey,
Rumor Claims
NEW YORK, May 21 (IP)
Radio Brazzaville, tree r rencn
station . in . eauatorial Africa.
broadcast a report today that
finA Frmrh trnnrw have entered
Svria to combat axis forces aid
ing Iraq and that a regular
French regiment was reported to
have' Joined the De Gaullists, .
f : Tn" VfhV: " Mmwnt French
sources said they had heard of
no such penetration. -The
Free French broadcast
was recorded in New York ,by
CBS. . ..' ': ' . '.
' VICHY, May 21 (IP) Diplo
matic, sources said today they
had been Informed that German
military equipment is rolling
across Turkey into Iraq by rail
road. ' v. : "
(Istanbul said passenger traf
fic to Iraq had been stopped.)
Reports that Turkey had de
manded territorial concessions
in Syria from France were, how
ever, denied flatly by the Turk
ish embassy here. , '
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit . 4 7 2
New York 5 14 1
Rowe, . Benton (7), and Teb
betts: Donald, Stanceau (9), and
Dickey. (10 innings).
Chicago - 6 . 9.0
Philadelphia 7 12 0
Hallett and Tresh; Marchi'ldon,
Harris (5), and Hayes.
St. Louis - 6 13 0
Boston - 8 10 0
Allen, R. Harris (7), and Fer
rell; Ryba, Fleming (5), H. New
some (8), and Peacock.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 4 7 0
Pittsburgh 8 10 0
Tobin, Earley (6), Johnson (8),
and Berres, Masi (8); Heintzel-
man, Bauers (1), Wilkie (6), and
Baker.
overnight housing. A second unit
GERMANS SAY
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VESSELS HIT
Hot Fight Predicted
By 'Churchill in ;
London Report
.'LONDON. May 21 0P) A Ger
man attempt to land soldiers in
Crete from small speed boats, in
support of air-borne troops, has
been - defeated, authoritative
British sources said tonight '
They gave no details,
NEW YORK, May 21 OP)-.
The German wireless declared
today that nazi warplanea had
scored hits with heavy boidb
on a British battleship, five
cruisers and a destroyer in tha
eastern Mediterranean. -
Four of the warships caught
fire, it was claimed, and a cruis
er listed heavily.
The report was In elaboration
of earlier German claims that a
single British cruiser had been
hit, and indicated that the Brit
ish fleet had been in major ac
tion off Crete. .
" CAIRO, May 21 (JP It was
estimated unofficially tonight at
this . middle-east British head
quarters city that the Germans
had at least 1000 . casualties in
parachusists killed or wounded
during yesterday's frlst opera.
Hons In their air.Knrru, invactnn
cjt. Crete vu, iT"!
CAIRO, Egypt, May 21 WW
Informed Greek snurre mM
they understood the British had
thj situation in Crete 'in hand
early this morning, but they
acknowledged that some Invad
ing units stilt were fighting.
The Germans- were said to
have suffered heavy casualties
sources here expressed confi-
Hnra th'n nllfM tuera woll hl '
to mop up those still resisting.
today. ... '. " : -.
LONDON, May 21 (IP) Prime)
Minister Churchill warned to
day that the battle of Crete
would continue with "increasing
severity" as reliable sources de
clared air-borne - nazi - shock:
troops, were still pouring into
tho invaded Greek island. - 1
The latest total of the German
invasion force . made known in
London and unofficially was
45-0 men.
Bay Attacked '' ' ! '
The Germans were delivered
by aerial transports and sailed,
in by glider and .parachute, tho
prime minister " informed the
house of commons, bringing for
ward the running account wo
gave it with first news of the
invasion yesterday. ...
He told of a second assault
on- Suda bay which, although
available only to shallow draft
vessels, is Crete's best anchor
age.
Canea. the -island capital to
which -King George II of nazi
occupied Greece has shifted his
government, is less than five
miles from Suda bay.' On .tha
northwest corner of the Island,
It is closest to the southern
Greek airdromes ; from which,
the Germans are launching their
sustained aerial invasion , at
tempt: In Cairo, tne middle east
pnmmand said German para
chute and air-borne troops had
suffered "serious losses ana
that one detachment which pene
trated the outskirts of Canea
yesterday was "quickly sur
rounded and accounted xor.
STRIKES BANNED ;
Amsterdam, fvla Berlin).
May 21 (P) Strikes and lock
outs were banned today in a
decree by Arthur Seysz-Inquart,
German commissioner in the
Netherlands, which provided
for penalties as severe as life
imprisonment or deatn.
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Comics and Story Page 13
Courthouse Records .:..,Page 4
Editorials :..............Paga 4
Information .'. Page
Market, Financial ....... Page 14
Midland Empire ...Pages 6,
Pattern Paga
PTA Notes Paga 6
'Sports Pages 10,: H