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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1941)
I $bt &mixm 3 era PICTURES! t WEATHER High SI, Lew 59 PRECIPITATION 24 hours to I a. m .00 Season to date ...13.82 Notmal precipitation ....11.9t Last you to data 17.02 Assoolattd Fun TeUmeti, NBA Tele photoi and a lira Ipoal newtploture and angravlng staff provlda The News ind Herald rcadcri with comprehensive photographic service. ASSOCIATED PRPCC IN THE SHASTA CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS WARM KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY,- JULY 21, 1941 Number 9342 ISlLra ill irvTmiDifiM nr.; 0Y In Th V i Day's News " Br FRANK JENKINS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT auks congress today to authorize extension of the one-year period of aervlce In the army for selec tees, nntlonnl guardsmen and reservist. Q "Union tho e x t e n a I o n l granted." lie ay, "Iho notion will bo taking a grave rink and disintegration of the army will be under way within two months." DV disintegration he means D that within two month tho one-year period of training for tho men first selected will ex pire and thereafter at regular In terval! theso ono-year-tralned men will bo leaving the army to bo replaced by raw draftee!, Ai a result, we shall have an army composed chiefly of un trained recrtiiu. TT would be little short of mur- der to send an army so made' quately trained Into action against Hitlers veteran armies Hence the grave notional risk mentioned by tho President. nptflS situation ought to have O been foreseen a year ago when we were enacting the selective service, low., Doubtless it was forescon by all army leaders. But we were then getting Into the chilly waters of war by the process of sticking in ono toe and telling ourselves It would never be necessary to get In all over. It would have been better to face tho truth from the begin' ning. ALL that, of course, Is wotcr under the bridge. It Is true, as the President says today, that if wo are to have an effective army we must keep men In training more than ono year. Every lesson of tho war In Europe proves that point clearly. 1THE Germans assure us today, as they have been assuring us for weeks, that they are oil set to win the Russian war in a big way. Maybe they are. The Russians assert they are holding tho nazis. H Is beginning to look as If tho Russians ARE holding moro stubbornly than Hitler expected. "THERE are persistent Russian reports of guerrilla fighting behind the German lines. Those reports tell of marauding Rus sian bands that cut enemy com munications, waylay troop columns and raid supply depots. Russia Is a big place, with a lot of room for such activities. OU'VE read, doubtless, of the V" for victory movement In the conquered countries of Europe. It Is an UNDER GROUND movemont. In tho darkness of tho night, the letter "V" Is chalked on buildings In Belgium, Holland, Czecho-slovakia, etc. The Morso coda signal for the letter "V" la tapped out in innumerable ways so that the Germans can hear but can't tell who is doing It. Sometimes this Morso code signal breaks in as Intorfcrencc into German broadcasts. And so on. i It is a war of nerves carried on by the conquered peoples and designed to show tho Germans the depths of hatred that are simmering in the conquered land. INTERESTING evldonce has A Just appeared that this under (Continued on Page Two) Looking Backward By The Associated Press July 21, 1940 Representa tives of 21 American republics meet in Havana to consider hemisphere defense problems. July 21, 1918 Allies report lull on western front from Som me to Switzerland. Big Battle SCENE PLACED EAST OF LINE Russians Claim City Still Held; RAF Hits Germany By The Associated Press A German military spokesman declared late today that a "bill. destructive battle is In progress east of the Stalin line" pre sumably in tho Smolensk sector guarding Moscow and other nazl sources reported tho anni hilation of an entire soviet di vision In bloody fighting around Mogilev, on the Dniepr river. Dispatches from Moscow quot ed private soviet advices as lay ing that Smolensk, key city 230 miles from the Russian capital on the Minsk-to-Moscow motor highway, was still In red army honds despite a German claim to the contrary. RAF Strikes ' A nazl spokesman compared the situation In Die 30-day-old conflict with nazi successes on tho western front In June, 1940, after -the turning of the French Maglnot line. Meanwhile, striking at Ger many's tide door In support of the Russia war effort, the British said RAF warplanca would launch the heaviest air raids In history against the reich in the next three months. Attacks on (Continued on t-age Two) Jap Ships Fail To Get Through Panama Canal CRISTOBAL, Panama Canal Zone, July 21 iP) Flvo of six Joponcso merchantmen after an unsuccessful, week-long wait for transit through tho Panama can al to the Pacific, sailed yester day for Rio Do Janeiro, their agents sold. - Panama canal authorities would not soy why the Japanese had not used the canal. It was understood no protests hod been made by the Japanese captains, one of whom, beforo departure, read a cable from Tokyo saying tho canal hod been closed. He showed tho mossago to an agent, laughed and pointed at ships of other nations proceed ing through tho canal, while tho Japanese ships lay anchored near the entrance. All the de parting Japaneso vessels carried clean bills of health. JIT SMOLENSK iaWf av .HLtm,J)i&j& This picture shows heavy equipment at work on the rugged re-location construction on The Dallas-California highway Just north of Klamath Falls. On present contracts, the high way Is being axtandtd from Terminal city north across Rabbit flat, and thence directly across the Graham marsh to the foot of Algoma hill. This relocation will mist the towns of Wocus and Shady Pine on the old highway. y Hearing Slated On Excess-Water Charges Here A hearing on the long-stand ing question of charges for "ex' cess Irrigation water will be held In Klamath Falls by a com' mission appointed by the secre tory of tho interior, it was learn ed Mondoy in word received here from Congressman Walter Pierce. John J. Dcmpsey, acting sec retary of the interior, has order ed the commission here and its investigations are scheduled to start on or about July 25. Personnel of this commission Includes William Peterson, di rector of the extension service for Utah Stuto Agricultural col lege; W. B. Burt, special agent, bureau of investigations, inter ior department, and Clifford E. Fix, assistant chief counsel, bu reau of reclamation. The Issue In question involves the practice of the reclamation bureau of charging irrigation (Continued on Paga Two) Alleged Nazi Revolt pot-Nfpped President LA PAZ, Bolivia, July 21 (IP) A number of prominent Boliv ians, Including former Finance Minister Victor Paz Estcnssoro, were under arrest today in con nection with an alleged nazl plot which police said had been smashed by the timely action of President Enrique Penaranda, advocate of close cooperation with the United States. Ernst Wendicr, German min ister, was ordered expelled from the country. President Penar anda said he had documentary proof that the minister had at tempted to meddle in Bolivia's domestic affairs, Essencsoro, a member of the chamber of deputies, and cab inet member until June 20 when ho resigned in a disagreement over tho exchange rate of the peso and dollar, was described by police as head of "the nation alist revolutionary movement." That organization was dissolved automatically with proclamation or a stale oi siege. The country still was under a stage of siege, but the capital and provinces were reported quiet. Defense Minister Gen. Miguel Candia arrived at Cochabambo, a farm center where a large German settle ment Is situated, to lead further Investigations there. Rugged Construction Work on North Highway Rages BAHKLEYASKS GOODS SEIZURE 8 ILL PASSAGE Senate Leader1 Terms War "Last ReWt," For America WASHINGTON, July 21 UP) Legislation permitting the presi dent to take over private prop erty for use in national defense was passed by the senate today and sent to the house. - WASHINGTON. July 21 P Democratic Leader Barkley, urg ing senate approval of legisla tion permitting the government seizure of defense materials, de clared today " if war is a last re sort I will not shun it.". Saying the property seizure measure was vital to defense, Barkley added there were dan gers to the nation which could not be discussed publicly. "Menace" Questioned "What Is this real menace?' asked - Senator Smith ' (D SC). "Tf senator tall as tlwjgXwe wore in war." ". -7 " "No," Berkley replied, "But if we are to face war, I want to be prepared. I voted for one war, and I hope to God Al mighty that I won't have to vote for another one. "But If war is a last resort. will not shun it." 'There isn't a senator on the floor who has any clear-cut idea of the menace which confronts us." Smith retorted. "What is this terrible thing that is threat ening us?" As the senate began debate on tho legislation, administration leaders predicted its passage to day or tomorrow, despite objec tions and criticisms of Chair (Continued on Page Two) The Dalles Slaying Admitted by Youth THE DALLES. July 21 (IP) The slaying of John Karlen, 77, wealthy Tygh Valley rancher, was admitted by Irwin Russell Jones, 20, held in jail here to day, Captain Vayne Gurdanc of the Oregon state police said. Jones, arrested at his home in Canby Saturday, admitted beat ing Karlen at The Dalles Thurs day night in order to rob him, Gurdane said. Ribs broken and head bruised, Karlen's body was found on a street the next day. Death was ascribed to a brain hemorrhage. aft 'I. Hera is Jack Wissenback of Algoma and his soapbox derby entry, winner of Saturday's "A" races here and Klamath enxry in the state competition. Jack's sponsor is th Algoma Lumber company. Kenneth Webber, sponsored by Standard Oil company, was "B" champ and will alto go to Portland. Story on Paga 4. ' i T PLMSUCGEEDS 'Clumsy" Nazi Effort to Slock Campaign , v.anea useless , LONDON, July 21 (JPh-British Broadcasting company exe cutives asserted today Britain's 'V-for-victory" campaign to raise an underground army against Germany was the "first pitched propaganda battle of the war" and the British apparently "are winning it." The executive, European news editor N. F. Newsome, said the V drive was one of a series of experiments to test the readiness of peoples of occupied countries to accept leadership from Lon don. Other Plans "There will be other things to worry the Germans, he add' ed. Newsome said there would be other leadership experiments "until one day we feel able to give the word to the under ground army in Europe to go over the top for us in the linal offensive. Britons claim a "V" army of millions are mobilized through out German-conquered nations in a whistling, tapping, sign painting campaign aimed now at nazi nerves. 'Teebla" Defense Newsome said the best indi cations of how the victory-V was catching on came from the Ger mans themselves in a "feeble counter-attack" by attempting to embrace the V as a symbol for the old German word "Vlk- toria." The British, he added, are turning this against the nazi propagandists by broadcasting word that, since tne uerman government approves of the chalking up of V-signs, nobody (Continued on Page Two) . BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E. Pittsburgh ..8 11 1 Brooklyn 3 10 0 Heintzelman and Lopez; Kirn boll, TomulU (3), M. Brown (3), anl Owen. Plane Plunges Into Bay, , Four Killed SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 21 () The plunge of a commer cial cabin plane into Mission Bay 10 minutes after Its takeoff here, killing four men, Is under Investigation today by aeronau tics authorities. ' Robert Young, 38, Los An geles, and Walter Van Orden, 43, Pasadena, members of a Los Angeles insurance brokerage firm, chartered the plane after missing a regular airline. . , Killed with them were Al fred D. Hlggins, 28, of La Jolla, the pilot, and his friend, Willis J. Drydal, 18, of San Diego. The Winner! Aluminum Pots, Pans Collected ByOregonians By Tho Associated Press The rattle of collecting piles of 9I4 ajumujum kettle rasound- eA .throughout .Oregon. Monday as v ol u n t e e r : organizations launched the drive to turn saucepans into airplanes. . At Portland, community clubs, civic officials, Boy Scouts, serv ice units and numerous other or ganizations started a house-to-house canvass after parading through the streets bearing old pam to toss into net-fenced dumps. PencUeton got off to an early start with Boy Scouts asking door-to-door for aluminum since Saturday the campaign really got into high gear today, how ever, with a fair collection al ready stacked on the city hall lawn. Grants Pass made a prelim inary test of the collection pos sibilities, with a full force sched uled to undertake the Boy Scout collection drive tomorrow. A dance collected some 60 to 2S0 pounds (reports varied) of alum inum here Saturday. - At Roseburg, women from a dozen organizations did the can vassing and had collected sev eral hundred pounds of the vital . (Continued on Page Two) Six Lives Lost in Oregon by Drowning, Accidents Sunday By The Associated Press Drowning and traffic acci dents claimed the lives of six persons in Oregon Sunday, and two others died of week-old in juries. Two Donna, ' Ore., brothers, William Scott, 18 and Lloyd Scott, 6, plunged into a swim ming hole in the Mohawk river near Eugene, and failed to emerge. Their bodies were re covered. ' Another Lane county swim mer, Ruth Martin, 13, Spring field, disappeared in the Wil lamette river three miles below Coburg. - Lifeguards at Seaside sighted Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Lyle, Port land, in difficulty far 'out in heavy surf. Before they could give aid, Lyle, 33, was washed to sea. His wife was rescued. A. L: Bashor, 60, Portland, a pedestrian, was- killed by an automobile just outside the city limits last night. Robert M, Mulvey, 26, employe of the dis trict attorney's office at Oregon City, told police he did not see Bashor. , Near Salem, Merva Roden- befger, 28, Lebanon, was fatally Injured in the collision of an automobile in which she was riding with a truck. In Portland Mrs. Elizabeth Budwell, 83, Portland, injured in an auomobile accident last week, succumbed at a hospital, the city's 20th traffic fatality of the year. , Injuries from a fall off a 40- foot cliff while fishing a week ago Droved fatal to Fred Hill. SI, at Marshfielcf. AMERICANS 'SEIZE' Paunchy Businessmen perT9nstxqteWeak, f?Spof in Defense"" : By DREW MIDDLETON LONDON, July 21 (JP) The British army's plan for defend ing, air fields probably will be reviewed as . a sequel to. the maneuvers in which a score of middle-aged American business men captured the heavily man ned general headquarters of a brigade defending an important airdrome. The feat was accomplished in a fog and rain yesterday despite the presence of from 300 to 500 British troops with full equip ment, including Bren guns and heavy machine-guns. "Fifth Columnists" The attacking Americans-were aided by "fifth columnists," in eluding a golfer and man who simulated drunkenness. They rushed the headquarters to cap ture maps and secret documents and dismantled the switchboard. Umpires estimated their losses at only 10 men. The British guardians were troops from some of the oldest and most noted regiments of the empire, The Americans, residents of England commanded by Gen. Wade Hampton Hayes, scouted the scene of the attack thorough ly. "Parachute" Attack With details of the airdrome defense complete, Hayes led "parachutists" in the attack' and although the British gun de fending that particular zone (Continued on Page Two) . Police Probe Two Attack Slayings In Massachusettes SALEM, Mass., July 21 (JP) A fifteen year old schoolboy pleaded Innocent today on a charge of murder in the mutila tion killing of Constance Shipp, 15, Reading, while police ques tioned a suspect in a second at tack slaying, that of pretty 19-year-old Frances M. Cochran, whose body was found in a thicket off a lonely "lovers' lane." In Woburn district court, Ray mond F. Woodward Jr., Reading, burst into tears when he was held without bail for hearing July 31 in the Shipp case. Even as the Woodward boy was being brought to court, police methodically searching Salem Woodland in the Cochran case found a young man asleep in a parked car, near where her body was found, and took him into custody. Police found the Shipp girl's body in the parsonage of the Reading Baptist church, during the absence of the pastor and his family on vacation. laili.lJiui. im IPMV qcPlllPP nnmi uliiiiul SEENJEEDEQ Grave National Risk Cited If Draftees,; Guards Released . . WASHINGTON, July 21 (AO Declaring that America was in ' "infinitely greater" danger than a year ago, President Roosevelt asked congress today to author ize extension of the ons-year period of active service in tha army of selectees, national guardsmen and reservists. Unless the extension is grant ed, Mr. Roosevelt said, the na tion will be taking a grave na tional risk and disintegration of the army will be- under way within two months. ' Responsibility Placed Responsibility for maintaining; the efficiency of that army, tha chief executive said in a me sage to congress, rests solidly with the legislators. . " Mr. Roosevelt dramatized nil request by trying an innovation. He transcribed his words on records so that his words might be broadcast to the nation and the world. The president emphasized that conditions had changed since a 12-month limitation was placed a year ago on the service of se lectees, guardsmen, - and. .teserv IstS.., . ., j; ' '. i 1 Readiness Advised" ''" ' : 'Today it is imperative," ha said, "that I should officially re port to the congress what the congress , undoubtedly knows: That the international situation is not Jess grave but is far more grave than it was a year ago. "It is so grave, in my opin ion, and in the opinion of all who are conversant with the facts, that the army should be maintained in effective strength and without diminution of its ef fective numbers in a complete state of readiness. Small as it is in comparison with other ar mies, it should not suffer any form of disorganization for dis integration." Therefore, he said, it would be taking a grave national risk unless congress were to, make possible the maintenance of the present, full, effective strength of the army during the coming year and give training to aa many additional Americans as possible. He added that it would be a (Continued on Page Two) USO Drive Reported "Over the Top" by Chairman Johnson "Over the top" in the United Service Organization drive Was the report presented to Mayor John H. Houston on Monday morning by Chairman L. K. Johnson who heads the USO campaign throughout Klamath county. , The goal of $2000 was more than reached last weekend, and a total of $2314.03, was turned over by the workers, Rev. Johnson stated. The committee has now been dismissed. An additional check of $15 from the J. C. Penney company, and another of $40 . from Soars, Roebuck and company, has been subscribed. Rev. Johnson stated, and will be added to the money now on hand. Other contributions have come in since the drive ended and more is ex pected according to informa tion given to the chairman. - ; Expenses amounted to $18.09, Rev. Johnson stated in hit re port.. Members of the committee in cluded Rev. Johnson, chairman; Elenora Weatherford, secretary; Oscar Shive, treasurer; Major Norman Bowyer, publicity di rector; P. O. Landry, E. C. Van derpool, K. Sugarman, Fred Southwell, Clarence Humble, J. V. Owens, Mrs. Howard Boyd and A. J. McDonald. News Index City Briefs l.Paga 8 Comics and Story Page 6 Editorials ........Page 4 Information .. Page S Market, Financial ...Page 8 Pattern .......... Page 5 Sports l.-Page 7
