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ASSOCIATED PRPCC
IN THE SHASTA CASCADE WONDERLAND
UNITED PRESS
WARM
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY,- JULY 21, 1941
Number 9342
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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
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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
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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.
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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