THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Augunt 27. 1941
PAGE TWO
COPGQ LEADER
MOVE SURPRISE
TO EMPLOYES
Announcement was made
Tuesday of the election of Hance
Cleland, president of the Cali
fornia Oregon Power company,
' ai president of the San Diego
, Gas and Electric company of
San Diego, Calif. He succeeds W.
T. Raber, for many years presi
dent of that company, who had
reached the age of retirement
and asked to be relieved of his
duties.
This announcement came as a
complete surprise to Copco em
ployes and Cleland's many
friends. The San Diego company
is an independent organization,
and has a gross business of ap
proximately twice that of Copco.
Before coming to Medford,
head office for Copco's opera
, tlon, Cleland resided in Olympia,
' Wash., where he served as as
sistant attorney general of the
. state of Washington, a member.
of the Washington public service
commission, and was thereafter,
: for some 14 years, attorney for
several large utility companies
. In the northwest, together with
, a year and a half as a member
.' of a prominet law firm in Chi
. cago.
Cleland was elected president
- of Tha California Oregon Power
company in April, 1938. While
occupying this position, he has
made many friends throughout
southern Oregon and northern
California. His particular inter
est has been in the development
. of the industry and procuring of
" additional payrolls for the terri
tory served by the company.
Cleland has been active in Boy
' Scout work. Rotary club, cham
; ber of Commerce, and numerous
other activities In Medford. Mrs.
'' Cleland and their son, Hance Jr
-.' will move to San Diego at an
early date. Their son John will
!' enter law school at Stanford
' university this fall, having been
, graduated from Northwestern
university in June of this year.
A daughter, Mrs. Tom D. Throck
' morton, resides at Rochester,
; Minn.
' Cleland will take over his new
'' duties at once. His successor here
, has not been announced.
' Report Says
: Iran Shah
Seeks Peace
(Continued from Fag One)
He told the legislators that the
soviet army was driving toward
Tabriz, Iran's second largest
city 60 miles south of the bor
der, "with great number of
; troops." (The Russians say
they have taken Tabriz.)
LONDON, Aug. 27 VP) Col
laosa of Iranian resistance with.
in the next three days was pre-
, dieted by Informed neutral dip
; lomatlc sources today as . Rus
sian force ftmashincr southward
into Iran were reported to have
. captured the country's second
city, Tabriz, and British armies
siruung nonnwara advanced 40
. miles.
In, Moscow the Russians an-
" nounced that their fnreo hnH
. made a swift iwm fmuthfat-
. ward into Iran along the Cas-
,. pian snore toward the capital
of Teheran, advancing 150 miles
: to take the town of nilman
1 which is only 100 miles from
. leneran. captured en route
i were Ardebil and Lissar, the
, Russians stated,
i Shah Reza Khan Pahlavi,
these sources believed, realizes
. that Iran's nosltion hnni
; and British and soviet repre
seniauves in rns capital of Teh-
eran have convinced him he
!'. ought to come to terms,
r A British dispatch from
, Simla, India, headquarters of
the British command, reported
J that Iran's small navy had been
i virtually wiped out by British
vessels, with Iranian Admiral
! Bay Endor killed. Two sloops
; were reported sunk and four
I gunboats captured, and a large
i number of Iranian naval pris
i oners were said to have been
captured.
LONDON, Aug. 27 VP) Turk
ish leaders, with a German
' army encamped along the
Thraclan frontier, were report-
'. ed tonight to be concerned
over rumors that Berlin would
ask them to eject all Russian
-and British engineers and tech
nicians as a countermove to the
f British-Russian Invasion of Iran.
ONE WAY
ST. LOUIS, Mo. A 13-month
furniture company strike is over
--without a settlement a n d
everybody's happy.
Explained a CIO union spokes
man: The strikers and plcketers
found other jobs at better salar
ies. SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 27
) (Pi The executive committee of
t the National Wool growers as
t soclatlon has decided to conduct
the organization's 1S42 conven
tion at Salt Lake City, Jan. 21
toJS. y'
I Editorials On News
(Continued from Page One)
letting U. S. and Britain "divide
and conquer" the axis telling
thorn that "unless we hang to
gether we may hang separately,'
etc.
Japan must be shrewd enough
to know that Hitler would cut
her throat and throw her carcass
in the sewer at any moment it
suited his purpose to do so.
CROM Vichy, as these words are
being written, comes a wport
that Former French Premier
Laval has been shot by an antl-
collaborationist (a long word
meaning some Frenchman who
doesn't like playing with Hitler.)
Meanwhile sabotage in Paris
goes on in spite of German
threats to start shooting sus
pects.
If there's anything to this
Laval report, the embittered
French (sold out by their lead
ers) are doing some shooting on
their own account.
CKES WELCOMES
SEIWTEOjL PROBE
(Continued from Page One)
posed today that all unused
railroad tank cars be set to roll
ing in an effort to relieve short
ages of gasoline, fuel oil and
other products.
T have the feeling that we
may press the now unused tank
cars and other tank cars not
badly needed otherwise into
immediate service," Maloney
said. "I know that the cost of
transportation by rail has been
considerably greater than by
tanker and pipe line."
To offset this added cost, the
senator suggested that railroads
might "move whole trains of
tank cars at one time," and thus
reduce costs substantially.
Maloney is chairman of a spe
cial committee Appointed yester
day to begin a senate investiga
tion of the shortages tomorrow.
Meanwhile, a plan of action
against gasoline profiteering was
drafted in government quarters.
Leon Henderson, pnee admin
istrator, indicated he would pro
claim a ceiling for motor fuel
prices, to protect the 10,000,000
Atlantic seaboard, motorists
against unwarranted price in
creases. . . : . --,
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hospital, Klamath- Falls, Ore.,
August 21, 1941, to Mr. and Mrs.
Harland Vernon White, 1534
Madison street,- girl. Weight:
8 pounds 2 ounces. .
TOO LATE TO
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8-29
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NAZIPIE HIT
AT VERSAILLES
ANTI-RED MEET
(Continued from Page One)
sponsible for acts committed
against French and German su
thoritles).
Opportunity
Reports tonight said that doc
tors had extracted the bullet
from the 58-year-old Laval's
chest, and that he asked imme
diately afterward to talk to his
wife by telephone. Staying at
the Laval estate near Vichy, Mrs.
Laval left Immediately to be at
her husband's bedside.
Colette, the young assassin,
told authorities he had joined
the legion of anti-communist
volunteers simply to have an op
portunity to shoot the collabora
tionist leaders.
. He said he was born in Brit
anny province at Calvados Au
gust 12, 1912, and that he ar
rived at Versailles this morning
as a volunteer for the sole pur
pose of "shooting down" Laval.
The swarthy Laval, who is 58,
has been a leader of the col
laborationist group since the
armistice, when he was made
vice premier in the new-conquered
regime and designated suc
cessor to Marshal Petain.
But in a sensational shake-up
last December 13 Laval was
ousted. Since then he has spent
most of his time in German
occupied Paris, coming to Vichy
only for occasional visits.
Versailles, scene of the shoot
ing, is just a few miles outside
Paris.
(The Versailles shootings cli
max a series of disorders which
have increased sharply in both
occupied and unoccupied-France
in recent weeks as a result of
demonstrations and sabotage
against German rule and collab
oration with Germany).
Senate Probe
Group Winds Up
Seattle Inquiry
SEATTLE, Aug. 27 VP) A
senate committee investigating
defense industries, assured that
the office of production man
agement would open its books
to them aon ', aluminum produc
tion and 'plant allocations,
wound up Its business here to
day and visited the Puget Sound
navy yard at Bremerton.
Senator Harry S. Truman
(D-Mo.), committee chairman,
said he had word from John
Lord O'Brian, chief counsel for
OPM, that the OPM books
would be made available for
the committee inspection and
that William L. Batt, deputy di
rector, would contact the com
mittee's Washington staff today.
Earlier,' Senator Truman said
OPM officials had "evaded" the
committee's request to Inspect
OPM books.
Six Die in Air
Crash Over Britain
BLACKPOOL, England, Aug.
27 OP) An air collision of two
planes oven Blackpool today re
sulted in the death of six per
sons, including the crews of
both planes, the hospitalization
of 16 and minor injuries for
scores of others.
(Presumably both the craft
were British. Ramming Of op
posing planes, however, has
come to be an accepted practice
in aerial combat and it might be
that one was a raiding craft.)
Thirty persons were injured
by the fall of one plane on a
Central Railway station. The
other dropped upon a house.
The army's P-38-D, 2200 horse
power fighter, has been named
"Lightning" by the British be
cause this plane is probably the
fastest and the ' most effective
fighter in either the British or
United States flying corps.
The largest exDense at the new
Cleveland airplane motor lab
oratory, now under construction.
and the greatest advance in re
search facilities will be provided
by the power plant wind tunnel
costing $3,000,000.
Hits the spot, makes you halal
, . Good -old Wleland's Extra
Pale.
Liai.
Navy Officer
Surrenders to
8-Year Murder
(Continued from Page One)
from a bank two days before
he was killed, telling friends
he was going to the Century of
Progress exposition in Chicago.
A hole was found in his skull
"I Put Sam Out"
Deputy Sheriff Bodia quoted
Ingram as having told mm:
"Sam wanted to be put out,
so I put Sam out with his own
rifle. 1 shot him in the back
of tha head ... I just put him
out of his miser y. 1 wasn't
drunk but we had been drink'
ing. I'm not trying to alibi."
Ingram, who retired from the
navy in 1922, was recalled Au
gust 13 to active duty as a chief
commissary at Port Townsend.
He left there Friday and start
ed on a "binge." Ho remained
in tha 'linity of the shooting
more than a year after John
son's death. He had lived here
recently, before moving to Ta
coma a few months ago.
SALEM, Aug. 27 VP) Don
Black, Salem, president of the
Oregon state junior chamber of
commerce, was appointed today
as state chairman of the speak
ers bureau of the state defense
council by Governor Charles A.
Sprague.
Black will appoint his state
wide committee and will assist
county defense councils In or
ganizing county speakers bu
reaus.
Thunderstorms
Take Toll in
Northwest Area
By Tha Associated Press
Violent thunderstorms accom
panied by heavy hall and rain
fall lashed Puget sound areas
and eastern Washington and Ore
gon yesterday afternoon, doing
considerable damage to electri
cal transmission equipment and
flooding many basements.
At Seattle a day of sporadic
showers was climaxed by a bril
liant lightning display about 6
p. m. with more than a quarter-
inch of rain and hail falling in
fifteen minutes. A number of
transformers were burned out
and power was cut off in many
homes just at dinner time.
In Pilot Rock, Ore., rain of
cloudburst proportions sent a
wall of water roaring down west
Birch creek bed and many per
sons prepared for flight, remem
bering a disastrous flash flood of
June, 1939. One car overturned
when hailstones obscured vision
and the drive left the highway
while a number of road wash
outs were reported. Store win
dows also suffered; with a num
ber reported broken by large
size hailstones.
POISONING
VICHY, France, Aug. 20 (IP)
Widespread cases of toadstool
poisoning were reported today
from the German-occupied zone
of France, including 20 deaths In
the past 48 hours.
The use of mushrooms as
food has Increased greatly
throughout France as a result of
efforts to supplement rationed
foods.
I can give you my personal
word that Roosevelt, the man,
has a deep hatred for war. Roose
velt, the president, has the task
of carrying American democra
cy forward under God against
any resistance. Rear Admiral
Richard E. Byrd.
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transport at the entrance to the
gulf of "S" and making a "suc
cessful attack" by torpedo on an
other transport in an axis port,
identified only as "one of the
most important enemy harbors."
BERLIN, Aug. 27 VP) The
German high command an
nounced today that it hud anni
hilated the 22nd Russian army
in a pinccr encirclement far be
hind the most advanced lines,
killing more than 40,000 Rus
sians and capturing anothor 30,
000 in an unusually bloody bat
tle lasting for days.
- The battle occurred, the Ger
mans said, on the north central
front between Smolensk and
Lake Ilmcn, and resulted in the
capture of the town of Vcllkle
Luki, which lies a full 275 miles
west of Moscow and 250 miles
south of Leningrad.
The text of the announcement
said:
"In fighting lasting several
days between Smolensk and
Lake Ilmen the mass of the 22nd
soviet army was encircled and
annihilated east of Vclikio Luki.
"The town of Velikle Luki
was taken after fierce fighting.
More than 30,000 prisoners and
400 guns fell into our hands. Un
commonly high bloody losses of
the enemy are stated at more
than 40,000 men killed."
(Continued from Page One)
same time the threat of a na
tional telephone tieup was avert
ed. A complete but unofficial tab
ulation of the Detroit vote named
the AFL union as exclusive bar
gaining agent for the city transit
system. The AFL union receiv
ed 3076 votes to 1925 for the
CIO.
Secretary Knox, meanwhile,
told newsmen that plans under
consideration for government
operation of the recently strike-?
bound Kearny, N. J., yards of
the Federal Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock company ranged from
outright government purchase to
renting.
Eagle Flier Gets
Fourth German
LONDON, Aug. 27 VP) Pilot
William Robert Dunn of the
American Eagle squadron, form
er airline flier from Houston,
Tex., shot down two German
fighters today and is suffering
from a bullet wound in his foot,
the air ministry reported.
Dunn's wound was not seri
ous and he was able to bring
his plane down safely, it was
said. The two victories today
brought his total to four.
The - air ministry said two
Eagle squadrons participated In
the day's offensive operations In
which ten German fighters
were reported destroyed. The
British used "many squadrons
of spitfires and hurricanes," It
was stated.
Read the Classified paga.
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County Answers
Civil Reserve
Sign Up Call
(Continued from Page One)
rooms, with a light registration
reported at Mills school.
County Judge U. E. Reeder,
head of the civilian defenao com
mittee, reported members of his
group wry wall pleased with
the number Unit turned out to
sign up for work in the progrnin.
Ha also stated at an curlier date
that as soon as these forms could
be compiled, he would havo the
organization well on Its way to
wards training, and hoped this
could be accomplished within
several weeks.
The defense council expressed
appreciation to the following or
ganizations for their assistance
during the registration: Ameri
can Legion auxiliary, Business
and Professional Women's club,
League of Women Voters, Par-cnt-Tcachcrs
association, and
Junior chamber of commerce.
William II. Kline, 79-year-old
resident of Malln, was the first
to register Tuesday when the
civilian defense polls were open
in that city. Kline signed up
"to serve his country at any
time necessary."
A report from the Weyerhaeus
er booth said 50 men and 17 wo
men had volunteered. Those in
chargo of the booths said they
had no particular instructions
about compiling the registration
numerically at once and thus
had no Idea tho number of re
serves who had signed up, but
all were busy handing out ap
plication blanks during the per
iod from 2 until 8 p. m.
Several persona said Tuesday
they were unable to visit the
polling booths but had shown
their desire to register by filling
out sample blanks printed in The
News and Herald which they in
tended to mail to the committee
Members of the committee in
charge of the reserve project
are County Judge U. E. Reeder,
chairman; W. J. Dinsmore,
Mayor John Houston, Mrs. Jack
Gallagher, Mrs. Claude H. Davis,
and Mrs. Mae K. Short.
.
Accident Elsie Scott. 1320
Sargent street, reported to city
police a girl on a bicycle ran
Into the rear fender of her car
Tuesday afternoon at Main and
Esplanade. The child did not
give her name and refused med
ical aid, the motorist told police.
The bicycle license was Issued to
Gilda McLcod, 2123 Darrell, po
lice said. ,;
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US STANDS ON
SEA FREEDOM
(Continued from Pago One)
tutions recently to both the
United States and soviet Russia
against shipments of American
aviation fuel to the soviet via
Vladivostok.
The government, said the
news ugeney, is taking a serious
view of tho situation.
Reports that both Russian and
American ships lire transporting
not only gasoline but other sup
plies through Vladivostok was
snid to bp "greatly irritating
Jnpuneso sentiment."
Lost Battalion
Epic Related
Of War Games
(Continued from Pago One)
trestles over steep-sloped ravines.
On a compass course, tho column
would have to turn back or aside
repeatedly because of tho rough
terrain.
The men, bearing machine gun
und mortar burdens, struggled
up and down slopes and across
the trestles, even whero ties
were missing and they had to
bravo the dizzy height of the
longitudinal beams.
After sandwiches Tan out, the
men turned to berries and any
thing elso that seemed edible.
They got drinking water at times
by scooping out a drinking pool
in a hillside rivulet.
Beforo tho trek's end, a cigarct
was a rnro treat broken in halt
for self and a comrade's pleas
ure. "It was a wonder some of the
men weren't Injured seriously
on some of the trestles." said tha
member of the party who came
back ahead of the battalion,
which remained last night In the
Deep river vicinity, with plenty
of food and roaring fires.
He said one man broke an
arm In a fall and another, Corp.
Charles W. Neal of Company H,
suffered a less severe arm in
Jury. And when we witness the
downfall of dictatorship what
then? A world union of self
governing peoples to gunrantco
and enforce pence. Associate
Justice Owen Roberts, U. S. su
preme court.
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Park Board Tha regular
meeting of tha city park board
will be held Tuesday, September
2, at 1:30 p, m. In the city coun
cil chambers.
Clossd Labor Day The po
lice Judge's office will be closed
all riny Monday, September 1,
In observance of Labor day, II
was ordered by tho city council.
Hlt-ind-Run City police were
advised by A. MacMillan, 808
Plum avenue, that an unidenti
fied motorist struck his carfc
Ninth street and Klamath )
nue Tuesday afternoon. Tha car
was driven away without mak
ing an investigation, MacMillan
stated.
Series Started Women of tha
Moose started a new series of
card parties August 22 In tha
new hall, 1010 Pine street.
Eleven tables ware In play with
guest award going to Mildred
Wllkerson. High score was held
by Trggy Long, and second by
Mrs. Thorp.
Indians Name
Delegates to ,
Washington
(Continued from Page One)
subsequently matched by . the
stato,
Jackson has served seven con
secutive ycurs, while Walker has
boen a delegute nearly evf)
alternate year for the past nf.
Crane, who ran a close third in
yestordny's balloting, has been
elected several times.
Jnrkson and Walker plan' to.
leave for the capital some time
In November. In the meantime
they will work on motions and
resolutions for proposed tribal
legislation. Their expenses are
paid by the tribe.
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