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By FRANK JENKINS
f)UT of Malna and Into Quebec
which Is sn Interesting ex-
perlence.
Entering Canada anywhere
J cIm doean't mean much, because
' anywhero elso the boundary be
tween Canada and tha United
State Ii Just a geographical line
separating two political divisions.
In the Far Weit, It meuna little
more than crossing the border
between two itntei.
Entering Quebec l different.
-vUEBEC Ii French.
X It wu French for more than
a century before the outcome of
tha buttle on the Plolns of Abra
ham, on the helvhti of the city
of Quebec citadel, gave It sov
ereignty to England.
After mora than century and
half of government by English
Canada, Quebec REMAINS
French.
On suspects that a century
, and half hene It will still be
French.
ERENCH Ii tha language of
Quebec both city and prov
Inco. Not Just casually the language
' It Is really so. In the cities
and along the main highways, of
course, English Is generally un
dorstood and Is generally spoken,
after a fashion. But when the
people speak among themselves,
they sneak rrencn.
1 ' The highway signs are In both
French and English the French
at tha top and tha English bo
neath. In the cities all traffic
signs are printed in both French
and English.
In the stores of Quebec and
Montreal, the signs are In both
languages. In most of tho stores,
that is. In Quebec there ore
many whose advertising and mer
chandising signs are in French
only.
'TO the American customer or
tha customer from other
provinces of Canada, English Is
spoken rather haltingly, as a
rule. But, especially in tho city
" of Quebec, when tho storo people
or the hotel peoplo sprnk among
' themselves they speak French,
It Is obvious that they THINK
In French.
WHY shouldn't they? The prov
Ince of Quebec whs settled
by French people. For more than
a century they lived under
French rule and under Institu
tions that were wholly French.
It Is perfectly natural that they
should be French still.
THE difference between Maine
and Quebec, however or be
tween Quebec and Ontario goes
far deeper than a difference of
language.
In interior Maine, for example,
whoso . Industries aro identical
with those of southern Quebec,
just across the line, ownership
of automobiles is more or less
universal. All through New Ens
land, Including the Interior of
Maine, this writer did not see a
single horso and buggy,
Almost as soon as the lino Is
crossed horses and buggies and
horses and wagons begin to show
up on the streets of the towns
and the country highways of
Quebec. Not only that, but ONE-
HORSE wagons and ONE-
HORSE buggies.
, There is apparently no such
(Continued on Pago Two)
Looking Backward
By Tha Assoclatad Press
One year ago today Royal
air force, blasts Berlin for near
ly flva hours; German bombs
rock London day and night.
Britain announces Burma rood
to bo reopened.
Two years ago today Britain
calls Hitler's pence proposals too
ncbullous. Finland seeks diplo
matic aid of Germany and Swe
den In asserted move to forestall
excess demands by Russia.
Twenty-five years ago today
British liner and four other ships
torpedoed oft Nantucket light.
Austro-German troops mnkn im-
"uiiiru-vermHn iroops mono lin-
Porlant advances In Transvlvan-
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE FlVE CENTS
azis
FIGHJJO DIE
14 Czechs Hanged for
Economic Sabotage
In Bohemia
BUDAPEST, Oct. B (P) Bo
liable reports reaching here to
night listed 00 deaths in various
purts of old Yugoslavia as the ro-
suit of conflict between Serb
rebels and , the German
tory.
More than BOO rebels
said to have taken part
slnglo battle.
mill
were
In
1 BERLIN. Oct. Bm DNB
reported from Belgrade today
that 32 persons had been execut-
ed 'because they belonged to
communistic bands" In Yugo
slavia.
BERLIN, Oct. 8 (VP) DNB re.
ported from Prague tonight that
14 Czechs were hanged today on
charges of economic sabotage,
raising the total of executions in
tha Bohemia-Moravia protector
ate 10 o in uiraa aays.
- Tho news agency said they
were court-martlalled at Prague
and Brucnn.
On the basis of a previous
total of 128 known executions
In tha protectorate connected
with German effort to suppress
rebellious elements, the number
now executed by hanging or fir
Ing squads has reached 140.'
BERLIN, Oct. 8 VP) Gorman
troops and two companies of
Croatian Ustachas have smashed
a putsch led by an attorney's
daughter in tho west Serbian
town of Sabac, the authoritative
news service Dien.it Aus Dcutsch
land said today.
The Ustachas aro tho uniform
cd guard of Dr. Ante Pavclic,
chief of tho Croat states created
from the remnants of former Yu.
gosluvia.
Rebel bands had stormed Sa
bac, the reports said, far outnunv
bering German soldiers stationed
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78 Draftees to
Take Train for
Camp Tonight
Eighteen Klamath Falls
youths, all registrants on Board
1 of Selective service head'
quarters, will leave tonight for
Induction Into tho army at Port
land, it was announced by Major
Ted Case, Klamath county draft
supervisor.
Tho mon will entrain at the
Southern Pacific depot at 10:10.
At tho samo time in other sec
tions of the country seven more
youths who are on Board 1 rolls
will depart for induction centers,
The men wcro residents of Klam
ath Falls at registration time a
year ago but havo since moved
away.
Highest order number In to
night's group is approximately
1300, Case said.
Men called for Induction Bro:
Harold LcRoy Rhodes, 101
East Main street, Klamath Falls;
Elton W. Ostrom, Cambridge,
Minn.; Howard V, Scheffcl Jr.,
1435 Washington street, San
Francisco, Calif.; Robert H. Alex
ander, 1844 Munzanlta street,
Klamath Falls; Leo Kennle
Smith, Route 3, Klamnlh Falls;
Clifford Alaway, Roscmead,
Calif.; Raymond Migliaccio, 2301
Wantiand, Klamath Falls; Wil
liam M. Ellis, 1434 Pleasant,
Klamnth Falls.
Willlnm S. Parsons, Valley
hotel, Klamath Falls; Leland D.
Potts, 1633 E. Main, Klamath
Falls; John W. Rico, Lakeview;
Ira C. Crutchfiold, 720 North
Eleventh street, Klamath Falls;
Francis E. Parsons, 836 Owens
riMiiuia x ninuua, aou uwciib
street, Klamath Falls: Bruce O.
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Propagandist
Placed Under
Heavy Bail
NEW YORK, Oct. 8 VP)
Gcotgo Sylvester Vlcreck, 88-
year-old Journalist, was de
scribed by a government prose
cutor as "ono of tho most serious
menaces in this country" today
at his arraignment on a charge
of withholding Information when
he registered with tho state de
partment as an agent of a foreign
power.
US Commissioner Isaac Piatt
held Vlcreck in $20,000 ball
pending his removal to Wash
ington to plead to tho indict
ment. William Power Mnloney. spe-
clal assistant to the attorney gen
eral, in requesting that bail be
fixed at $25,000, said that the
German-born defendont for
years had been the chief propa
gandist of the German govern
ment In this country.
He Is one of the most serious
menaces In this country" Melon-
(Continued on Page Two)
NEUTRALITY BILL
New Legislation, Will
Be'j Confined ;';f6,
, Arming Ships '
WASHINGTON. Oct. 8 m
Legislative loaders reported to
day they had agreed that neu
trality legislation to be intro
duced in tho house, tomorrow
following a messago from Presi
dent Roosevelt would be con
fined to permitting American
merchant ships to carry arms.
Thoso who attended a White
House conference said it was
agreed that such - legislation
could bo sent through tno house
before the end of next week.
It was said reliably, however.
that the president, Secretary of
buito Hull and Harry L. Hop
kins, tho lease-lend chieftain,
still wcro hopeful that congress
eventually would also amend the
existing law to lift the present
prohibition against American
ships traveling to belligerent
ports or designated combat
areas-
Hopkins, who had been report
ed taking the lead in an effort to
have tho law revised to permit
tne arming of ships and to allow
mem to travel anywhere, was
said to have expressed disap
pointment at tho decision
reached at today's conference,
Ono of those who attended the
meeting told reporters that if
tho legislation providing for arm
ing ships went through the house
by a substantial, majority, it was
possible that the senate foreign
relations committee would con
sider broadening the measuro to
eliminate tho restrictions on ship
Workmen Struggle
To Reopen Canal
To Ore Shipping
SAULT . STE. MARiE. Mich
Oct. 8 P)---Cheered by the news
it may be possible to restore nav
igation in half of the lock ap
proach channel by tomorrow
morning, workmen struggled to
day with tho steel ruins that
blocked tho busiest Iron-ore ship
channel in tho world.
Under floodlights last night-
hugo locomotive and its tender
was dragged away from the dam
aged arm of the lift bridge which
collapsed yesterday under the
weight of a loaded freight train.
Today all efforts were direct
ed toward llftfng the damaged
armaway from the other arm,
which engineers believe is me
chanically unharmed.' A huge
Pontoon lift device, ordinarily
used to raise lock gates for repairs,-
has been called into serv
ice for the hoisting operations.
Meanwhile lock engineers
opened the gates of the St.
Mary's river compensation dam,
permitting Lake Superior water
to rush into tho locks and raise
tho water level thero by almost
two feet. ' I
IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
urn mum mniL
111 SIB r IKISTIB
FOR DENSE l&mmSi e 9 C&
sura.BE- mTHh. h. i . :
Quotas Fixed , to Get
Increased Output
Of Needed Crops :
Klamath county ranchers and
farmers will be individually con-
tacted within the next few weeks
in order that this section of the
country keep step with the na
tion in a complete mobilization
of American agriculture to ad-
Just production to domestic
needs for national defense.
Throughout the county pro
ducers of milk, cheese, eggs,
chickens, hogs, and beef cattle,
will be asked to make every ef
fort to provide more milk,
cheese, eggs, chickens, hogs and
beef cattle as part of the farm
production campaign for 1042,
The campaign was announced a
few days ago by Secretary of
Agriculture Claude R. Wlckard.
. Quotas Fixed
Agricultural leaders of the na
tion and department heads work'
Ing with the secretary establish
cd, definite .goals ;.6n albnaJor
agricultural commodities direct
ly affecting the-war situation.
These production goal ' for, the
nation have been broken up Into
county auotas. As soon as coun
ty quotas are established, county
AAA' committeemen and super
visors will-visit' every larm tn
Klamath county to work- out a
complete farm plan with the
operator that will provide -all
possible Increases in commodities
that are now not sufficient-for
war conditions.
The carrying out of this gi
gantic program to 'gear agricul
tural production to war heeds
will be in the hands of the coun
ty USDA board working under
the state and national USDA de
fense boards. As was announced
sometime ago, these defense
boards were established by the
federal government and in each
county consists of the' heads, of
all agricultural agencies .of the
U. S. department of agriculture
in that county. In Klamath
county this board will consist
of the following: Fred Rueck,
president of the Klamath county
agricultural conservation associ
ation, chairman; Earl Gardner,
farm security administration ad
visor; E. A. Geary, for farm
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Ground-Breaking
For Bus Depot
Set Thursday
Ground for the new $15,000
Greyhound stage depot to be con
structed on the northeast cor
ner of Ninth street and Klamath
avenue, will- be broken Thurs
day morning, according to an
nouncement made' Wednesday.
Dr. George H. Merryman Sr.
recently purchased the property
from L; F. Kirkpatrick. Con
tract has been awarded to H. E.
Roskamp, local builder. .The
property, formerly occupied by
a used car lot, is across the street
from the present location of the
Greyhound depot.
The proposed . building will
have a frontage of 90 feet on
Klamath avenue and 103 feet on
Ninth street." Line's will be low
and streamlined and the build
ing, will be of concrete and tile
construction. The building Is
similar to the new depot in Eu
gene and designed by Greyhound
architects. Floors will be of ac-
cotlle, with fluorescent lights
and plato glass windows on bom
Klamath and Ninth. The res
taurant in the building Is leased
to a local operator, r
Sale of the land, leases to the
stage company and the restau
rant were closed Wednesday
through the Howard Barnhisel
agency.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8,
Graphic portrayal of nasi
taken by a special Investigator
Chile.
Newspapers Unite
in
Blaming U. S. for
,;. Encirclement
A,n..-: -
TOKYO, Oct. 8 (IP) Tokyo
newspapers, striking the same
cnord oi critical comment
against, the United .States,
blamed Washington today for
what they called the strength
ening and spread of encircle
ment of Japan and said the Pa
cific situation ' was deteriorat
ing- ,
Nichl Niehl in a page one ed
itorial said: i
"Japan earnestly aimed at re
moving the Pacific cancer by
Premier Prince Fumimaro Ko
noye's personal message to
Roosevelt (delivered August 28).
"However, the Pacific situa
tion is going from bad to worse
and it cannot be said what will
happen next."
It asserted that "the United
States evidently is aiming to
include Russia in the ABCD
(American - British Chinese -Dutch)
encirclement by sending
oil and planes.
"This has irritated the Japa
nese ... who now must expect
any development and prepare
for the consequences."
Nichl Nichi said it Judged
that Japanese-American negotia
tions were not progressing
smoothly and the newspaper
Yomiuri said that if the talks
collapsed "Japan is determined
to carry out the high principles
set forth by the tripartite alli
ance" of Rome, Berlin and
Tokyo. ' '
The newspaper Kokumin, also
in a page one editorial, said "It
Is Impossible to maintain peace
in the Pacific- as long as the
United States- refuses to under
stand Japan's real intentions."
Japanese-American talks, it
added, "must eventually rup
ture unless the United States
abandons her selfish attitude." ,
This outbreak of critical edi
torials follows a lengthy period
of reserved comment regarding
the United States.
TOKYO, Oct. 8 (P) Domel,
in a special article, today urged
the axis powers to terminate the
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Man Follows
Instructions
READING, Pa., Oct. 8 VP)
Mrs. Florence Sidel, field sec
retary of the Berks county
humane society, reports that
a dog-owner telephoned to say
that several of his animals
were "loaded with fleas."
"What shall I do with
them," he queried.
"Bring them in," Mrs. Sldel
recommended.
Some time later the man
appeared, and placed a brown
paper bag on her desk.
"I scraped off as many as I
could," he said. "They're all
in the bag."
UNITED PRESS
1941
activities in South America is
at a swastika-splashed meeting
Bridges Witness
Convicted on
Perfury Count
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8 VP)
James O'Neil, former CIO pub
licity man, was - convicted of
perjury today for his testimony
In Harry Bridges' deportation
hearing.. -'. ,,..-: : .. .
'Fedejal Judge,. Martini. X-
Welsh immediately sentencea
O'Neil to three years and fined
him ? 100. He rushed aside at
tempts of defense attorneys to
gain a delay for argument on
- motion for a new trial, but
after protest said he would hear
such argument in Sacramento at
10 a. m. Saturday.
' When the defense indicated
it wanted to move for proba
tion, the court commented, "I
can tell you now the court is
not disposed to grant probation."
Jurors who were unable to
reach a verdict in eight hours
deliberation last night, returned
their decision after less than
half an hour of discussion this
morning. . . -
. From the witness stand in his
own trial and in Bridges' hear
ing, O'Neil denied he had ever
seen the California CIO director
paste dues stamps in a com
munist party membership book.
FBI agents testified at both
hearings that he had told of
seeing . Bridges paste in the
stamps but had refused to sign
the statement and said he
wouldn't give such testimony
from the witness stand.
This evidence was one of the
three principal factors which
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Germans Seek
Turk Chromium
In Arms Deal
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 8 VP)
A German diplomatic offensive
aimed at breaking the British
American hold on Turkey's
chromium supply has resulted
in virtual, agreement on a deal
whereby Germany will get at
least half Turkey's exports of
this war vital product after 1942,
diplomatic sources said today.
In return, Germany has prom
ised to begin immediate delivery
of about $15,000,000 worth of
military equipment to Turkey,
these sources declared.
Reports that an agreement to
this effect was about to be sign
ed, perhaps today, produced a
flurry of activity yesterday on
tne part of both British and
United States diplomats.
Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Huges-sen
and J.V.A. MacMurray, the
British and American ambassa
dors, hastened to the Turkish
foreign office, where they were
said to have warned that such a
move by Turkey would cause tho
worst possible reaction in Lon
don and Washington.
MacMurray was reported to
have reminded the Turkish gov
ernment that as one of the na
tions whose defense is necessary
to the defense of United States
Interests, Turkey could rely upon
American aid under the lease
lend act - .
WEATHER
High 81, Low 28
PRECIPITATION
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Number 9403
provided in this exclusive picture
of a German club in the south of
PflESIDENT ASSURES
RUSSliM HELP
Stalin Gets Message
Saying Supplies, ';
; Will Be Sent
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 VP)
President Roosevelt has sent a
letter to Premier Stalin of Russia
declaring ways would be found
to provide the "material and sup
plies necessary' to fight Hitler
on all fronts, . including your
own.
-' The letter; presented to Stalin
by -Averell Harriman, head of
the American -air mission to
Moscow, also expressed "great
confidence" that the Russian
armies would ultimately prevail
over Hitler.
In announcing the text of the
letter, the White House said a
careful comparison of its lan
guage with a purported copy of
the same letter published today
in Berlin would show the "propa
ganda objectives" of the nazi
publication action.
No copy of the DNB version
was available here.
It was not known here how
the German news agency obtain
ed what it called the text of the
president's letter.
One official reported that one
of the major differences in the
DNB and the actual one was in
the salutation. He said the DNB
version opened the letter with
'My Dear Friend Stalin, where
as the official text said "Mr.
Stalin."
Another difference reported
unofficially was in the conclus
ions in the two texts. DNB's
was said to have ended "With
Cordial Friendship," whereas the
White House text had "Yours
Very Sincerely."
Latourette Files .
Intention to Run
For Governor Job
SALEM, Oct. 8 (UP) Howard
Latourette, Portland lawyer,
Tuesday filed a preliminary pe
tition with the secretary of
state's office announcting his in
tention to run for governor on
the democratic ticket.
One thousand signatures of
bona fide voters will be neces
sary to place his name on the
democratic primary ballot.
Latourette's 1942 campaign
slogan will be: "For democracy;
for Roosevelt; for Oregon, her
people, their welfare and pros
perity." Chinese Claim
New Advances
CHUNGKING, Oct. 8 VP)
Chinese forces have captured five
strategic points around Ichang
and the Japanese position in the
central Yangtze river port is pre
carious, a Chinese communique
announced tonight.
Japanese communications
along the Peiping-Hankow have
been cut it declared.
CLEAR
By The Associated Press
- Adolf Hitler's invasion armlea
fignting a giant battle of anni
hilation 125 miles from Moscow
have thoroughly shaken the out
er defenses of the Russian capi
tal, a nazi spokesman said lata
today, with several red armies
trapped and facing destruction.
"Not detached raiding groups
which forged ahead, but a solid
German front is within 125 mi!
of Moscow," the spokesman said.
The German high command
asserted that Moscow's defenses
had been breached in the . 7-day
old grand offensive.
"', Invasion Urged
Thus sorely beset, the Russians
openly urged Britain to attack;
Germany from the rear with an
invasion of the continent. ,
Red Fleet, soviet navy news
paper, estimated that the Ger
mans had left only 25 or 30 weak;
divisions perhaps 375,000 to
450,000 troops in France, with,
little artillery and few planes. .
"The British Empire now has
the possibility of taking the initU
ative into its hands, dealing de
structive blows against the com
mon foe of mankind, the Hitler
fascistBj-sald the -soviet maga
zine, Bolshevik.
. . . Line Broken
German front-line reports said)
nazi troops had broken througjt
positions which the Russians had
fortified for the winter east of
Smolensk. .
' These reports said good weath
er favored the German offensive)
which began at 6 a. m, Oct. 2.
In the south, too, the. plight ol
the Russians appeared to be
growing more desperate by tha
hour.
Drive Along Azov
Nazi military dispatches said
the entire south wing of the
soviet army had been broken by
a German drive which has al
ready engulfed Ossipenko and
Mariupol, on the sea of Azov,
and is threatening the Don river
port of Rostov, gateway to tha
rich Caucasian oil fields. ,
German battle flags were re
ported within 100 miles of Ros
tov after a 450-mile advance
from the Prut river boundary be
tween Rumania anfl Russia
where the nazi onslaught started
15 weeks ago. .
Soviet reports, acknowledging
that the Germans had won soma
initial advantage as the war's
mightiest battle raged toward a
climax on the road to Moscow,
declared that the invaders were
striking "with the fury of a mad
beast . : . straining all efforts
regardless of cost."
The Russians said that there
was no sign of a major break
through, however, and that red
army troops were holding on
grimly against the assault of nazi
tanks and dive bombers.
Fire Rages Through
Store at Baker
BAKER, Oct. 8 (&) Fire,
starting at 11 o'clock this morn
ing, was still raging through
the basement of the Mont
gomery Ward store and was
pouring great billows of smoke
from the doors and windows ot
the two-story structure this
afternoon as firemen attempted
to penetrate the smoke to reach
the flames with water.
No estimate ot the loss could
be made, this afternoon by fire
men or company officials be
cause of the great quantity of
smoke. The stock, which is
unusually large this time of
year, was valued at $150,000.
Twenty-five persons were em
ployed in the store.
News Index
City Briefs Page .1
Comics and Story Page 10
Courthouse Records Page 4
Editorials -...Page 4
High School News Page 12
Information ....Page 8
Market, Financial Page - 7
Midland Empire News, Page 4
Pattern Page 9
SporU .Pages 8, 9