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THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
UNITED PRESS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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CLOUDY,
PRICK FIVE (
, .TH FALLS, OREGON. MONDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1941
Number 9407
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In The
Day's
. News
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By FRANK JENKINS
WESTERNERS in naturally
w curloua aa to how the Eaat
fsels about tha war. Eaatsmeri
r equally eurloui about the
West
To both thla writer offers thla
, advice:
Check tip on your own com
munity. K you can arrive at a
satisfactory undemanding of the
feeling of your own community,
you won't be far off on the rest
of the country.
THAT li merely another way
invini thiro la little sec
tional difference of opinion In
tha United States on the aubject
of tho war and the much more
personal and Important subject
of American participation In tho
war.
That alatement. of course,
muat be qualified to a certain
extent. There are communltlea
In the United 8tatea (a rather
large number of them In the
Eaat) where the population, la
predominantly foreign In tta
origins. Tho people of auch com
munltlea are unavoidably effect
ed In their attitude toward the
war by the poaltion of the na
tions from which they or their
Immediate anceatora came.
But o far aa thla writer can
aee, after driving from the Paci
fic to th Atlantic, pending a
couple of weeks In Washington
" and driving half wa back again,
average AMERICAN thinking
throughout the country la about
tha aame.
ONE get Immediately the Im
pression that In the Eaat.
eapeclally tha large cities there
' of, opinion on both aldca la more
VIOLENT thon In tho West.
Even that Impression ia aub
ject to qualification.
Tha East la headquarter for
.. the organizations that on one
. hand are trying to push thla
country into tho war and on the
. other are trying to keep ua out
both at any cost
: Tha paid personnel of these
organizations ia mora active in
the East particularly In Wash
ington. And whenever one aide
, makes a ploy tho other sldo
' move heaven and earth to off
set It.
That, In Itself, gives an appear
ance of violence.
ADD to this the perfectly
nhulnua fart thnt In all the
big cities back here there are
publicity hunters who seek to
. build themselves up by getting
1 on tha war or the anti-war band
waeoni.
For example, they make
sneerhaa snan.box and other
wise. Crowds gather to' hear
them. The speeches, being chief
ly designed to gain publicity, are
apt to have an Incendiary flavor.
Hearers Bet heated up. Fiats
often flv.
All this adds to the appearance
nf vlnlanra.
This writer, however, holds to
the belief that average, sound
nnlnlnn. hntli masses And classes
doesn't differ greatly from coast
)to coast.
W7HAT ii thla ODlnlon?
w , Well, fit runs something
ilka this: "We don't want any
part In this war. Wo hop wo
can stay out of it. But If we get
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Looking Backward
By The Associated Prasa
' ' One Year Ago British report
ma Ihfln nnnn finrman trnnnx
killed In RAF sinking of two
ships. Italians claim naval vic
tory' over British, reporting one
cruiser sunk, two warithlns dam
aged whllo Italians loso three
small vessels.
Turn Year Affn Tlrltlnh trans
port 158,000 men to France. Ger
mnnv hvi nnsslhllitv nf U. S
mndlntlnn la lnt hnnn nf anvlna-
Europe from "the most gruesome
Diooa patn in nisiory.
Twontv.flun Vpnrfl Ann Rum
anlflns fall back on own frontlor
under Austro-Clerman pressure
Allien fall In effort to crack Ger
man lines between Ancra and
Somme rivers on western front.
Knox
All SHIPS
CLAIMED BEST
U;SJPSE
Two Other .. Members
Of Cabinet Also
Ask Changes
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 P
fioi-rMirv Knox, advocating
awlft repeal of the neutrality
act'a prohibition against arming
American merchantmen, told
coniiress today tho resultant risk
would be "far leu than the risk
of allowing England to lose the
war."
Th navv secretary was the
third cabinet member to urge
repeal of this provision before
tho house foreign affairs com
mittee during the day. He followa
Secretary of State Hull and Sec
retary of War Stlmson, who also
advocated permitting merchant
ships to enter combat zones In
the Interest of .expediting deliv
ery of lendlean goods.
MM War. Vata
dei-tared that Americana
now realise that "we muat give
very aid to those who re light
ing Hitler, even if It .involves
the rlskr of war ttaelf."
If you vote to repeal this
act," tha navy secretary told the
mmmltiM. "vou are not-voting
to attack Germany. You are not
votlna to send an army, 'Or air
force, or the navy to attack; Gef
'You are votlna for absolutely
nnthlnv hut to see that there")
iwwHv delivery of the sunnltet
to the nation you have said ought
n have tha lunolies with which
to carry on the war, ana you
am artlnff ta send our shim out
upon the ocean which we have
always regarded shall be tree
to our ships, aa a measure oi our
security."
War Secretary. Stlmson, who
followed Secretary of State Hull
to tho witness chair before the
house foreign affairs committee,
recommended Immediate repeal
of the ban on arming mcrcnani
ships.
"I believe that the repeal oi
this humiliating provision oi
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Merrill People
Injured Slightly
Near Rose burg
ROSEBURG. Ore.. Oct. 13
(AP Mr. Bnd Mrs. W. F. Har
ris of Rosebura and Walter R.
Fotherlngham of - Merrill,' Ore
gon, were in the hospital, here
today ' suffering from Injuries
resulting from an automobile
collision Sunday night on the
Pacific highway a mile nortn
nf Mvrtla Creek. Mrs. Harris.
suffering from fractured right
hip, concussion ana severe cuts
on the head, face and neck,
mi i-nnnrtnri to be In critical
condition. Mr. Harris, a local
abstractor and president of the
Roseburg city council, suffered
fractured knee caD. scalD
wounds and ' minor cuts and
hrtilama
Mr Fntherlnaham was being
treated fnr a badlv bruised leg
and head and face cuts. His
nephew, Joe Fotherlngham, was
discharged from the hospital
following1 treatment for minor
face and head cuts.
Germans Report
Channel Fiaht '
BERLIN, Oct. 13 (fl3) German
nnnrt Hlanntehi tnnlsht said air
fighting of unusual Intensity took
nlnfa nvnr tha KnaiiHh channel
this afternoon and that 19 Brit
ish nlanaii wera ahot down.
A large number of British
halllonlanna nrntected bv fiflht
ers, flew Into Belgium, the dls
nntehea Mild, and German air
men gave battle with the result
that air combats each involving
from' two to a doren planes oc
curred over a wide area,
Tho dispatches did not men
tlon any German losses.
Asks Repeal
Fire Destroys
Crane Creek
Lumber Plant
WILLOW RANCH. Calif., Oct.
13 (AP Fire dlacovered only
seven minutes after a watcn-
man had checked the plant de
stroyed the Crane Creek Lum
her fn mill In thla northeast
ern Modoc county community
at a loss its owner, Mrs. meia
nmilln aald mil I SO 000.
- Wllnnm raid the' mill, which
produces 25,000,000 board feet
of lumber annually, "seemed
to catch fire all over at once.'
It burned to the ground, but
an adjoining power plant, box
factory and lumber yard were
saved.
The nlant had been closed
two days prior to' the Satur
day night flro for machine
overhaul and part . replace
ments.
SEVEN KILLED IN
Army Plane Runs Into
Storm In Pass In
California
Vlnril V1ETJV- Calif Oct
IS Vn An army- fl-JKT bomoer,
paasmg abruptly - zrom acserv
sunshine, into log and rain,
crashed on a mountain pass yes
terday. Seven men were killed.
; Darkness descended so soon
after the acclaent that the bod
ies, strewn , among wreckage
over a distance ot 300 yards',
could not be assembled and
Identified.
Tha. l'l.lnn Lum.mntnrMl DoUff-
las-built ship, only heavy plane
attached to the 9tn pursuit wing
at. March Field, was returning
from a flight to Albuquerque, n
M
Identified as dead in the crash
were:
Lieut. John E. Overstreet. 84.
Fort Worth. Tex.
Llar.t. James 8. parks, z.
IaiiUvIIIk. Kv.
Lieut. Joseph W. Templeton,
30, Wichita, Kas.
Staff Sgt. Bernard G. Bail
97 AmllA. T.a.
Staff Sgt. R. J. Farlow, 20,
Ashland, Ore.
Staff Sgt. Ralph J. Thomas,
5!S Pnrtlanrl. Ore.
Corp. Jerome E. Smith, 21,
AahlanH Km.
The plane, a few minutes ai-I.-
innulntf th hriaht- sunshine
over Palm Springs, crashed with
explosive force in a nay neid on
San rinronnln Pass, in the San
namiini(nn ' mniinlnlns.- three
miles from Beaumont and only a
few miles east of Its goal, visimi
Ity, In the driizle and heavy fog,
was extremely low.
I WA Convention
Repudiates Orton
On Lumber Strike
wvirnir.TT. Oct. 13 W
S.,Hi4lna tha rannrt of Presl-
,KIHUI-.'D - -1
iiAnt o tut nrtnn. tna convenuon
nf tha international Woodwork
ers of America (CIO) yesterday
voted no confidence in urxon
for his part In tho twin districts
strike which last may tied up a
section of the Pacific northwest
lumber industry.
.The vote was taken after Or
ton appeared at tha convention
and reported the strike as a
"great victory for the CIO" ana
anM ha was 0lad to have had a
part irr it. Delegates immediate
ly demanded a vote of repudia
tion for" his actions and those oi
tlmai Knnvunen. vice president
of the woodworkers and active
leader, of the strike.-
Discussion disclosed that the
alrlkn was 10.176 aaalnst a walk
out and 13,276 for It, but be
cause of a provision in tne union
constitution -. calling for a vote
by units, the minority was able
to effect the strike. Conventions
are now considering a constitu
tional amendment which will
place future balloting . on the
basts of paid-up membership
rather than by local units. -
CRASH OF BOMBER
HEAVY BLAST
KILLS SIX AT
SITKA BASE
Civilians I n jure'd In
' City 3 Miles' Away;
Buildings Crack
SITKA. Alaska, Oct. 13 (AP)
The terrific explosion of 43,000
pounds of dynamite at 1:30 p.
m. yesterday killed five soldi
ers and. a marine and Injured
at least IS others, at .tne vital
Sitka naval air station on Ja-
nnmkl Inland. Civilians in Sit
ka, three miles away on Bar-
anof . island, were showered
with falling glass and an un
estimated number injured as
buildings at both air base and
in the city cracked from the
concussion.
Navv nfflelala said damage
caused by" the blast was limited
to ' the loss of the dynamite,
broken glass and doors blown
in by tha concussion.
IS Injured
Tha 18 Individual! known tq
have' ! beirf injured" were fiv
navy,meji..iixvU-aBnilc env
ployes of tha contractor (Slems
Drake Puget Sound - company)
an army private and the ; wife
of k contractor's employe.
' Theslx dead,, were members
of -a flre-fightlng craw which
rushed, td battle, a grass fire
just as the flames reached an
underground magazine where
the-dynamite was stored.
Naval officials listed the
army victims as Capt. Francis
C. Allen, Provost marshal and
former official ot the Standard
Oil company of California at
San Francisco, whose home Is
at Kentfield, Calif. j Private
Ralph E. Klrkbridge, Los Ca
tos, Calif.: Private Frank E.
Hayton, San Francisco; Private
(Continued on Page Two
East Indies Army
Commander Dies
In Plane Crash
RATA VIA. Netherlands East
Indies, Oct 13 (P) Gen. C. J.
Berenschof, 54. commander-in-
chief - ot the Netherlands East
Indies army, was killed today in
tne crash oi any army ijocKneea
nlann whleh tuat had taken off
from an airdrome' at Kenajoran
General Berenschot had Just
ratnmed from i conference with
Air Chief Marshal Sir . Robert
Brooke-Popham, commander-in-chief
of British forces in the Far
East. (Brooke-Popham left Sing
apore yesterday lor comerence
in Australia and - presumably
stopped in Java to confer with
the Dutch commander.)
The plane crashed almost im-
mnrltatolti nffar iha talranff frnm
Kn alrnnrt nn tha - outskirts of
Batavla and crashed into a group
Of native nuts, unese were sei
afire and some native children
were killed. .
Captain Knap, pilot of the
plane, and two nonnxwnmission-
ed off icers also were Killed.
AFL' Strike Closes
Shipyard; Texas Yard Hindered
By Tha Associated ' Press
Th. Tnnlla fehlnbuildine
yards, working on $100,000,000
of defense orders- at .rascagouia,
Miss., today .was closed by an
AFL strike, involving 2800
workmen, while construction on
the Houston (Tex.) Shipbuilding
corporation's hew ' plant ' was
ainwad hv an AFL nicket Una
The Houston concern has $140,-
000,000 in defense orders.
Walter S. Lowry Jr., business
manager of the AFL Boilermak
er union, said workmen refused
to enter the Ingalls yards this
morning because of an "attempt
by the company to start an In
dependent union." W. R. Guest,
company, vice president, com
School-Bus
H I II I III . mm U N """" ' J ' '" '-t
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. .... . ..
Elx school cnuaren ana tne
..i- . c.d. Daoot. 20 miles
Jrom scnool .win ma ciain gcciuira.
Five-Day Week, Vocations
. . ara M m mm
: With Pay Gets AFL vote
SEATTLE, Oct. 13 OP) The
American Federation of Labor
approved unanimously at its con
vention here today the principle
nf tha five-dav week and vaca
tions with pay in future union
contract. v- .- -.
, It adopted an executive couh.
elt rccorfimetidatlon also tnat the
observance ' ot such benefits
should be left to the decision ot
individual unions during the pre
sent national emergency..
- The vote Jilghiigniea me
morning action on resolutions as
the convention opened its second
and final week by hearing Lyna
U. Stambaugh, national com
mander of the American Legion,
suggest the resignation ot Secre
tnnr nf T.nhnr Prances Perkins.
demand the deportation of CIO
Labor Jeader Marry cringes ana
call upon organized labor for full
effort in the national defense
drive. . .
The absence of David uuoin
sky, president of the Internation
al Lady Garment Workers'
union, from the convention drew
official comment for the first
tlmtt tidav
Luigi Antonlni, vice president
of the union whicn uuDinsKy iea
hoot intn the AFL from the CIO,
tnnir rnffnl7.nnce of local Dress re
ports about Dubinsky's absence
by issuing a statement in oeaau
of the union's delegation, Anton
Norman Thomas
Not To Run for.
Presidency Again
SEATTLE, Oct. 13 (AP) Ad
mitting he felt too old to again
run for .. president, Norman
Thomas, national chairman of
the socialist party, said last
night he was "looking around
for a bright young fellow of
about fifty for the Job.',' :
Thomas, many times a candl
fat for prer " nt on the social
ist ticket, seemed to feel there
Is sjme question of there being
another presidential election,
anyway.
"Who told you there was go
ing ' be another presidential
election in the United States,"
he asked. "The way we're go
ing, we're headed for a dicta
torship." Mississippi
mented that, "the boys are out,
claiming: to be holding meetings
tn force membership in the
union." Ho added that "the diffi
culty lies with n the union it
self" and that no demand had
heen made on the company.
Tnsalla haa contracts for 31
ships for the Martitime commis
sion and for four netlayers for
tho hntrv '
AFL Carpenters Local 213 set
up the picket line at Houston,
fnl1nwns a union protest to
Brown and Root company, ono
of the contractors, against work
ing conditions. Members of AFL
piiodrlunra Ri-lrfon a n d Wharf
Builders Local 2079 stayed off
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Train Crash Kills
.. .li. -I 1 w..
armr oi uu u.,
east of MemphU. Tenn. Tha bu
inl described as "amusing" but
"unfmindaH" nren rerjorta that
Diihinclrv rild nnt come tO the
convention because he did not
feel AFL leaders were taking a
strong enough stand against
racketeering and because, ha, had
not received a vice presidency in
-I the AFI ''',; 1
A dozen resolutions in support
of pay increases for public em
ployes were among tne scores ui
them facing t h e s convention
oinno- with President William
Green's admonition that there
(Continued on Page rwo;
Sfoze Cripples
Rubber Factory
On East Coast
FALL RIVERS, Mass., Oct. 13
(jf) A great factory for defense
was crippled severely touay
f tor a furious and ' explosive
fire which ravaged huge stores
of government . niDDer anu
equipment for the armed forces
at an estimated io ui
000. -' - '
Firemen, from 30-odd Massa
chusetts and Rhode Island cities
fought more than eight -hours
to curb the blaze, which fed on
highly combustible latex and
crude rubber in racing through
most of the waterfront plant of
the Firestone Rubber & Latex
Corp. here. - -f .
Roger Firestone, neaa oi im
firm, said he believed manu
facture of gas masKS, Darrage
balloons and . cartridge - belts
could be resumed early next
week in mills which escaped
the flames.- .
About 1000 to 2600 employes
were- reported left idle by the
conflagration, New England's
third worst in property aamage.
, Pending an appraisal, the
nmninv withheld an estimate
of the loss, but a plant execu
tive termed an unoiiiciai tigure
of $13,000,000 "conservative."
The flames. EeneratinK heat
so intense that firemen were un
able to stay within effective
reach, destroyed five large
structures and ' damaged three
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First Klamath Men '
Released From
Service In Army
rird nf the Klamath Falls men
to be paid off by the United
States army and allowed to re
turn to their homes were Serg
eant Charles Holmes and his
brother, Wendell Holmes, rated
as specialist. The two arrived in
Klamath falls saiuraay nignt
after having served a year with
Eatteries ; A and 'C it Fort
Stevens.
Both were long time members
of the National-Guard here and
Sergeant Holmes was caretaker
at tha Klamath Falls armory.
Wendell Holmes was operator of
his own restaurant. iMeuner nave
definite nlans exceDt to enjoy
civilian life for awhile. The men
have been transferred to the Na
tional Guard reserve.
S .
WlfiSTiiS
. HINDER PUSH
1 ONMOSGQW
Seven
Wiltarf nlinn tha hut was hit hv
- - .
was carzying 18 children home
F. fi. REPORTS ON
Everything Possible
; ... Being ..Done. for v
Reds, Claim .
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 UP)
President Roosevelt announced
today that munitions -for Russia
wen - "iMtrfnif .-.United States
portSaCdnstantly''-and that every
thing possible was Deing aone to
send material to the soviet union
to help "the brave defense which
continues to be made."
Tjiroe amounts ' of sunDlies
have been sent in the past few
days, the president said in a for
mal statement, tie aaaea mar, su
the munitions,, including tanks,
planes and trucks, promised at
meetings of Russian, British and
American military missions "in
Moscow for October delivery
would be sent to Russia before
the month ends, s - -
The" brief statement ' was is
sued by the White House without
explanation, but there was im
mediate conjecture tnat it was
designed .to bolster morale in
Russia.- where the German mili
tary machine is pushing toward
Moscow. ' ; . . ..; .-
Tt was nnted in some Quarters
that the statement made no men
tion of the arrival of weapons oi
war materials, but' merely said
some had Deen sent.
Confession May '
Solve Murder
Of Golf Star
FORT WORTH, Tex., Oct 13
(AP) Kentucky's most . puzzl
ing slaying, that of golf star
Marion Miley and her mother,
anneared solved today with the
confession of Tom C. Penney
that he participated in the holdup-shooting
in the Miley'a Lexington,-
Ky., apartment Septera-
her 7.H
. The 32 vear old ex-convlct
from Lexlnaton said in a signed
statement that he and KODert
H. Anderson, Louisville . night
club operator, shot the women
In a scuffle when they resisted
the robbery attempt.
Pennev's statement was Riven
Assistant District Attorney
Hendricks Brown yesterday in
the presence of Sheriff Ernest
Thompson and truer ot route
A. B. Price of Lexington.
It led to immediate " arrest
of Anderson in Louisville on a
murder charge. He denied com
plicity. '
A Lexington newspaper car
rier, Hugh Cramer, gave police
a description and license num-
her nf a sedan he saw the night
of the slaying. Sheriff Thomp
son said Cramer's tip piayeo
an Important part In the ease.
Detectives arrcst-d Penney
Thursday night on ' hunch,
fnund the sedan he was drlv-
ina- was one reported stolen
from Anderson in Louisville
and reported the arrest to Ken
tucky officials. -
Capital Still Out of
Reach As Russians
. Claim Success !
It Tha Asaoeiatad Press
After 12 davs of the miffhtiest
military; offensive in history; the
German invasion pace appeared
to be slackening today with Mos
cow, tne principal goal, still out
nf rearh and the first nutvl
blanketing the Russian plains.
. i ne tnreat to tne nussian cap
ital was. still . admittedly - grave
hut the . defenders . boasted m .
powef . of. counter-attack and a
high-spirited, resistance . which
were said to have checked the
Germans In' the most vital sec
tor, around Vyazma to the'-west.
-.100 Miles Away
Mnamw military nuarters said
they were "breathing mora eas
ily" now-that the Germans seem
ed to be lagging behind their
12-day schedule but Berlin gave
no hint of a lag.- There the re
port was that the Germans wera
within 100 miles of Moscow on
the south .and west and within.
140 miles on the northeast. .
The -Russians' reported that
their - reserve-bolstered forces
had launched counter-attacks at
several points ' on' the blood
bathed jntral front.-- - -'--Authoritative
sources in Lbn-
dnrr - asserted that the 'fjerman
offensive had lost momentum as
compared with the speed of the
first two or three days and add
ed' that it was ' quite possible
that the German drive might be
Stopped 70 or 80 miles short of
the Russian' capital. . , . .- .
'r . Limits Seen . ..
': The':, limit of human . endur
ance and the wear and tear on
the thousands of tanks and arm
ored cars may intervene-to sta
bilizef the Russian-German front
with Moscow untouched as the
first snows of winter blanket tha
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Harrv Da uahertv.
'President Maker' ;
Dies at Age 81
'mrlTrivmiTS r ' ntt., is fAP
Harry J4...Daugherty,- the one
time township . clerk . r " . Wash
ington court house who becamsj
a 'president maker," died yes
terdayM'. the age of 81.;:
' Bedfast fnr . several months.
the. former attorney general of
the United States succumDed in.
his sleep to congestive heart
failure. - Just a year ago this
month he suffered two heart
attacks - and a seige-of pneu
monia, but- rallied from them.
He was an intimate associate
of Warren G. Harding, and
predicted the Marion, O., pub
l!t-r'a nnmtnatinn- for rjresl--
dent in 1920. After participate
. ' :.. ,.ul-u
ing in a comerence in wiutu
republicans decided upon Hard
ing, Daugherty took charge of
the campaign and saw his can
didate elected. '
Funeral services will be held
at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday, with the
Rev. James Thomas, pastor of
the Board Street Metnodis.
church officiating. Burial will
be in the family mausoleum at
Washington Court House ceme
tery.
Nine Injured In
Train Collision
rHTT.T.TrnTHE. O.. Oct. 13 (A
Nine persons, including Post
master-General rranK
were injured today when the
streamlined "National wmiteo
of the Baltimore & Ohio slid
Into a freight locomotive at
sldine 24 miles east of here in
Jackson county. ' '
Walker, accompanied rjy h
wife, who was uninjured, was
nr a alisht head abrasion
j by the train's stewardess-nurse.
News Index
City Briefs ...... Page 5
Comics and Story Pago 8
Editorials ...Page 4
Information ....... ... Page ft
Pattern Page 10
Sports ......... -....Pages 8, T