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res without cessation for over
18 hour."
Overhead British planet
bombed and machine-gunned
the axis forces.
& The Germans were rushing
reinforcements to their air
force, and a British spokesman
acknowledged that the air op
position in Libya was increas
ing. He added, however, that
the axis strength was being con
centrated in the back areas
rather than on the battlefield.
Both sides appeared to be
putting an all-out effort into
the big tank battle, and losses
were heavy for each.
ROME, Nov. 24 The
fourth armored brigade and sev
eral other British units were de
clared by the Italian high com
mand today to have been badly
mauled " or destroyed by axis
forces west of Salum in week
end fighting of the new battle of
Libya.
Italians said that not less than
80 tanks, as well as other armor
ed vehicles, were destroyed by
Italian and German forces in the
sector ef British-held Tobruk
alone.
"Further sorties from. Tobruk
fortress attempted by the enemy,
"with widespread employment
of tanks and armored vehicles,
were opposed by oui1 "Infantry
and artillery in close coopera
tion with German detachments,"
the high command said.
district aieetjjf:
' The ladies auxiliary of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars will
hold a district meeting in the li
brary club rooms here Thursday,
November .27, to make plans for
the state convention here early
in June. " , .
Mrs.- Floyd Woodworth of
Klamath Falls will preside and
Department President Ethel
' Keck of Seaside will be present.
Committees will be appointed
lor the 'June convention of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
all members are urged to attend.
Refreshments will follow the
meeting. 'v
MTXED SPORTS
TILLAMOOK, Ore, (JPf The
ran weren't binne lor Reuben
Schwab and be decided to call it
a day..fe - - ,t;.v. --. , --
He made one .last cast and
reeled in a duck.
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machine operators are need
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Rail Union Head
May Propose U. S.
Control of Lines
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (P)
A. F. Whitney, president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Train
men, largest of five operating
brotherhoods i railway em
ployes, said today his organiza
tion was ' about ready to go to
the president and suggest that
the government take over con
trol and operation of the rail
roads." Whitney, talking lust before
resuming conferences with rep
resentatives of railway manage
ment, which were requested by
President Roosevelt, said:
"We are about ready to go to
the president and suggest that
the government take over con
trol and operation of the rail
roads for the duration of the
emergency rather than submit
the public to the inconvenience
of a national walkout."
About 350,000 railway em
ployes are members of the oper
ating brotherhoods, which have
set a strike for December 7 to
enforce wage increase demands.
ARRESTED IN
INJi CITY
(Continued from Page One)
York, Montana prison at Deer
Lodge and various Canadian
prisons.
Ten days after the Buffalo
lunch killings, Sheriff Low an
nounced that pictures of Parks
had been identified by persons
who witnessed the hold-up as one
of the two bandits who invaded
the lunchroom in the early morn
ing of March 16.
Charges on File
First degree murder charges
were filed against Parks, and
later against Bums, his alleged
companion. The sheriff then
went into the Redding district,
where he combed hobo jungles
and other places for traces of the
two men. The search was of no
avail, but local officers sent out
police bulletins throughout the
west, and expressed confidence
that Parks, a many-time loser,
would eventually be picked up.
And sa it hanoened. As soon
as the" Great Falls police chief
checked up on his prisoner, he
found the Klamath record and
made a long distance telephone
call to Sheriff Low.
Grabbed Robber
At 12:20 a. m. March 16, two
masked men entered the Buffalo
lunch, held up the ' attendants
and patrons, frisked the cash
register, and went out the front
door. TCe. David, a chiropractor
who was helping in the restau
rant, followed them out. He en
gaged one of them in a tussle at
the rear of the building. The
other bandit came around the
other side of the structure and
opened fire with a sawed-off
shotgun, the blast killing the
fighting chiropractor. The ban
dits then disappeared in the
night, but they did not get to
a stolen car they apparently had
left running in front of the
lunchroom.
Local authorities made an in
tensive investigation and about
10 days later, Sheriff Low came
upon the clue that resulted in
the charge against Parks.
License Checked
The sheriff found that two
men, one of them answering the
description of Parks, had been
living at a hobo jungle near the
Long-Bell mill but disappeared
the day after the holdup. They
left hurriedly, leaving belong
ings at their camp. Upon further
checking, the sheriff discovered
they had bought a car the day
before the holdup from a second
hand dealer on South Sixth
street.
The dealer said they spent all
their money in buying the sec
ond-hand "jaloppy." The dealer
put up $6.25 for license for the
car. The license was ordered in
the name of George Parks, and
that gave the sheriff the name
of the first real suspect in the
case. The FBI immediately sup
plied a picture of the ex-convict,
George Parks, and local identi
fications were then reported.
The old car the two men had
bought was left by them, on the
night of the holdup, in front
of the second-hand place from
which they had bought it. The
sheriff's theory is that the men
left this car, stole another for
the holdup, and intended to
change back to their old car
and drive leisurely home to their
jungles camp.
But a crowd formed in front
of the lunch room after the
holdup, and they could not get
to the stolen car they had left
for the first getaway, accordine
to his theory.
During the first 11 months of
1940, 3,081,016 new passenger
cars - were registered in the
United States as compared with
2,406,823 registered for the same
period of 1939.
With vacation season over, this
is the time of year when country
relatives heave a sigh of relief.
GEORGE PARKS
W. T. GARRETT,
LONG RESIDENT
OF BLY.DIES
William Thomas Garrett, 80-year-old
Bly resident, died at
9:45 p. m. Sunday in a Klam
ath Falls hospital ending a res
idence of more than 40 years in
this part of Oregon.
"Uncle Tom," as he was of
fectionatcly known to lily folks.
had been bedridden for the past
six years. His death was at
tributed to a stroke. He is sur
vived by his widow, Mrs. Mary
Garrett, and one adopted son,
Clarence E. Gurrett, also of Bly.
Mr. Garrett was born October
4. 1861. in St. Francis county,
Missouri. Forty years ago he
came west, first settling in
Lakeview, and later moving to
Bly where he owned and op
erated the only restaurant, ho
tel, and stage coach in that com
munity. A few years later he
purchased the ranch owned by
"Uncle Billy" Robinson which
joined the. townsite of Bly. A
part of this property, now used
as a campground, is still owned
by Mrs. Garrett.
The year of the hard winter.
25 years ago, Mr Garrett was
a passenger on the Bonanza-Bly
stage when the horses slipped
into a deep culvert, throwing
the stage over and injuring Mr.
Garrett. He later suffered a se
vere injury when thrown from
a horse, both accidents result
ing in his invalidism.
Mr. Garrett served as deputy
sheriff under the late Sheriff
C. C. Low, and when Sheriff
Lloyd L. Low took office, he
was reappointed to that posi
tion which he held up until the
time of his death.
Mrs. Mary E. Patterson and
Mr. Garrett were married in
Klamath Falls in 1904. They
adopted one son, Clarence. Dur
ing their early years on the
ranch they ran as high as 10,
000 head of sheep and many
cattle.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 o'clock Wednesday after
noon from the Community
church in Bly with the Rev.
Bradshaw of Beatty. officiat
ing. Commitment will be in
the Bly cemetery under the di
rection of Ward's.
"Tinfoil Wraps
Lost to Defense
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 m
Start saying goodbye to the lead
foil on a package of tobacco, the
tin foil on a bottle of ginger ale.
Effective March 15, they'll be
forbidden in the interests of de
fense. -
OPM issued the order yester
day, and it bans the use of tin or
lead foil in the packaging of to
bacco products, chewing gum,
candy, beverages, typewriter
ribbons, films and friction tape.
Foil manufacturers, OPM ex
plained, were using about 6500
tons of lead each month. The
metal is widely needed for de
fense purposes, and only part of
the required supply is produced
in this country.
Manufacture of foil- for such
packaging purposes will be pro
hibited effective Jan. 15. Makers
of the listed products will be
given the next two months to
use up their existing stocks.
Finland consists of about 35
per cent forest and 11 per cent
lakes.
Central and North America
are the sole habitats of turkeys.
Bees are sold by the pound.
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Supreme Court
Voids California
Ban on Indigents
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (V)
The supreme court held uncon
stitutional today California legis
lation which prohibited anyone
from assisting non-resident In
digent persons to come into the
state.
Justice Byrnes delivered the
decision on what was popularly
known as the "anti-Oiikio" law,
intended to discourage the move
ment into the state of persons
believed likely to become public
charges.
Twenty - seven other states
were said to have similar sta
tutes. Byrnes said in the decision
his first since taking his scat
last October that the legis
lation "imposes an unconstitu
tional burden upon interstate
commerce.''
The litigation specifically in
volved the conviction of Fred
F. Edwards of Marysville. Calif.,
on a charge of violating tnc
statute by driving his jobless
brother-in-law, Frank Duncan,
from Spur, Tex., to Marysville
in 1939.
WEED NEGOTIATIONS
Another meeting between the
Long-Bell Lumber company oi
weed, Calif., management and
union representatives, previous
ly reported to have been sched
uled for Monday, failed to oc
cur and the AFL strike situa
tion remained at a standstill
Monday.
According to J. M. White,
manager of the big Weed unit,
further negotiations are expect-
ed to take place this week but
the dates have not been defin
itely set. White said he was
uncertain as to whether a three
man department of labor panel
would return to sit in on the '
parleys.
Monday marked the fifth
week of the AFL shutdown
which has thrown 1200 Long
Bell employes out of work. The
union is seeking higher wages,
union shop.
Last meetings between the
belligerents was on Monday and
Tuesday of last week when a
three-man panel composed of
Andrew J. Gallagher, federal
labor conciliator, and A. R.
Henon, and C. W. Gillis of the
OPM, heard the grievances of
both sides. 1
Present for the company
were White, J. D. Tennant, vice
president of Long-Bell; and T.
E. Heppenstall, assistant to
Tennant. -
Abe Muir of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners; William Wedel. repre
sentative of the Carpenters;
Robert Streeter, Pacific Coast
representative of thc Lumber
and Sawmill Workers union,
and a committee of members of
Weed Local 2907 of the LSW
represented the employes.
Reuben James
Survivors Land
NEW YORK. Nov. 24 UP)
Survivors of the sunken Ameri
can destroyer Reuben James ar
rived at the army base in south
Brooklyn today on a US naval
transport.
Naval headquarters here said
it was not immediately learned
how many survivors' arrived but
indicated there were more than
40. Arrangements were made to
send wounded men to the Brook
lyn naval hospital. The others
were to be taken to the army re
ceiving station's transfer base In
Brooklyn. ,
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AID TO SOVIET
(Hero is another exclusive,
uncensored dispatch from Wal
lace Carroll, United Press Lon
don manager, who has Just spent
10 weeks in Russia.)
By WALLACE CARROLL
United Proit Statl Cotroipondent
(Copyright 1941. By Unite.:
Press)
MANILA, P. I. (Uncensored)
Nov. 24 (U.R) -In the great bat
tle of supply lines which the
United States as well as Brit
ain is waging against Germany,
aiA ..........
j thc (,k,m to d(lte or
the two western democracies.
The delivery of American
supplies to Britain and her em
pire is essentially a problem of
providing enough shipping and
safely escorting it to British
ports. But it is a fur different
and more difficult task to sup
ply Russia especially through
the Middle East from which I
have Just come.
In the case of the soviet un
ion, the greatest difficulties bo
gin when supply ships and their
escort vessels arrive. Icebound
ports, docks which are not de-
! signed to bear the strain of
war, single-track railwnv and
narrow mountain roads put a
brake on the flow of war ma
terials to thc red army force.
In Russia, as elsewhere.
Adolf Hitler took advantage of
his interior lines of communica
tion to win the first round of
the supply battle. Aid through
ine txiiuc sea would probably
have been cut of the question
even if the Germans had not
held Denmark and Norway, but
Hitler made sure that no aid
would reach the Soviets through
me uaraancues and Black sen
when he seized Greece, Crete
and the Aegean islands after oc
cupying Bulgaria.
This left only throe routes to
the soviet union through the
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Arctic ocean to Archangel and
Murnmii.sk, through the Pacific
to Vladivostok and across Iran
to tho Caucasus and Caspian
region.
Whether the United States
and Britain, despite the limita
tions of these routes can deliver
to Kussia large numbers of
pliinr-i, tanks uiul guns and
large quantities of munitions,
wheat, sugar and medical sup
plies will be one of the most
interesting questions of tho Rus
sian campaign.
I traveled to tho soviet union
from Britain by the Arctic routo
in August. Although there
were then 21 hours of daylight,
no German warship or piano
molested our convoy. Up to
tho tlmo I left the soviet union
at the end of October, I be
lieve no vessel was lost along
this route.
Now long hours of darkness
protect convoys thero are only
three and a half hours of day
light at Archangel but on tho
other hand, Ice may close this
port. Lord Beaverbrook, Brit
ish supply minister, told tho
press when he was in Moscow
in October that ho believed the
port could bo kept open the
year around.
To cut a lane across the
White sea requires the use of
Icebreakers. Ships would have
to follow in tho wako of the
icebreakers, a slow and tedious
process.
Ice. however, Is not the only
problem. Archangel is the big
gest port In the world designed
for timber export trade, but is
not equipped for unloading
heavy cargoes. As far as I
could see, there was not a sin
gle electric crane in tho port.
Another difficulty lies In tho
shallowness of the harbor.
Small ships can cross over thc
sandbar and discharge at the
docks, but ships of 10,000 tons
carrying any kind of load have
to be discharged by lighter
vessels.
Nevertheless, the Russians arc
working night and day to Im
prove thc port's facilities and
Archangel now may be better
equipped to handle heavy traf
fic. Murmansk is a much better
port and is ice free the year
around. Hitherto, however, it
has been considered too close
to the Finnish border for ships
to risk their cargoes. More
over, the Finns have claimed to
starring GENE TIERNEY
GEORGE SANDERS
. Carl Esmond . Marc
have cut tho railway southward,
so material landed at MuriiiansK
might be stranded.
Like the northern ports,
Vladivostok has many draw
backs. First, it Is under con
stant threat of Japanese attack.
Then It Is doubtful whether Its
harbor would ho Ire free II"'
year around. Finally, materials
delivered to Vladivostok have
to he transported several thous
and miles by rail before they
reach tho front.
No one knows how big a
strain the trans-Siberian rail
road can take, though, llkrt
everything else in the soviet
union, it probably Is bettor
than anybody thought. Foreign
sources in Moscow estimated
the tnins-Sllierliiu railroad
transported 2000 tuns a day for
Germany before tho war broke
out. For their own needs the
Soviets could presumably niuko
it transport still more. But It
Is a long, slow haul, especially
In winter.
One route where big Improve
ment.: arc possible Is the route
across Iran.
When I vlstcd Tehran at tho
beginning of November, the
British transport Mission head
ed by Canadtan-born Urig. (ion.
Sir Godfrey Dean Rhodes was
studying the problem. The
United States mission headed
by Uenerul Wheeler wus en
route to Iran to see whether tho
transportation of war materials
could be speeded up I
There are roughly three ways 1
to reach the soviet union - first !
from Hum ii, the best port on
the Persian gulf, northward
through Iraq by rail to Bagh
dad and Klrkuk, then by road
Into Iran and to the Caucasus:
secondly, from thc Iraiiiun port
of Uaudar Shuhpur northward
by traiis-Iranlan railway to
Tehran or another road Junc
tion, then by road to Baku;
thirdly, from India and Balu
chlstan northwurd by road to '
Boshed and the region east of
the Caspian sea. I
All these routes are undoubt- '
cdly difficult and uncertain.
Basra is an excellent port with
15 electric mines und deep !
enough for ships of 13,000 tons. 1
Tho railway to Baghdad, how
evrr. Is singlo tracked and tho
railway from Baghdad to Klr
kuk Is of different gauge, so
goods would have to be shipped
across Dughdad The roads
northward from Klrkuk are In '
feSMsr t3F tMsumf Kip fe? VSi
MARRY CAREY . JOSEPH PAi t pt
Lawrence . SIR CEDRIG "HARDWIRE
November 24, 1041
GUARDS PLACE?
OVER VALUABLE
ORE
(Continued from Puge One)
a week's vacation with pay anil
ate In the defense of tho Nether
lands Kn-t indies,
"There is no doubt wliuls)
ever," said Prof. Pletor S. (icr
brandy, Netherlands premier,
"that In the Pacific whura the
Netherlands East Indies are situ
uted cooperation between Aus
tralia, Great Britain, North
America and tho Netherlands
will be complete should thero
bo aggression In that part of the
world."
U. S. Consulate at
Saigon Bombed
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 WV-
The stato department announced
today that It had been Informed
tho United States consulate lit
Saigon, French Indo-C'hlnu, WgStf
wrecked by a bomb lust iiliihT
but no member of tho staff n
injured.
The stuff ineiubers, the depurht.
inenl suld, wen) Consul NkliiiJ
II. Browne und Vlco Consul
Klngsli-y W. llumllton, with una
American clerk. Miss Carolyn f.
Jacobs.
poor condition and require con
siderable Improvement.
Bandar Shahpur on the Iran
lun side of the Persian gulf it
a good deep water harbor, hut
cargoes must be removed hy
lighter craft. The truiis-lranum
railway also Is single trucked
and some engineers say It would
require from four to five years
to Install double track. On
the other hand. It Is one of the
best roadbeds In the world ami
an effort Is being made to enn
struct sidings to Increase its
capacity.
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