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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGOtf. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 28, 1941
Number 9446
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By FRANK JENKINS
"A I no hints guurdcdly toduy
tlmt In the buttle of Libya the
Q tide Is beginning to turn In Brit
ain'! fuvor.
The Tobruk garrison has Join
ed tho British encircling column
coming up from tho cunt and
south. Tho British say formid
able axis "pockets" still remain
In the encircled area, however,
mid must bo cleared out before
tho navy can land troops and
supplies at Tobruk.
That would bo Important, for
it would shorten and speed up
British supply lines.
THE British Broadcasting Cor-
poratlon reports today:
'Tho British Mediterranean
fleet, sweeping the waters be
tween Libya and Crete, has so
effectively blocked the axis that
slnco the beginning of tho great
tank baltla In Libya NOT ONE
TON of supplies has reached the
hard-pressed German and Italian
. armies by sea."
IfEEPING lighting forces SUP
w IX PLIED has always been
essential to their success. In
these days of mechanized war
fare, it is more necessary than
evcy before. , ,. ;., , , l
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TN Russia, the); nazi appear to
A be battering steadily nearer to
Moscow, and the reds admit the
situation there is grave;
Before giving Moscow up for
lost, remember that months ago
Leningrad wai so gravely men
aced as Moscow I now but Is
still holding out.
.
TN tho dispatches, you read re
1 peatcdly that the fighting In
northern Africa may affect the
whole future of tho world.
If you want to know why, got
out your globo.
You will note that while Hitler
has overrun practically all of
Europe, including much of Eur
opean Russia, the area ho has
conquered is RELATIVELY
CJ small. On tho entire globe, it
occupies a spaco not much larger
than a postage stamp stuck on an
apple.
THEN get out your history
books.
You will read In their pages
that NAPOLEON conquered an
area roughly comparablo with
that conquered so far by Hitler
somewhat smaller, sf course,
but still comparable. Napoleon
was STOPPED. Ho tried to
brcuk Into Africa, but failed. Ho
cast longing eyes at India, but
nevor could muster the strength
to make the attempt to seize It.
In time, the hatreds and the
tresses ho had set up In the
countries ho conquered COM
BINED to overthrow him.
JF Hitler can be stopped In
1 European Russia, if he can be
hold at the Caucasus, If he can be
thrown out of Africa and pre
vented from getting back, there
is a very fair chance that the
record written by Napoleon may
be REPEATED In the case of
Hitler.'
TT Is British SEA POWER that
It opening up the possibility
that Hitler may be stopped as
Napoleon was stopped.
Hitler realizes It.
. So he is reaching for sea power
with which to combat that of
Britain, now aided by the United
States.
T ET no doubts entor your mind
' that It Is Hitler who Is firing
up Japan to go to war, with tho
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Looking Backward
By The A"oclatd Press
On Year Ago German spread
flames in Liverpool and London;
ORAF tbombs Cologne,
Two Years Ago Russia de
nounces non-aggression pact with
Finland.
Twenty-Five Years Ago Ger
man troops are reported within
i 37 mlle of Bucharest - - (
SENATE, HOUSE
PLANT SEIZURE
B I LLSOKAYED
House Crushes Effort
To Limit Wages in
Price Measure
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 VP)
Senate and house committees
gave their approval today to
separate bills which 'Would em
power the government to take
over a defenso plant when
strikes impede production.
The senate judiciary commit
tee voted 12 to 2 to recommend
the bill of Senator Connelly to
take over such plants and freeze
the open or closed shop status In
them.
, Thl action followed only by
minutes house labor committee
approval - of legislation which,
besides the seizure clause, would
create machinery for voluntary
arbitration of labor disputes.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 HV
In swift succession, the house
crushed today a move to limit
wage Increase through price
control legislation and then de
cided to retain In the bill agrt
culture price provisions advo
cated by farm state representa,
tlvea. - a
By a voice vote, the house re
futed -to atrilca out of the bill
provision to prohibit wtauium
men! of ceilings for farm prices
bloiv tlielr ,19l9-i average de
spite criticisms that : it .would
permit the prices of soma, farm
product to rise at much as 30
per cent.' . j , ' , .
Specifically, proponents o! the
provision conceded It would a!
low cotton prices to rise to 2 (.8
cents a pound although they con
tended the huge surplus of the
commodity; would prevent such
an Increase. The parity price
ofcotton Is about 17 cents. '
In Its present form, the bill
would forbid the fixing of ceil
ings for farm prices below the
market price on October 1. the
1819-29 average or 110 per cent
of their parity price, whichever
is highest. '
The house overwhelmingly
voted down a proposal for a
modified form of wage control.
F. R. Summons
Conference on
New Tax Bill
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (IP)
President Roosevelt will call
treasury, experts and congres
sional leadors to a White House
conference, probably next week,
to seek an agreement on the
substance of proposed new tax
legislation.
Plana for. the meeting were
disclosed today by Chairman
Gcorgo (D-Ga.) of tho senate fi
nance committee, who told re
porters he expected any new
revenue program to provide for
a payroll withholding tax.
Payroll Deduction
, George expressed the opinion
that consideration of a new rev
enue measure was likely to be
delayed until January, despite
urgent treasury ' appeals for
speedy action.
While the Georgia senator
would not predict the form 'to
be taken by the new bill, he
said he looked upon - the inclu
sion of a payroll withholding
tax as "Inevitable" and believed
that It might be accompanied
by a general all-around Increase
in corporate and individual
levies.
The treasury has - suggested
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More Troops to
Visit Klamath
More troops are scheduled t6
visit Klamath Falls in th next
few days, according to Earl Rey
nolds, chamber of commerce sec
retary; .
Reynolds said that a larger
unit, including about 000 offi
cers and men, will bivouac here
Monday. These men are from
the H8th infantry. . . ,
, Scheduled for a stop here Fri
day night were throo officers
and ninety men of the 60th cav-
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Noted Singer
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Paul Robeson, Internationally
opens the winter concert season
FOR BANK THEFT
3-Year Term Ordered
For, Former Dorris .,
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.. Jank Cashier .
SACRAMENTO, Nov, 28 VP)
Federal Judge Martin W. WeUh
today sentenced . Clifford w.
Sevlts, ' former cashier of the
Butte Valley State bank at Dor-
rut; "CaluVto serve' three year
in federal prison on the first
count of an Indictment charg
ing embezzlement of bank funds
totalling $2,900. .
The Judgo imposed a pro
bationary sentence of five years
on each of two additional counts
to run' concurrently. The pro
bationary period begins after
Sevlts has served his three
year sentence.
Sentencing of Clifford W.
Sevlts at Sacramento Friday
concludes a cose that broke with
startling suddenness about six
weeks ago at Dorris, whero
Sevlts for many years was con
nected with tho Butte Valley
Stnto bank.
Federal officials suited that
embezzlement by Sevlts from
the tank amounted to nearly
$20,000 over a period of years.
Tho bank was fully protected
by insurance and no losses were
incurred by depositors.
Discovery of irregularities
was made by state bank ex
aminers, and when Sevlts was
confronted with their findings
ho admitted the embezzlement
and assisted the examiners and
bank officials in making a com
plete check of tho books, It
was said. For several years, it
was reported, sevlts had man
aged to prevent discovery of
the embezzlements in spite of
many examinations oy tooth
state and federal examiners.
Sevlts pleaded guilty to the
federal charges.
GoVernor Asks
Extradition of
Klamath Suspect
SALEM, Nov. 28 (&) Gov,
Charles A. Sprague said today
he has asked the extradition of
George Parka from Great Falls,
Mont,, to Klamath Falls, where
Parks is charged with slaying
ur. sniem uavld last .March 18.
Dr. David was slain while lie
wrestled with one of two gun
men who had robbed a lunch
room near his home. Sheriff
Lloyd Low at Klamath Falls
said the gunmen fled, but that
one later was Identified as
Parks through an automobile
license application, .
, Sheriff Lloyd Low left Klam
ath Falls Thursday for Salem to
obtain extradition papers for
Parks. Ha planned to go from
there to Great Falls, Mont., to
bring tho Buffalo , lunch murder
suspect bacj? tq Klamath Falls,
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Here Tonight
famous negro bass-baritone, who
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Robeson Plans
Varied Program
For Concert
Music lovers are keenly inter
ested in tonight's concert at 8
o'clock in the Pelican theatre
when, the, first of the -wini
series Is opened by Paul Robe
son, bass-baritone,. and Clara"
Rockmore, thereminlst. The con
cert is presented by the Klamath
Community Concert association
and admission is by membership
ticket only... :Poors will open at
7 p clock. ..
Robeson's accompanist is Law
rence Brown who has been with
him since his first public appear
ance, and Miss Jtockmore s ac
companist of long - standing is
William Schatzkamer.
t A record breaking house is ex
pected tonight from . interest
shown the past two weeks by
t n e association membership.
Both artists arrived early Fri
day morning and are to leave
by train several hours after mid
night for San Francisco where
they will appear.
Paul Robeson,' who has' dedi
cated his magnificent voice to
the "songs of the folk," as he ex
presses it, is today acclaimed
throughout Europe and America,
not only as the greatest singing
actor of his race, but "compar
able to the greatest singers, of
any race." With utmost simplic
ity ho presents these genuine
expressions of the folk soui
their moments of sadness and
brave gaiety, of simple and ferv-
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Germans Sowing
Mines Near Coast .
LONDON. Nov. 28 fP-l.Th
German air force is sowing "con
siderable" mines along the sea
lanes off the west coast of Eng
land through which some United
States ships coming directly to
Britain must sail, an authorita
tive source said tonight.
He' said that this mining had
been a continuing process but
that the British had been "very
successful" in dealing with air
sown mines, although the "nuis
ance value" to tho Germans had
been enormous, considering how
many men were required to keep
the approaches swept clear; ;
New Entries Swell
"Fairyland"
Saturday's Fairyland "parade
continued to grow in potential
size Friday, as new entries came
into the Christmas Opening head
quarters at the chamber of com
merce. Five bands, eight floats, seven
marching unit and seven inflat
ed figures are now entered for
the Tjrocesslon from Esnlanada
and. Main to Second and Main
streets, beginning at 1 p. m. Sat
urday. There may be other en
tried. '
.Musical organizations to par
ticipate are the Klamath Union
high school band, grade school
band, Merrill, Malln and Chilo
quin school bands. Floats have
been entered by - Falrvlew and
M
oscow Threat Growing!
ADVANCE
DESPITE HEAVY
SES
CLAIM
Soviets' Report Gains
In Counter Attack
Near Rostov
; MOSCOW, Nov. 28 (IP) The
peril of Moscow is increasing,
Pravda, the communist party
paper, acknowledged today, de
spite "tremendous" German
losses and. a difficult nazi sup
ply problem. .
The newspaper said the Ger
man' main strength had been
marshalled on the flanks of the
capital's defenses for an attempt
to push east and north in the
past several days.
The Germans have encounter
ed - supply .difficulties - because
their gains have extended their
front, it declared, and reported
the destruction of 330 tanks be
tween November is and 25 a
an indication of the nazi losses.
Wedge Driven
i't$i. HumUwi eounter-offenfjya n
?h Kalinin sector, 80 miles north
ct Moscow, has, driven -wedges
into- the- German lines, and red
army troops have. reoccupied
several villages, Pravda said.
iiOn the': Rostov,-' front--in '-the
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GondorrFolfiiS-
To Brim itfmf!
East Africa :
. . - . -'a . ' - ,
NAIROBI, Kenya Colony, Nov.
28 (JP) Gondar, mountainous
stronghold and last bastion of
Premier Mussolini's east African
empire, surrendered last night
after a hard-driven two-way at
tack,, the British east African
headquarters declared today,
The announcement gave no
details on the number of prison
ers taken by the attacking em
pire force of highland troops,
Indians, Sudanese and south and
west African units.
Military, observers' said, how
ever,, the Gondar garrison was
believed to exceed 10,000 men
at least half of them Italians,
(The Italian high command
also1 announced the surrender at
Gondar where it declared Italian
forces were, outnumbered, bom
barded by land and air, and bat
tered Jhto the city itself . by
armored forces.-
("With aU means or keeping
up-resistance exhausted, and in
order not to expose the Italian
and native populations to further
sacrifices of life," the Italian
communique said, "the high com
mand of the theatre of operations
ordered hostilities suspended at
2.p..m.")
The British announcement
said .the final , assault on ; the
hold-out stronghold In northeast
ern Ethiopia was mads princi
pally by east African troops who
thus had "the honor of finally
overthrowing Mussolini's east
African empire."
Line-up for
Parade Saturday
Roosevelt schools In town, Keno,
Henley, Tulelaka, the Camp Fire
girls, Boy Scouts and old Santa
Claus himself.
Marching groups will include
the big group of Altamont junior
high schoql twirlers, KUHS glee
club, twirlers and Pep Peppers,
Camp Fira girls, Boy Scouts and
school boy patrol. ;
The figure will Include tho
funny man, clown, horse, giraffe,
fish, elephant and goat.
These will be form.'d of inflat
ed balloons;, held up by little
helium -filled -balloons. Boy
Scouts will, guide the figures
through, the streets. .
, ' The Salvation Army Is decor
ating th Santa, Claus float. , ;
Jap-American Parley Seen
Near End; War Threat Eyed
By Th Associated Press .
With the fate of peace in the
Pacific hanging in the balance,
Japan's press today voiced be
lief that Japanese-American ne
gotiations were near an end and
Washington report said the far
east crisis had reached a point
of extreme gra-.ity.
The United States govern
ment, it was reported, has stern
ly ruled out any possibility of
a compromise with Japan . on
the China war and has raised
the possibility that American
merchant ships in the Pacific
may be armed. -
In Canberra, Australia's ad
visory war council met in spe
cial session to discuss latest de
velopments in the situation. ;
In Shanghai, to the farewell
strains of "Aloha," thousands of
persons - watched the S. S.
President Harrison depart with
the last contingent of Shang
hai's U. S. marine garrison, end
ing a 14-year sojourn in the
Orient. The remaining detach
ments at Peiping and Tientsin,
less than 200 in number, were
expected to leave soon from a
Five Die in
Rooming House
Fir:MiPmalm0
SHREVEPORT.La.; Nov. 28
WV-Fiva persorur, ,U members
of an Omaha, Neb., family were
burned to death, and two other
were seriously injured in .a Art
in ai -downtown rooming house
etrlx-loday.' t - - ,' ;r . ;
- The: dead are Melton Wedge-
woodi"17. Mrs. Dale WedgewoodJ
2, Gary Dale Wedgewood,--18-months
old. Virginia , Wedge
wood,-,13 and Dale Wedgewood,
23. ; - - . - - ,. ,
E.- R. Wedgewood, 48, jumped
to safety after being badly burn
ed but his wife was trapped in
the building.- Her condition was
undetermined. She . suffered
greatly from shock, a sanitarium
attendant said.
The family was trapped in the
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Two Members of
'Duchess'.Gang...
Die in Chamber
SAN QUENTIN, Calif.; Nov.
28 After laughing heartily
and chatting over a robust break
fast one hour before-their death
hour, two members of the no
torious "Duchess" gang were
executed in the prison gas cham
ber today. '
They were Mike Simeone, 33,
and 22-year-old Gordon -Hawkins.
Both men refused blindfolds
as they were seated in-the.execu-tion
chairs. -'.!
Young Hwk In s " looked
through, the' glass windows and
grinned at the audience.
Simeone . managed to. smile
weakly, As the two had entered
the death chamber, they were
laughing.
The two men paid their, livs
for the slaying of a young mem
ber of the gang which was dom
inated by Mrs. Juanlta Evelita
Spinelli, 52, who died in the
gas cell last. Friday the first
woman California had executed
The gang was convicted of mur
dering. 19-year-old Robert Sher-
rard because they feared he
would tell police of their, depre
dations.
Three Americans 1
Captured in Libya ., '
CAIRO, . Nov. 28 (fl5) Major
Buckley, United States army ob
server with the British forces in
Libya, has.-been captured, au
thorities announced tonight. -It
was understood he - was un
harmed ... .
ROME, Nov. 28 (P) The Ital
ian- government announced to
night that - two' correspondents
with the British, forces in Libya,
Godfrey H. P. Anderson of the
Associated' Press, .London,- and
Harold Denny, New York Times,
have been taken prisoner.
Further details were unavail
able, ' ' ' - - - ;
North China port, completely
removing all American marines
from Japanese-occupied China
as ordered by President Roose
velt amid the heightening ten
sion. . - '
Informed quarters In Wash
ington said- they expetced an in
vasion of Thailand, adjoining
both British Burma and Malaya,
would be Tokyo's first move if
the Japanese government decid
ed to reject Secretary of State
Cordell Hull's basic formula for
peace in the Pacific.
There were strong indications
that Japan bad virtually aband
oned any hope of a settlement
through the "last chance" mis
sion of special envoy Saburo
Kurusur,- to . Washington, - with
Domei, t h e Japanese - news
agency, declaring that "there is
little room for prolongation" of
the negotiations. : --
High Japanese war and navy
ministry officials met at the of
ficial residence of Premier Gen.
Hideki Tojo while the cabinet
met to study Mr. Hull's offer.
The government gave no im-
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Frenchevfof Nazi
Sphere Reported
' T; Changing - ,r
NEW-YORK, Nov. 28 OP A
drastic change in the French
attitude toward Germany in the
past. week, was reported today
in trustworthy advices reaching
the Associated Press.
These advices came from
sources which previously had
said that Germany and the
Vichy regime would - reach- a
collaboration agreement in the
near future.
It was stated that in Vichy,
where officials permitted corre
spondents last Saturday to send
dispatches telling of an immi
nent, meeting between Marshal
Petain and high German lead
ers, rumors are circulating that
such a meeting has been post
poned indefinitely. - .. . ;
By LLOYD LEHRBAS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (IP)
Secretary - of State Hull today
began a sweeping re-examina
tion of United States policy to
ward Vichy France.
Hull turned to this new prob
lem as soon as he was freed of
the time-consuming conversa
tions on the Pacific which have
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Two Killed in
Crash of Naval .
Scdut Bomber
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 28
(PhA ' naval ' scout bomber
crashed and burned shortly after
taking off from the North Island
naval air station yesterday, and
both its occupants were killed.
The pilot was Russell L. Gar
ner, 33, of Orlando, Fla., an en
listed navy flier with a pilot's
rating.. -As a passenger, Garner
had Theodore H. Church, 19, a
marine ' private from - O'ympia,
Wash. ...
The plane, a double dauntless,
went out of control and fell into
a spin at low altitude. A navy
board is investigating the cir
cumstances leading to the acci
dent, fifth this month involving
navy planes based at San Diego.
Meat Packing ' :
Firms Indicted
CHICAGO, Nov. 28 (IP) Fifty-
two defendants were indicted by
a federal grand jury today on
charges of conspiracy to fix the
prices paid for producers for
livestock- and to fix the prices
charged for meat.
Fourteen meat packing firms,
the American Meat Institute and
37 individuals were named der
fendants. ; - ' ' ' -' H
T
DBRUK LINES
W DENED
AX S
FOBIE SPLIT
Nazi Ra iders Trap'pedj
- Trying .to Return .-;
; To Main Body; -
By The Associated Press ! "
Britain's desert armies appear
ed today to have gained a defin
ite edge in the 11-day-old' bat
tle of North Africa as Imperial
mechanized legions broadened
the vital corridor to Tobruk
presumably - wiping - out - axi
pockets of resistance and surg
ed on westward from the bloody
Rezegh fighting zone south of
Tobruk.
. Furious Battle 1 ,- -'
The . battle continued to - rage
with unabated fury, marked by
heavy losses on both sides. K
British -spokesman - said -nearly
the entire Italian Bologna divis
ion about 15,000 ' troops had
been wiped out.-" He said' the
junction between, the inaai Brit
ish armies and the .Tobruk, gar
rison had now "been completed."
v A. ' Cairo communique said
British and New Zealand troops
which yesterday "made direct
contact" southeast :of.' .Tobruk
were, slowly ..beating : the-'. Ger
mans and .Italians back in i
drive apparently aimedLat. ex
tending . communications v and
supply through Tobruk itself .
.'Raider Trapped ') ', ;
, Units of Gen. Erwin Rommel'
German North African-; corps.
which -attempted a - diversion
thrust across the Egyptian- bor
der, were declared to have been
scattered and now to be trying
"to rejoin axis forces, engaged.
In battle west of Rezegh." ..
Rezegh is 10 miles south of
Tobruk.
British middle ' east head
quarters said the .axis .armies
were putting up "determined. op
position," but indicated that the
trend of battle -was slowly . de
veloping in British favor. v
Authoritative London quarters
said the axis "diversion" force
was racing back into the! Desjt
toward the main battle zone at
Rezegh, 90 miles west "of the
border, when other-British arm
ored units again foil upon it
These quarters said no: infor
mation was available on the out-,
come of the engagement or on
latest developments In; the1
bloody Rezegh sector,' 10 mile'
south of Tobruk. ; -:.:r. ,
A BBC broadcast said the Brit
ish Mediterranean fleet, sweep
ing tne waters Deiween riDy
and Crete, had so effectively
blocked the axis -that since the
beginning of the - "great tank
battles in Libya hot one ton of
supplies has reached the hard-
pressed German -and Italian
armies by sea.". ; 'H iuv-.',:;
Brooks-Scanlon.
Crews Strike for Vkv'
Wage Increase J
BEND. Ore.. Nov! 28 UPh-On
of the largest pine milling oper
ations in the west closed yester
day as Brooks-Scanlon. company
mill and woods crews struck., i
The CIO International Wood
workers of . America - called the
strike after break-down in nego
tiations for a 71-cents-an-hour-,
wage Increase and a week' vaca
tion with pay.' The present wsgo
scale was not announced. 'V -
News Index ;:;
Church News .........Page 13
City Briefs .......Page' S
Comics and Story ...... Page 12
Courthouso Record .Page , .4
Editorials .........Page .,4
High . School New . Page 18
Information .................Pal ; 8
Market, Financial .j. Page 14
Midland Empire News, Page 11,
Pattern ...page-
Sport Page 10, H