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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1941
Number 9447
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By FRANK JENKINS
ODAY'S naw la full of hint.
and highlight', of lfa and
kmuylwi, of bluf( and counter-
liluffa.
It la barren of decisive de
velopment.
"OVERSHADOWING every
thing for the moment la the
situation In tho Pacific.
Tlio Jap press and radio ore
attacking the U. S. bitterly. Hure
nro scattered samples:
"America hai no sincerity."
"America hai broken the
peace."
The UnlUd SUitea ALONE la
responsible for what aeema nl
most Incvttiiblo now."
CAVAQE chieftains, working
their wnrrlora up to the
lighting pitch, act the tom-tomi
to throbbing. Modern dictator!
turn looto their heel-dog press
and radio.
The purposes are tho same.
Only the methoda differ.
TN Tokyo, Tojo'a cabinet, In
at what tho correspondents de'
w.rlbo aa "an atmosphere reflect'
lug alternate gloom and bristling
hostility, meet anew to dello
rrate on Japan' final itand on
the negotiation with Washing'
, tOI." '-'I ; ' - ' .-,-.
TAP AN, according to roipon
J slble Far Eastern authorltlei"
quoted by the Associated Preu
today, hai two cholcei;
1. Accept U. S, terma, Quit
the axia. Get out of China,
3. FIGHT.
'T'HESE Far Eastern authorities
think it isn't in Japan's char
acter (ruled as she is by a mill
tnry dictatorship that must fight
or lose out) to knuckle under to
the U, 8. and quit.
So they think she'll fight.
-.Their prediction is that the
Tojo government, which sent
Kurusu to mnko a lost-minute
peace try, will FALL and will
be succeeded by a government
bJULLY COMMITTED TO WAR
J ...
pDR leaves Washington for
Warm Springs, giving rise to
two opposing schools of conjec
ture:
1. That he wouldn't have left
If any hope remained of further
negotiations with Japan.
2. That ho wouldn't have left
if the Jap crisis was really ex
pected to get worse.
Take your choice.
...
TN London, an "authoritative
source" says:
"U. S. aid in tho battlo of the
Atlantic has enabled Britain to
dclcgato to tho Pacific tho sort
of ships (that is, battleships)
needed to meet a "really great
naval power."
' Japan Is one of tho great naval
powers, with a navy built around
BATTLESHIPS, which are fight
ing ships. London- "authorita
tive source" (whoever ha is) is
saying to Japan:
"If you fight, you'll havo to
fight a combined U. S.-Britlsh
Jfleot with moro battleships than
o-ou have,"
CROM Manila comes a dispatch
asserting that nazl agents in
the Far East aro making a de
termined attempt to bring about
a negotiated ponco between
Japan and China.
The nazl idea, of course, Is to
get Japan out of tho mud in
China no sho will be freo to
fight tho United States and
Britain.
yOU may think you havo seen
. poker games In your time.
This .writer ventures the opin
ion that all the poker games you
have seen in all your lifo it piled
one on top of another would
bear about tho same rolation to
this poker game in tho Orient
as a handful of sand to Mount
Shasta. .
. CONDUCTOR DIES
NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (IP)
, Gennaro Pnpl, conductor of Ital
ian repertoire at the Metropoli
tan opera, was found dead today
In the bathroom ot his apartment
in the Hotel Woodward,
Tojo
Ill
SEEKS PURGE
WAST
British and American
Influence. Must
Go, Declared
TOKYO. Nov. 20 (P) Premier
Gen. II kick I Tojo, in a message
to the people of Japan, China
and Manchukuo tonight declared
that Britain and the United
States were fighting in troubled
waters by pitting the peoples
against one another and "for the
honor and pride of mankind we
must purge this sort of practice
from tho east Asia with a veng
eance. '
"Tho fact that Chiang Kai-
Shek la dancing to tho tune of
Britain, America and commun
ism at tho expense of able-bodied
and promising young men In his
resistance against japan, is oniy
due to the desire of Britain and
the United States to fish in
troubled waters ot East Asia by
pitting East Asiatic people
against1 on another and, grasp
hegemony in East Asia," lie de-
"This 1 the stock in trad
of Britain and the United State
For tb honor and pride of jruuj-'
am i v nun purge mis son oi
irsK i -am East Asia with' a
. - . , ...r ,;,r
I toy W Associated Press'" '
VTho Jar East crisis, already
rr the explosion point, was
..a with sharp new gravity
loony a Japan's Premier Gen.
KkJJU ToJ reportedly declared
that ,Jaawoi must "purge ' East
Asia with a vengeance" to get
rid of United States and British
exploitation.
The British radio said ho made
such' a. statement In addresses
to simultaneous national meet
ings in Manchukuo, occupied
China and Japan.
Japan s press and radio, mean
time, bitterly assailed the United
(Continued on Page Two)
Bidders Given
Land Leases
At Title Lake
Bids totaling $57,553.28 were
accepted on 70 lota ot govern
ment leased land on Tule lake
at the reclamation bureau office
in thto federal building Friday
afternoon.
Tho land leased totals 11,404
acres, making an average . ot
$4.00 an aero on the accepted
bids. Eighty-seven bidders placed
280 bids for the 70 parcels of
land.
This government acreage lies
mostly on the east side of the
Tule lake basin. Most of it Is in
tho area to be opened to entry
next fall, and for that reason
nearly all the leases negotiated
Friday will, be for one year only
Llskoy brothers led the bid
ding with bids accepted on 20
parcels of land.
(For complete table of accept
ed bids, turn to page 2).
Welders Authorize
National Strike " ,-;
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20
IP) Local 10 of the United
Welders, Cuttors and Helpers an
nounced early today that its
membership of nearly 1000 had
voted unanimously to authorize
a five-man national board, repre
senting independent welders, to
call a nationwide strike.
The welders, seeking au
tonomy, sent the following tele
gram to Lloyd Payne, secretary
of tho committee at Washington.
"Ratified amalgamation. Au
thorize Washington committee to
call nationwide strike. Fledge
financial support."
A union spokesman said ap
proval of the strike sanction
meant that Independent San
Francisco welders would walk
out Immediately In the avent
of national itrlke call..
Assails
Troop Leaves .
Cancelled At ,
Singapore Base
SINGAPORE, Nov. 20 UP)
All troop leaves at this big Brit
ish Far Eastern stronghold have
been cancelled as "a normal pre
cautionary movo In view of the
Pacific situation," It was an
nounced tonight.
NEW YORK. Nov. fO (Pi
A British radio report heard to
day by CBS said Thailand has
sent a military representative
to Singapore for, conferences
with British officers. ,.
y
CHUNGKING;' Nov. 20 (P
A Japanese attack upon Thai
land or China's Yunnan prov
ince, aimed at cutting the Burma
road supply line, was held by
Chinese authorities today to be
equully possible.
Reports of heavy reinforce
ment of Japanese garrisons in
French Indo-Chlna were cited,
but ono source said that "which
ever way the Japanese turn, the
defenders won't fight alone."
t- Any Joint Japanese-American
declaration of Intention to avoid
war in tho Pacific resulting from
Washington conferences, it was
said, would be a "meaningless
formula," which would not al
leviate the dangers Inherent In
the Far Eastern situation.
TO DICT
HI! 'BOLE
Colony Still Part of
French Empire,
: Says DeCoux '
By RELMAN MORIN -HANOI,
French Indo-China.
Nov. 20 (P) French Indo-Chi
na s role In the event of war in
the Pacific will be directed sole
ly by the French government in
Vichy, Vieo Admiral Jean De
coux, governor general of the
colony,- said today in an inter
view.
A Japanese army now is sta
tioned here under the terms of a
Joint French-Japanese defense
agreement.
Asked whether Indo-China ar
eas or bases would be placed at
Japan's disposal in case Japan
were involved In war in the Pacl
(Continued on Page Two)
Eight Nazi Ships
Headed for North
Port Destroyed
LONDON, Nov. 20 (P) At
least eight German transports
and supply ships carrying rein
forcements ' to the Murmansk
front, near the soviet Arctic
port, have been sunk by British
submarines, tho admiralty an
nounced late today.
' A communique said that five
others were damaged by tor
pedoes or gunfire. . -
British submarines operating
in Arctic waters "havo been
inflicting severe losses upon Ger
man troops transports and sup
ply ships carrying reinforce
ments of men and material to the
German armies on tho Mur
mansk front," tho communique
said.
One of the British submarines,
the Tigris, under command of
Commander H. F. Bone, has sunk
five axis ships and seriously
damaged a sixth, the bulletin
said.
Looking Backward
By The Associated Press
Ono year ago Greeks occupy
Italian base at Pogradctz. Liver
pool undergoes severe air raid.
Two years ago Soviet Russia
breaks oft diplomatic relations
with Finland, ending negotia
tions over alleged border inci
dents.
Twenty-five years . ago Ger
mans capture Fltechl, northwest
of Bucharest, .
iff
pi
U. S.
REPORTS
CIRCLE DRIVE
British Report Guns
"Thinning Out"
Near Tobruk
BERLIN, Nov. 20 (JP) En
circlement attacks are being
made by- axis forces in north
Africa upon British battle units
advancing into Libya from the
southeast, a German military
spokesman said today.
Denying British reports that
the British had established con
tact with the garrison of To
bruk, he said such contact was
"not yet effected." , ,
LONDON, Nov. 29 W) An
authoritative source said today
he had received word the "ar
tillery is thinning out" in the
vicinity of Tobruk, on the
Libyan front, but that ,he was
uncertain whether it meant axis
guns were being withdrawn to
the west. . J -
' Ha added it mlatit mean nlmii.
ly-Tltat-Hip-'tuiir mweingf-.
snutea to reinforce German and
Italian troops elsewhere in the
main battle area.
.To Smash Rommel"
Commenting on . a Rome re
port yesterday that General Et
tore Bastlco was . commander-in-chief
of the - Italian-German
forces in Libya, the London au
thority said, "There may be dif
ferent views of that matter."
"We are out to smash Rom
mel," he said,- referring to -the
German general,! Erwin Rom
mel. "After that I am sure we
(Continued on Page Two)
Italians Claim
Capture of 1000
In Libya Battle
ROME, Nov. 20 (JP The de
struction of a British motorized
brigade in bitter fighting on the
central Libyan front and the
capture of more than 1000 pris
oners, including the commander
of the brigade, were announced
today by the Italian high com
mand. The general's name was given
variously as James Scarges, the
high command reported.
(The British acknowledged
that the fifth South African bri
gade hod been "surprised" by
axis troops at Rczegh early this
week, and said yesterday that
losses would not exceed 1200
men, including prisoners taken.
They said then that men still
were escaping and that the final
casualty figure might be small
er.) . At Tobruk, the high command
said, there was a new British at
tempt to break through the ring
encircling the garrison but it
was broken up promptly by
troops of tho Bologna division.
(The British have announced
the Tobruk garrison has broken
through and Joined other British
forces. Tho British also said
that substantially the whole of
the Bologna division was de
stroyed in the fighting.)
Santa Claus Opens Toy Season .
In Parade Down Main Street
Santa Claus came out from
the north in full splendor Sat
urday afternoon and officially
opened tho holiday season in
Klamath Falls. Hundreds of
children and Just as many old
sters, lined the curbings along
Main street as bandsmen, twirl
ers, clowns, carolers and huge
colorful balloons made up a col
orful line of march.
At 1 o'clock the Klamath
Union high school led the par
ado from Balsiger's corner the
full length of Main street, and a
rousing ovation was given Santa
wj)p was depicted entering
Hundreds of toys In good condition were handed In at the door of the Pelican' theatre Satur
day morning when admission to the Popeye toy matinee was just one toy. Jim Stevens. Pell
can manager, hands Roy Rows, fireman, a good siaed fire truck which the laddies at the station
will paint up. straighten the wheels, and turn out in fine shape for distribution on Christmas
eve. ,
98,924
iee Middies
Come Back With
' Two Drives
MUNICIPAL STADIUM,
Philadelphia, Nov. 29 OP) Two
crunching, ground - eating
marches in the third quarter, one
for 60 yards and the second for
66, brought Navy's well manned
football forces a' fine 14-6 victory
over Army today in their 42nd
clash before a sun - warmed
crowd of 08,924 paying cus
tomers. It was the third straight tri
umph over the Cadets for the
Midshipmen, and wound up the
coaching career of Marine Major
Emery E. (Swede) Larson with a
perfect record. Larson, a mem
ber of three winning navy teams
as a player, also coached three
winners over Army by, 10-0
in 1930, and 14-0 a year ago. :
For tlie first half Army's hard
bitten regulars outplayed Navy
all over the field, and moved to
a ' touchdown on the spark . of
Ralph Hill's 57-yard punt re
turn and some fine running by
their triple threat back, Hank
Mazur. It was Jim Watkins, sub
fullback from San Saba, Tex.,
who finally bucked over for the
score from a foot out.
Half OSC 0. Oregon 0
Half California 7. Stanford 0
First Washington 0. USC 0
Holy Cross 13, Boston College 14
Fordham 30, New York U 0 :.
NC State 13, William and Mary 0
Carnegie Tech 0, Pittsburg 27
Texas Tech 35, Wake Forest 6
Penn State 10, South Carolina 12
Oklahoma 6, Nebraska 7.
Georgia 21, Georgia Tech 0.
Southern Methodist 13, Texas
Christian 15.
chimney, (oys arranged about
the float.
Following was the line of
march; Klamath Union high
school band, girls glee club,
clown figure, twirlers, pink ele
phant balloon, Pep Peppers, fish
figure, Chiloquin band, Altamont
twirlers, goat figure, Keno float,
singers and scene; giraffe figure,
Girl Scouts, Girl Scouts float,
Merrill band, Boy Scouts, Boy
Scouts float, Henley float and
band, horse, figure, Camp Fire
girls float, Camp Fire girls
marcher, Tulelake float, funny
man figure,. Roosevelt school
carolers, school boy patrol, Malin
band and Santa Qlaus,
' Admission, One Toy!
SecessiomsU
T6 Pay Taxes y
Citizens of the "state of Jeffer-
son," the proposed 49th state
of the Union, were invited to
the provisional capital here to
day to pay their sales taxes.'
A two-day. celebration - was
planned to mark the beginning
of tax collections for the new
state ' secessionist leaders plan
to form from a huge mineral
and timber-rich region of north
ern California - and southern
Oregon. All residents of the
five counties involved in the
movement Siskiyou, Modoc,
Del Norte and Lassen in Cali
fornia, and Curry in Oregon
were invited.
Prominent citizens, - mean
while, assured all they were in
earnest about their; plans. -"This
49th state movement,"
said Helen Ferguson, past presi
dent of the Yreka Business and
Professional Women's club, "is
' (Continued on Page Two) ;
Wealthy New York
Ex-Gangster Faces
Vagrancy Charge
NEW YORK. Nov. 20 (P)
Johnny Torrio, erstwhile Chi
cago gangster and ex-convict, ar
rested on a Brooklyn street last
night and charged with vag
rancy, said In police lineup to
day that he was a real estate
broker with property in Hono
lulu, Florida, Maryland and
Brooklyn. ?' ' , ' y '; ;
Despite that claim of afflu
ence; which would negate the
police charge that he had no
means of support his wife sev
eral years ago bailed him out of
Jail with $104,000 in cash
Police Captain Michael Ledden
told Torrio: ; . ' 1 ;
"You had better stay out of
this state; you'd better go to
Honolulu, Florida or Maryland
and start selling that property.
You're not wanted here." '.. . .
After about two minutes in
the lineup in Manhattan, Torrio
was taken back to Brooklyn for
arraignment. '
Through Attorney Joseph A.
McKinney he pleaded Innocent
in Magistrate James A. Blanch
field's court and was released in
$1000 ball for further hearing
next Friday. . ,
Torrio conducted himself with
severe dignity throughout. -
The former racketeer, reputed
to have taught Al Capone the
bootlegging business and all that
went ' with ' it, had $18 In - his
pocket when picked up in Brook
lyn. Police say he is worth at
least $1,000,000 in eash and
Bnooklyn real estate.
Torrio is high on Mayor F. H.
LaGuardla's "purge" list Nto rid
tha town pj undesirable ..
1 REDS RECROSS
. 1 DON RIVER IN
(if w .i SMASHINGGflIN
. gSeite
Measure 'Given Little
Chance of Vote i
This Session ;
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 UP)
A badly-battered version of the
administration's anti inflation
price control bill rested on the
senate's doorstep today after a
wearing, trip through the. house,
but there seemed little chance
of it becoming law before next
year. ,
The legislation, which Presi
dent Roosevelt requested four
months ago. to avert the threat
of unchecked inflation arising
from the huge defense spending
program, passed the house last
night by a roll-call vote of 224
to 161, but only at the cost of
major concessions and : several
defeats for administration forces.
Little Chance
: Senate leaders indicated that
while committee consideration of
the measure might begin rela
tively soon, there' was little
chance of senate action on it at
this session. It took the house
banking committee more than
three months to draft the bill.
.Before the house agreed to ap
prove the legislation, it perform
ed a number of major operations
on the measure, including
(Continued on Page Two)
Stockman Quits
Liquor Board to
Run for Congress
SALEM, Nov. 29 UP) Ernest
R. Fatland, Condon, speaker ot
the house in the 1939 legislature,
will become a member of the
Oregon liquor control commis
sion Monday succeeding Lowell
R.- Stockman, resigned, Gover
nor Charles A, Sprague . an
nounced' today. - -
Stockman, ; Pendleton, whose
resignation was received by the
governor today, wrote that as a
candidate for the republican
nomination for congressman
from the second Oregon district
he could not - "conscientiously
continue to serve as a member
of the commission.''
"In leaving the commission,"
Stockman added, "I have a keen
sense of regret, for I have thor
oughly enjoyed working . with
Chairman Wentworth and Com
missioner Chambers, who.m I
have- found to be. personally
agreeable and devoted .to the
best interests ot the state."
Ex-Speaker Fatland's appoint
ment Is for the unexpired por
tion of Stockman's term, or until
January 1, 1944. Stockman has
served on . the commission for
two year. i
Nazis . Admit Retreat
But Announce New
: Moscow Threat
BERLIN, Nov. 29 (P) The
German high command acknowl
edged today a partial withdrawal
from Rostov on the Don but on
the Moscow front, according to
DNB, three strongpoints on tha
capital's defense line have bceit
wrested from the red army
Klin, Solnetschnogorskl and Vol
okolamsk, v
AU three towns are In the di
rectly threatened northwestern
defense zone of Moscow Kiitt
50 miles from the city, Solnetsch
nogorskl, 31 miles, and Voloko
lamsk, 65 miles.
The announcement of the Ros
tov withdrawal was a parity In
modern German military action.
Only a week ago the Germans
had boasted ot their prize, a big
river port and northern gateway
to the Caucasus.
MOSCOW. Nov. 29 UP) Rus.
sia proclaimed tonight that Ros
tov had been delivered from tha
German conquest by a thunder
ing counter-offensive which car
ried the red army back across
the river Don, , and, smashed
southernr-army-af FieM Marshal
General Ewald von Kleist. - '
. Premier Stalin, in a messago
of congratulation to his south
ern commanders who apparently
had turned back the great Ger
man threat to the- Caucasus,
praised the red troops for "de
liverance of Rostov from the fas
cist invaders" and raising again
"our glorious soviet flag in Ros
tov.'? - V
Nazis Smashed
.The first announcement came
from the Moscow radio which
said that troops under a Com
mander Lemidov had crossed the
Don and occupied the southern
part of the city while other
troops broke through to : tha
northeast of the strategic city.
The broadcast said:
"Von Kleist's army has been
smashed. His 14th and 16th
tank divisions, 80th motor divi
sion and S. S. 'Viking' division
are fleeing in disorder In the di
rection of Taganrog. ' The red
army is following close on their
heels. The Germans have lost
5000 killed." '
Suspect Whispers -Train
Wreck Story
False, Faces Trial
BEOWAWE, Nev., Nov. 29 UP)
Clarence J. Alexander whisper
ed "I no more wrecked that
train than you did" but Sheriff
Stanley Fine said today the state
would continue his prosecution
on a charge of murder of one of
the 24 passengers killed In a
train wreck in 1939. ..'
Alexander, 24-year-old sec
tion hand of Cleo Springs, Okla.,
waived his right to a preliminary
examination in justice court yes
terday. Led from the courtroom," ha
whispered to a newspaper man,
"I no more wrecked that train
than you did." He also said he
didn't want to live and had tried
to commit suicide four times.
Sheriff Fine then objected and
led the prisoner away.
Alexander will be held to an
swer the murder charge in dis
trict court at Eureka. He was
arrested last week at Susanvllle,
Calif., on a minor charge.
Sheriff Olln Johnson of Las
sen county, Calif., said Alexan
der confessed he wrecked the
streamliner Aug. 12, 1939, hop
ing to rob passengers, but be-,
came terrified and fled. The of
ficer said the prisoner confessed
because he could not sleep.
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Cltv Briefs 'JL Page S
Comics and Story, ..Page 14
Courthouse Records ... Page 4
Editorials ......:v....-..Page .4
Hlah School New i Page 8
Information, ...... .......-..Page 3
Market, Financial ........Page 11
Pattern Page B
Society .. .... Pases 8. 0. 7. 8. 0
Sport .... .. ..i, Pago 12
Weekend Picture -Pag' 10
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