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Vol. 18, No. 92 Price Five Cent
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1941
(Every Morning Except Monday),
PELICANS WIN
One That Mlamed
SENATE BEATS
AID TO BRITAIN
Nazis Poise For
Drive On Greece
Within 48 Hours
OF DISTRICT 3
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Br FRANK JENKINS
I AS thM words ara written on
" Friday morning. Seattle it
a preparing a "blackout" rehearsal
for tonight. What strike th
easualteader of accounts of these
preparations Is the enormous In
terruption of the normal IK of
the city.
Blackout (Including rehear
sals) ara a part of modern war,
and war 1 Ilka that. It Inter
rupts unbelievably th normal
life of all the people of the world.
THAT raises a question: WHAT
1 IS the normal Ufa of human
beltigsT
There are many who Insist
that war is the natural state of
man. continuing because he Is
' Inherently COMBATIVE; and It
must be admitted that s casual
reading of history goes far to
support this view.
History, however. Is like the
- newspapers (which are current
J history.) It emphasizes the spec
tacular ana taars ine oruuiarjr
run of human affairs largely for
granted.
War Is spectacular, and so the
historians, from Herodotus down,
hsv given It the headlines.
THIS writer has an Idea that
If a composite picture of
what has been In tha minds of
all men since the world began
could be presented It would show
beyond all doubt that war has
been dreaded and feared above
all else by the ordinary run of
human beings.
AND so wa are led on to an
" other question: If the over
whelming majority of all ordin
ary human beings since th world
began have dreaded and feared
war above all. things else, why
A has war CONTINUED?
Tha answer I reasonably aim
Die. . .. . . . -
Wars are promoted by am
bitious leaders who ara farther
down toward tha bottom than
they want to be and see In war
th opportunity to get ON TOP.
.
COR centuries after tha fall of
r tha republic and the rise of
the empire, Rome was devastated
and torn by wars among con.
tenders for the throne. In these
wars there was not even the
pretense of principle. They were
wars for POWER alone.
Between the lines of history
abundant hints are to be read
that the common run of people
had no stomach for these strug
ffla. but when somebody starts
a war vast numbers of people
have to fight, whether they want
to or not
war stirs ana cnurns me
world, and In this stirring and
churning process no one knows
what may come to the top. In
this situation bold and reckless
people see an opportunity for
. self advancement. Wanting more
than they have and seeing In
war the opportunity to get what
they want, they PROMOTE
WAR.
Caught In the whirlpool thus
created, ordinary people are
helpless.
JAPOLEON was ona of these
bold and reckless spirits.
Hitler is another.
There Is ample evidence that
In Napoleon s time the common
run of Frenchmen soon wearied
of wars and longed for the
peaceful opportunity to carry on
their ordinary lives. There are
plenty of Germans who feel that
way now, but they are caught in
the whirlpool of events. Just as
tha Frenchmen of Napoleon's
time were, and can do little to
help themselves.
On of tha lessons of history Is
that leaders can irretrievably
commit their people to things the
people don't want but have to
go through with.
Turks Suspect
Nazi Alms In
Ilalkan Area
WASHINGTON, March 7 VP)
President Roosevelt sped Averell
Hnrrlman on the way to Britain
today to "act as my personal
representative x x x in regard to
all matters relating to the facil
itation of material aid to the
British empire."
Harrlman, chairman of the
board of the Union Pacific Rail
way who haa been serving with
the defense commission, is leav
ing for London, via Lisbon, by
transatlantic clipper next Monday.
Klamath High Basketball
Five Wins Second Time
From Bend Squad 42-21
PELICANS 36 PACE ONE
Again touched off by Sopho
more Jim Bocchl, who poured In
10 first quarter points, the Klam
ath high Pelicans Friday night
tucked away the District 3 chsm-
plomhlp and a trip to Salem's
state tourney by plastering Bend,
42-21.
As on Thursday night when
the slender James' six units in
the third period
lit the fuse, so
it was last night
sfter a slow first
four minutes In
which each side
holed only two
points.
A basket by
Nlcar, tali
black- haired
Lava Bear cen
ter, made It 4-2 and Slim Jim
went to work. He evened it up
with a two-pointer, put the locals
In the lead with a brace of pen
alty shots, then slapped In two
more and another pair of free
throws while Bend could total
only three slim points. .
Reglnate Carries
In the second quarter Reglnato
carried most of th ball for th
Pelicans with scoring help by
Love, Erlandson and Bocchl and
pivot aid from Passin' Pat Moses.
The bull-necked forward slipped
in three buckets and a free throw
couplet while the others almost
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Labor Strikes
Averted By
Mediation
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By The Associated Press -
Successful' mediation efforts
today had forestalled strikes In
a number of industries Important
to the defense of the United
States. ;
Th threat of Imminent walk
out was lifted from tha Con
sumers Power company which
serves 2,000.000 customers In
southern Mlchlgsn; from the
Rutland railroad In Vermont,
and from the Ingalls Iron Works
whose Birmingham, Ala., plants
hold $100,000,000 in defense or
ders, v
Governor Murray D. Van Wag
oner of Michigan Thursday took
a hand in the dispute which
menaced the electrical service of
900 communities in his state.
After he announced he was pre
pared to use "the full power"
of his office to see that service
was not disrupted, AFL elec
trical workers and the Consum
ers Power company agreed to
arbitral their differences. The
union seeks wage increases and
a preferential shop.
Not even arbitration may be
needed, however. Chairman
Thomas J. Donahue of the Mich
igan state labor mediation board
announced that negotiators for
the company and tha union, af
ter hours in discussion, had ar-
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Begins to
Amendment To Deport Bridges
Beaten By Senate Voice Vote
WASHINGTON, March 7 (UP)
The senate tonight rejected by
a voice vote a British aid bill
amendment which would have
called for immediate deportation
of Harry Bridges, west coast CIO
leader.
Sen. Robert R. Reynolds, D-
N. C ). offered the amendment.
He denounced Bridgea as "an
alien communist who has cre
ated more trouble for the gov
ernment than any other single
Individual or group of Individ
uals."
' Little support
He was unabla to got tha sup
port of enough senators even to
force a roll call on his proposal
after Senate Democratic Leader
Alben W. Berkley of Kentucky
pointed out that Attorney Gen
eral Robert H. Jackson already
has ordered a hearing on the
question of Bridges' deportation.
Only a few "ayes" were heard
when Reynolds' motion was pre
sented. .
'Has it come to tha point
Here's a Band shot attempt
at tha Klamath gym. Anderson of tha Lava Bears, foreground, haa Just tossed for tha net but th
ball la falling short. Tha Psllcaa'a Love, extreme left la la midair after a leaping try at block
ing Anderson's shot. The Pelicans woa 42-21 and tha right to compete la the state tournament
at Salem starting Wednesday. The squad will leava Tuesday for the four -day meet. -- '
HOUSE VOTES
Senate Defeats Revision
To Put Teeth in Fair
Trade Law; Vote 17-12
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.'
SALEM, March 7 (P) The
house voted 37 to 23 today to
Investigate the administration of
old age pensions, while the. sen
ate defeated 17 to 12 a bill to put
teeth In the fair trade law, which
forbids selling of food below the
cost of doing business.
The house reconsidered the
vote by which it defeated the
pension Investigation three days
ago. Rep. J. D. Perry (D- Col
umbla) asserting "there have
been many complaints regard
ing the Inequity of relief for
aged people. The mere appoint
ment of a new committee to la
vestigate these Inequalities would
result In most of them being
eliminated.
No senate action Is necessary,
At the same time, the Joint
ways and means committee rec
ommended defeat of three meas
ures to provide a minimum pen.
slon of $30 a month, and that
the first $1B of outside income
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where we can't deport an enemy
of our country?" he asked.
Sen. Pat McCarran, (D-Nev ),
declared that adoption of the
amendment would be "an affirm
ative declaration that the depart
ments of government on which
democracy depends have failed."
Measure for Defense
"It would be an affirmative
declaration that our courts are
not competent and capable of
carrying out. their duties," he
said. "This is no place to discuss
a matter of this kind."
Reynolds said the British aid
bill should provide for Bridges'
deportation "if this measure is
a measure for the defense of tha
United States."
His amendment said: "Not
withstanding any other provision
of law, the attorney general la
hereby authorised and directed
to take into custody forthwith
and deport forthwith' to Aus
tralia, the country of which ha
Is a citizen or subject, the alien,
Harry Benton Bridges, whose
presence in this country the
congress deems hurtful."
that missed fir la Thursday Bight's district 1 tournament game
Revision of Airport Land, . :
Tentative Re-Routing Plan -"
Talked Over At Conference
A revision of plans for land
acquisition for tha Klamath air
port was tentatively outlined
Friday morning at Joint confer,
ence of city administration offi
cers, tha county court, reclama
tion officials, the city airport
commission and the aviation
committee of the Klamath covin"
ty chamber of commerce.
Under this proposal, the city
may acquire from the federal
government certain old Colonial
Realty company lands adjoining
Veneer Union,
Kalplne Heads
Hold Meeting
No new developments were
reported last night following a
half -day's, conference between
management and union repre
sentatives In connection with the
Kalplne Plywood strike.
The strike began on Tuesday.
Questions of interpretations of
membership and the matter of a
majority in the CIO Plywood
Workers union lay behind the
dispute that stopped work at the
Weed highway operation.
In a news story on the strike,
there appeared two days ago a
statement that an absolute dead
line had been set at noon on
Tuesday, February 29, for a
count of the cards of the mem
bers by an Impartial referee.
The union took exception to
this statement and denied that
there was an absolute deadline
or that it showed in minutes of
the conference at which the
Card check - was agreed upon.
The union men said they felt
their actions had been unjustly
Impugned.
A representative of The Her
ald and News examined the
minutes Friday. On the grounds
that the "record is the best evi
dence" an excerpt from the min
utes, covering this point, will be
published if this can be arranged.
Murcury Illtfh
In Northwest
SEATTLE, March 7 (UP) The
northwest' premature spring
continued unabated today, with
thermometers here registering
66, equalling the high mark for
the year and Just one degree un
der the all time March 7 record.
In Portland the mercury hit
69 degrees the hottest day sine
last October 19.
In addition, the weather man
said Thursday was th hottest
March 7 since 1909, when a 72
degree maximum was recorded,.
tu
the present airport on th west.
It may not obtain all of the oth
er lands previously proposed for
acquisition.
This Colonial realty lies
across the Summers lane exten
sion (Spring Lake road) from
the present airport, and If the de
velopment transcends this road
it will be closed through the air
port property. A tentative plan
for re-routing was outlined, how
ever. This calls for a westward ex
tension of the Johns road to
Washburn way, thence south on
Washburn way across the South.
ern Pacific tracks and on a new
road parallel to the tracks to re
join the Spring Lake road at the
south end of the airport.-
The possibility of using WPA
money to help construct the re
routing was considered.
City Engineer E. A. Thomas
said after the conference that
the changes appear to be favor
able but that final decision rests
on the approval of the army en
gineers, construction agents for
airport development under the
CAA.
It is possible, also, that under
the proposed development, the
present Henley road, an east
west road, would be extended
along the southerly side of the
airport to connect with the
Spring Lake road.
Nest of Axis.
Ships Found
In Somallland
LONDON, March 7 () A
nest of axis merchant ships was
uncovered in the British land
and naval offensive that took
Chisimato, Italian Somallland,
the admiralty announced today,
and five were seized, five scut
tled and an eleventh was driven
ashore.
The five seized are Italian,
totalling 28,193 tons. One of the
scuttled ships, the 7021-ton Ger
man Uckermark, actually sank
while in British tow after her
crew's attempts to sink her were
halted by the British, the admir
alty said.
The capture of Chsimaio and
Mogadiscio in the Somaliland of
fensive, by (Coordinated British
land and naval action, was said
in an early admiralty announce
ment to have eliminated the
chief bases for axis surface raid
ers In the Indian ocean.
"It can now be stated that five
Italian merchant ships with a
total tonnage of 28,193 tons feU
into our hands as a result of the
capture of Port Chlslmaio in
Italian Somaliland," said the
second admiralty communique.
Ban on Use of U.S. Troops
Outside Western Hemi
sphere Turned Down
WASHINGTON, March 7
(UP) Administration forca
today crushed all efforts la th
senate to write Into th British
aid bill a prohibition against
th us of United States armed
forces la foralga wars, but
failed to obtain a final vote oa
the measur despite th fact
tha sna la remained la sesstoa
until almost 10 p. m.
WASHINGTON, March 7 W)
Th senate, with administration
lines holding firm, overwhelm
ingly rejected today three at
tempts to write into the British
aid bill restrictions against the
use cl American troops outside
the western hemisphere.
After it had defeated two pre
vious proposals by votes of 63 to
28 and of 96 to 39, the chamber
turned down a third offer by
Senator Taft (R-Ohio). .
Powers Limited
Taft's amendment would have
declared that no additional pow
ers would be conferred on the
president to use American
armed forces beyond the west
ern hemisphere and United
States possessions. The two
previous proposals, by Senators
O'Mahoney (D-Wyo.) and John
son (R-Callf.) differed slightly
in language and meaning.
The chamber's action on the
Taft proposal apparently cleared
the way for a vote on an admin
istration-sponsored amendment
by Senator Ellender CD-La.) stat
ing that nothing in th bill
should be construed as changing
existing laws governing land
and naval forces. -
The jto on Taft's amendment
was SI for to 81 against , .
. f. -V jntsMeatdaaV". "'
- Ellide-rigijially ''bad pro
posed but had withdrawn th
amendment Taft later sponsored.
' Opponents Announced the re
vised' - Ellender - proposal as
. (Continued on Pag Two)
Seattle Has '
First Real
U.S. Blackout
SEATTLE, March 7 (UP For
the first time in America's peace
time history, air raid sirens
doused lights in a great city as
planes droned overhead.
In a 19-minute test blackout,
SeatUc put out her lights and
functioned in total darkness.
This dispatch was sent from a
pitch-dark United Press bureau
as the lights winked out !
Officials pronounced the test
"a complete success. '
Plan Plant Showed
Ironically, shining brightly on
the edge of th darkened city
were the most vulnerable mili
tary objectives the huge -Boe
ing Aircraft plane and the Todd
Seattle shipyards, both working
to capacity; on national defense
orders. " " . '
They were'permltted to oper
ate to prevent disruption of their
smooth-flowing production Una.
Bright moonlight picked out
buildings in the city, tha long
spire of the Smith tower, highest
building In the west and water
front structures, which shone in
the reflection from Puget sound
waters.
Plana Overhead
Military observers in planes
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Driver Gets
Ticket After
Curb Painted
SAN FRANCISCO, March 7
(UP) When Louis Shawl
parked his car February 20 the
curb was the customary dull
grey. ...
Thirty minutes later Shawl
returned to find:
A traffic department truck
had been along and the crew
had painted the curb a vivid
"no parking" red; and a traffic
officer had placed a parking
tag under, the windshield
wiper of Shawl's car.
This didn't seem right to
Shawl, so h wrote to Munici
pal Judge Clarence Morris,
suggesting check of his story
"if you don't believe It."
The traffic department told
Judge Morris yes, that was the
day the curb wa painted red.
Judge Morris tore up Shawl's
' tag.
PRESIDENT HAS
PLAN FOR NEW
LABOR AGENCY
Broadening of World War
System for' Handling
Among Union Men Eyed
WASHINGTON, March 7 W)
President Roosevelt disclosed to
day that he was considering cre
ation of a labor board which
would act not only as a media
tion agency but would consider
problems of labor, production
and other factors entering into
labor disputes.
The chief executive told a
press conference he could only
generalize about the proposed
board but that it would not be
merely a revival of the old Taft
Walsh board of World war days,
since it might have a broader
field.
Disapproval
At the same , time, the chief
executive spoke out against Jur
isdictional strikes among union
men.
"As a whole." ' he was asked,
"do you think.it desirable
to do away with Jurisdictional
strikes?"
Absolutely, he replied. - He
added that he did not think the
country could approve in any
shape, way or form a Jurisdic
tional strike like one called, at
Wright field, Dayton, Ohio.
Jurisdictional strike ara: part
- (Continued on Pag Twe
RHODES TRIAL
Truck Operator Charged
With Involuntary Man
slaughter by State!
The ease of State versus Rob
ert Wilcox Rhodes started Friday
in Klamath county circuit court
A jury of 12 men was selected
and prosecution and defense
witnesses testified by 9 p. m.
Rhodes is being tried for invol
untary manslaughter of Howard
Johnson. He was Involved in a
truck-car wreck a short distance
south of Worden on highway 97
November 11, 1940, in- which
Johnson was fatally injured.
Witnesses for the prosecution
were Herbert Cramer and Jack
Both well, - who were riding in
the Johnson ear at th time of
the accident They testified they
had not noticed the approaching
truck until the moment of the
impact
Saw Accident
Next witnesses were G. W.
Martin and Clayton Sweasy, who
ware following the truck some
distance behind and saw the ac
cident. Martin was driving. He
said he saw no car on the same
side of the road ahead of the
truck, a point which the defend
ant made. Sweasy confirmed
Martin, stating that he noticed
no car on the open highway
ahead of the truck.
-The truck is said to have
crossed the yellow highway strip
and crashed head-on into the
Johnson vehicle. Joseph L. Coo-
ley and Edward A. Janzen, State
police officers, testified that the
Johnson car left no skid marks
on the pavement other than ones
indicating a sldewlse slide. Coo-
ley said there was no indication
Johnson had applied his brakes.
Both policemen testified -they
had smelled the odor of liquor
on the truck driver's breath. Jan
zen said he arrived at the crash
scene after Cooley, and that
Rhodes was asleep in Cooley's
patrol car at the time.
Adler Testifiea
Dr. - George Adler, Klamath
county coroner, testified he ex
amined the bodies of Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson. He said Johnson's
face was battered beyond recog
nition. He also said he detected
a strong odor of alcohol on the
breath of the defendant when he
examined him for injuries. Adler
told the court there were no
visible injuries on Rhodes either
at the time he arrived-at the
wreck or on the next day, Sun-
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STARTS FRIDAY
Jugoslav German Mutual
Non - Aggression Pact
Agreement Publicized
SOFIA, March 7 P Neutral
military observers heard tonight
that German troops massed on
the Greek and Turkish frontier
may launch an attack from Bul
garia on eastern Macedonia and
Thrace "within 48 hours."
More than 190,000 nazi troops,
hundreds of tanks and armored
cars already are in position for
a quick attack.
With the axis push expected
at any moment, diplomatic ob
servers watched Yugoslavia and
Turkey for indications of how
those two Balkan entente allies
of Greece would behave when
Adolf Hitler's blitzkrieg army
starts rolling.
- From the heights south of
Zlatograd, the Germans massed
on the frontier could see th
blue waters of the Aegean Sea
across the Greek border.
The Aegean port of Salonika,
backdoor to the Balkans, would
be the first immediate objective
of any German thrust across
Greece.
BELGRADE. March 7 (UP)
Jugoslavia was said in highly re
liable quarters tonight to have
agreed to a friendship and non
aggression pact with Adolf Hit
ler, clearing the way for a Ger
man attack on Greece unless tha
latter capitulate to a dictated
peace.
The Jugoslav German pact,
making complete Hitler's encir
clement of Greece, will be signed
ceremoniously within a few days,
it was said, and will represent
the Belgrade government's thesis
of a middle-course solution. . -;
Germany was said to have sug
J "(Contmued on Page Two)-
Freezing Funds ? J
Of I ante-China
NEW YORK, March- 7 (UP)
The Dome! (Japanese) News ag
ency said tonight in a dispatch
datelined Saigon that th United
States - was freezing funds of
Indo-China now in the United
States. - c -
The dispatch, contained in th
regular Domel English-language
broadcast to this country, said
Charles Reed of tha United
States consular service on March
5 . informed Gov. Gen. Admiral '
Jean Decoux and the bank, of
Indo-China of the decision.
It was reported in Saigon; the
dispatch - said, the Indo-Chinese)
bank had on deposit ' in tha
United States about $80,000,000
of its reserves.- - - ' -
- The dispatch said it was be
lieved in Saigon the reported ac
tion of the United States gov
ernment was designed to hamper
Indo-Chinese financial opera
tion and thus impede economic
cooperation between Indo-China
and Japan. -
Gayda Asserts
Italians Sank - . .'.
30 Worships
". ROME, March 7 lPl Virgin
io Gayda, the fascist editor, as
serted today that British sea
and air losses at the hands of
Italy total 20 warships, 28 sub
marines, 98 freighters and seven
tankers, all sunk, 809 planes
shot down and 213. destroyed
aground.
. Gayda also said 87' British
warships, three submarines and
41 freighters were damaged by
Italian action, two tankers tor
pedoed and 99 planes probably
downed in addition to the plana
tlosses which he said were cer
tain.
He published the figures to
show, as he put it that Italy la
doing her part in the axis war
by straining vital British ton
nage at a time when every ship
is needed In defense of the Brit
ish Isles.
Gayda said Italy was com
pelling Britain to hold one fleet
in the Mediterranean consisting
of seven battleships out of her
total of 13, three aircraft car
riers, 10 heavy cruisers, 70
smaller warships and 19 sub
marines. '..-"
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