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Vol. 18, No. 09 Price Five Cents
TWO SECTIONS
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1941
(Every Morning Except Monday),
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News
JACKSON SAYS
f DEPORTING OF
I ALIENS FAILS
Attorney General Reveals
I New Plan to'Keep Un-
desirables in U. S.
WASHINGTON, Mnrch 19 (U.R)
(Attorney General Robert H.
Jackson tonight advised coriiireu
.that the policy of deporting
aliens haa (ailed and suggested
; a new plan (or their detention
; In the United Stutcg.
I In a letter to Chairman Hatton
I W. Sumnera, (D-Tex.), o( the
yVouie Judiciary committee, Jack-
flon alao aiiked congress to pac
ify whether the communist party
and the German-American Bund
ahould be considered organiza
tions pledged to overthrow the
government by force or violence.
No Certain Rule
He said that although the legis
lative history shows that con
gress "probably Intended" to de
port communists and Bundlsts, In
practical application such aliens
have no certain rule by which to
live. Some courts have held
membership In such organize-
lions to be grounds for deporta
tion, he said, while others have
held It was not sufficient to war
rant deportation.
Asserting that the long-standing
policy of deporting undesir
able aliens had fulled because of
present world condtlons, Jackson
wrote:
"I can think of no policy more
likely to spread disrespect for
law enforcement than that of
conducting deportation proceed
ings against a large number of
aliens only to have It discovered
that the decision cannot be exe
cuted. "Such procedure arouses both
the hatred and contempt of the
alien and la well calculated to
buljd up In our midst a group of
dcsperaio and dangerous men."
- Sentence ol Death
Juckson said that the question
arises now whether the extra
ordinary dangers of the high
seas da not make deportation "a
sort of a contingent sentence of
death." He mentioned the sailing
of the Dutch ship S. S. Soemba
from Philadelphia on December
8, 1840.. with 10 deportees. The
hip was sunk, whether due to
war conditions or not never haa
been determined, he said. Seven
of the deportees pcrishd.
Jackson said the government
has outstanding 8081 deportation
warrant!, of which 6249 cannot
be executed because, of condi
tions beyond this nation's con
trol. He said 3947 aliens have
been repudiated by their native
countries, blocking their depor
tation, and 2302 others cannot
return to their home lands be
cause of transportation facilities.
Russia haa repudiated 1254
aliens, ho said.
Ho suggested the following
new plan:
1. Creation of a board to class
ify deportable aliens on the basis
of their fltncsa to be at large In
our society after hearings which
the court would accept as pro
tective of Individual rights.
2. Confinement for criminal
aliens. He said 8S2 aliens of this
type now are awaiting deporta
tion. Including 773 who have
been convicted of major crimes.
(Continued on Page Two)
Kidnaping of
1'rlnce Doubled.
RENO, Nev., March 15 0P)
The district attorney and sher
iff's office here said today that
they had conducted an investi
gation and found no evidence
here of kidnaping in the case
of "Prince" Alexis N. Romanoff
who was found handcuffed at
Tijuana, Mexico, last night.
"The entire story has been
Concocted," District Attorney
Ernest Brown declared, "Our in
vestigation shows that Roman
off's automobile is missing and
Mrs. Hazel Parcell, at whose
home he haa been staying, told
ua that he left there Thursday
saying he would probably be
kidnaped by red Russians."
Brown said that a hearing on
state charge of practicing medi
cine without a license was pend
ing hero and that Romanoff had
been at liberty under ball. He
said the hearing was scheduled
for next Monday.
The War
25 Years Ago
By The Associated Press
March 15, 1918 German
bombardment of Verdun slack
ens but jharp trench fighting
continues elsewhere on western
front.
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Curtis X8B2C-1 dive bomber la reported to turn over 850 mph 100 mph faster than any other
dive bomber carry twice as many bombs as any other dive bomber and cruise twice aa fat.
KLAMATH TEAM
3RD IN STATE
41-33 Victory at Salem
Over Oregon City for
Pelicans SeU Place
SALEM. Ore., March 15 (UP)
Klamath Falls captured third
place in the Oregon high school
basketball tournament tonight
with a 41-33 victory over Oregon
City.
The loss gave Oregon City
sixth ' position in tournament
ranking.
Klamath Falls led all the way
and was ahead 8-5 at the end of
the first quarter. 19-18 at half,
time, and 32-27 at the end of the
third period. Erlandson, with 11
points, paced Klamath Falls and
was the game'a high scorer. Get
tel scored 10 for Oregon City.
North Bend and Baker won
fourth and fifth places, respec
tively, by virtue of victories this
morning.
Crowell Scores 21
Sammy Crowell scored 21
points in leading North Band to
a 582 conquest, uii-.t.ie,
(Cont.ue4 n'Psse Thirteen)
,
Kennerly Back
In Canada to
Seek Recruits
OTTAWA. Ont., March 13 (PI
His ear drums damaged in a
five-m 1 1 e-a-mlnute powerdlve,
Pilot Officer Byron ("Jack")
Kennerly of Klamath Falls. Ore.,
has returned to this continent to
help get recruits for a second
all-American squadron to fight
on Britain's side. '
He has been a member of the
one group already formed, the
Eagle Squadron. Ho said the
two squadrons would fly as an
RAF "wing."
Kennerly said six members of
the Eagle Squadron had been
killed. (Reports out of London
have listed only four deaths.)
Kennerly h o p e s to return in
' (Continued on Page Two)
Death Valley Scotty Held
'Cheat' by Trial Judge
LOS ANGELES, March 15 (IP)
Federal Judge Ben Harrison has
called Death Valley Scotty "a
confessed cheat," but the imper
turbable desert rat merely com
mented to a friend:
"If he thinks I am 'a fake, I
wonder if he would accept an
Invitation to go out In the rocks
on a mule with me. Maybe I
might show him something."
Judgo Harrison has taken un
der submission for at least 25
days the suit of Julian M. Ger
ard of New York for an account
ing on an old grubstake claim
agreement. Gerard seeks a 221
per cent interest In Scotty's
mine returns since 1907.
After Gerard rested his case.
Judge Harrison proposed that,
rather than hear testimony
which the defense offered to
present, the parties submit briefs
and answers over a 25-day pe
riod as to whether Gerard could
show claim to property of Scot
ty's partner, Albert M. Johnson
"I feel the plaintiff has been
wronged," said the judge. "Scot
ty took Gerard for a cleaning
But I don't believe there is any
property upon which an equity
Judgment would act."
Judge Harrison said no evi
dence ha1 been produced that
Scotty owned a mine or had an
Interest Mn any property in
Death valley, the famous castle
there belonging to Johnson,
President Notifies World
Aid to Britain, Allies to
Be Increased Until Victory
WASHINGTON, March 15
(UP) President Roosevelt noti
fied the world tonight that de
mocracy will be able to prove
that dictators can't win and that
material aid to Britain and her
allies "will be Increased and
yet again increased until total
victory has been won."
He gave unequivocal notice
that America no longer would
compromise with tyranny and
the forces of oppression; that the
day of appeasement has passed.
From this day on, he said, the
United States goes forward de
termined to move products from
the assembly line to the battle
lines of democracy now. No
longer is the world In doubt as
to democracy's decision, the
president said.
China Too 1
From America, "the unbeat
able defenders of Britain" '.and
their Grecian allies will not only
be supplied but will get ships,
food and the Implements of war,
Mr. Roosevelt said, and added
that China, too, will get our help.
" "And when the dictatorships
dtalntegratarvand, pray' Qod. that
they will sooner than any of us
now dares to hope then our
country must continue to play its
part in the period of world recon
struction," Mr, Roosevelt said.
For Americans, he said frank
ly, this means sacrifice and toil
and he told labor and manage
ment that they must cooperate
"for unless we win there will be
no freedom for either." He de
clared that the country, united
in the present war aid program,
would not tolerate "unnecessary
strikes ... sabotage . . . war
Bonanza Visitor
Diet) in Valley
GRANTS PASS. March 15 (IP)
Cyrus Burton Brown, 57, visitor
from Bonanza, died today of a
sudden heart attack shortly after
he entered a car driven by his
son Frank to return home. He
came here to visit his father, A.
B. Brown. Other survivors in
clude his wife, Ruby May, and
three sons.
' Funeral services will be ar
ranged at Klamath Falls.
Sporting a shiner - he claims
his mule "Star Dust"- gave him.
Walter Scott, better known as
Death Valley Scotty, la shown
In a Los Angeles court where
he Is contesting suit that may
reveal the source oi his mysteri
ous wealth. Scott, owner of a
12.381,000 desert castle. Is being
aued by a Flew York financier
who claims he - grubstaked
"Scotty" In 1902, and never re
ceived a percentage of his "fabu
lous mining profits."
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profiteering ... or short-sighted
management."
"Let not dictators of Europe
and Asia doubt our unanimity
now," he said.
The president spoke from the
annual dinner of the White
House Correspondenta associa
tion, an unprecedented back
ground for the speech his first
address on the operation and ob
jectives of the war-aid program
which he launched with the sign
ing of the lend-lease act on Tues
day. ...
The address was broadcast on
the three major networks and
prepared for short wave trans
mission throughout the world to
14 languages.
"For untess we win there will
be no freedom for either manage
ment or labor," he said.
Ha called on Americans every
where to work unsparingly to tiy
crease armament production. He
said that "to all of you it will
mean sacrifice in behalf of coun-
"Yon will have to be content
with lower profits from enm
because ; obviously ' your taxes
will be higher," ha continued.
"You will have to work longer
at your bench, or your plow, or
your machine. ' .'
Paying tribute to the "plain
people" .of Britain and Greece in
their resistance - against aggres
sion, he proceeded to outline the
broad policies of his war-aid pro
gram.-. '
"The British people and their
Grecian allies need ships," he
said. "From America they will
get ships.
"They need planes. From
America they will get planes.
"They need food. From Amer
ica they will get food.
"They need tanks and guns
and ammunition and supplies of
all kinds. From America, they
will get tanks and guns and am
munition and supplies of all
kinds."
Apparently referring to recent
Japanese reports that the United
States was becoming Increasing
ly reluctant to help China, Mr.
Roosevelt said: "
"China likewise expresses the
magnificent will of millions of
plain people to resist the dis
memberment of their nation.
China, through the gcneraUa-
' (Continued on Page Two)
tail Unions ; . '
Accept Plan
CINCINNATI. March 15 (ill
George M. Harrison, president of
the railway labor executives
board, said today that 14 brother
hoods were accepting a media
tion Offer of the National Rail
way Mediation Board; in dis
pute with major carriers, but
would count strike ballots any
way;
The board yesterday asked the
brotherhoods to postpone the
counting of ballots from 750,000
rail employes, who are seeking
paid vacations, Harrison said.
however, , that the tabulation
would not necessarily commit
the brotherhoods to strike ac
tion should the members favor
it,, since -the dispute might be
ended by mediation meanwhile.
Probe Slated
on Contracts
. WASHINGTON, March 15 UP)
Several of the - government's
"dollar-a-year" men. It was re
ported today, will be called be
fore a senate defense Investigat
ing committee soon to explain
whether they have connections
with firms holding defense con
struction contracts.
The committee was organized
this week, and Chairman Tru
man (D-Mo.) told reporters that
It would look into "all phases"
of the defense program. '
EXPLOSIVES ON
GLASGOW AREA
British Warplanes Range
Over West Germany
in "Active Defense"
LONDON. March 15 UP)
British sources disclosed today
that the RAF'a la lest attacks on
Germany and nazl -occupied ter
ritory are "active defense" tac
tics based partly on the suspi
cion that Adolf Hitler's Balkan
movements may merely mask
an intended invasion attempt.
The British, they said, were
mindful of Hitler's custom of
making bold moves in mid
March and observed also that
the full moon and spring tides
favor an invasion by sea.
LONDON. March 15 UP)
German raiders poured bombs
on the Clydesslde shipping dis
trict of Glasgow in a violent
assault from dusk to dawn to
day while British warplanes
blasted at the west Germany
Industrial centers of Gelsenklr
chen and - Dusseldorf and - oil
targets in Rotterdam.
The nazi raiders, after rang
ing wide over England in the
third successive night of the
stepped-up air war, returned to
day to strike at a north mid
land village where 11 persons
were killed and six houses de
molished. A northeastern English city
also was attacked heavily over
night for the first time in the
war.
Sheffield Hit
- (In addition to the raid on
Glasgow, the German- high com
mand reported an attack on the
English steel center of Shef
field, where several steel plants
and an armament factory were
said to have been hit. The Ger-
(Continued on Page Two)
Mahjgkei
Own Life
At Mortuary
. James Samuel Hembling, 44,
also known as Jim Cleve, died
at Klamath Valley hospital at
3:40 a. m. Saturday from gun
shot wounds whlctf Dr. George
Adler, county coroner said wera
self inflicted. Hembling lived in
the Hammel apartments with his
wife, Edna, to whom he waa mar
ried March 2 in Reno. ,
According to city police, Hem
bling was found in a dying con
dition on the steps of Ward's
Klamath Funeral home, 925
High street, by Maynard Charles
Ellis, 2242 White avenue; Roy
R. Shimm, 2235 White avenue,
and John William Pantier. 1138
High street, Weyerhaeuser em
ployes, who were returning home
at 2:15 a. m. following their night
shift at the mill.
The men said they noticed a
person sprawled on the steps of
the funeral home and notified
officers Immediately. A .32 revol
ver was found close to Hem-
biing's hand. A bullet had pierc
ed his brain. Officers moved him
immediately to the hospital
where he died an hour later.
A note was found addressed
to Mrs. A. A. Ward which was
signed by Hembling and advised
her of the whereabouts of his in
surance. .
Hembling and Edna Nord
strom of Bly, restaurant opera
(Contlnued on Page Two)
M ovie Lampooning Defense Program
Shown President at Newspaper Banquet
- WASHINGTON, March 15 (U.R)
The White House Correspondent
association tonight entertained
President Roosevelt with a movie
lampooning the administration's
defense program.
The movie was entitled, "All
We Know Is What They Let Us
Write in the Papers," or "It Ain't
Necessarily So." It was presented
just before Mr. Roosevelt deliv
ered a fireside chat on the lend-
lease policy from the unpre
cedented background of the an
nual newspaper banquet attend
ed by 700 members of the associ
ation and their guests, among
them Viscount Lord Halifax, the
ambassador from Great Britain.
"Bundling" for Britain .
A highlight of the film was
scene showing President Roose
velt and Wendell L. Willkle In
bed together. It was entitled,
"Bundling for Britain." This
sequence showed the president
and his republican challenger.
also a guest tonight, played by
Senate Votes Out
Retail Sales Tax
Lanes to Empire's Heart
Seal MH
Last few hundred miles on
empire are the most dangerous,
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that Oersnaa submarines and bombers taka their greatest toll of
vessels. Map shows principal
bases on the occupied coast of Franco.
SENATORS EYED
FOR COURT JOB
Jackson or Byrnes to Get
High, Bench Vacancy,
Congressmen Predict
' .
; WASHINGTON, arch 15 (UP)
CongresslonaV. sources predicted
it nimi -TresldenRooaeVen
would send the nomination of
either Sens. James F. Byrnes.
(D-S.C-) or , Attorney General
Robert H. Jackson to the senate
Monday for the supreme court
vacancy.!'; ' . ; ' '
The Jackson Byrnes race was
close for the seat vacated by the
retirement February 1 of Con
servative Associate Justice James
C. McReynolds,' of Tennessee,
who had been on the supreme
court 28 years.
Mr. Roosevelt has told report
ers that he has made his choice
- (Continued on Page Two)
Wreck Attempt
Sentences Set
SACRAMENTO, Calif., March
15 JP) Federal Judge Michael
J. Roche sentenced three Sacra
mento men to 14 years each in
a federal prison yesterday after
they . confessed sending a $50,
000 ' extortion letter to the
Southern Pacific, and trying to
wreck' one .of' the company's
trains.
The defendants were Kenneth
A. Lennon, 20; Owen B. McHen
ry. 33; and Bemal C. Carter, 20
All were bowling pin setters.
They pleaded guilty to a fed
eral grand jury indictment
charging attempted train wreck
ing, attempted extortion, and
conspiracy. - .
Officers arrested the three
men February 13, -after an at
tempt to wreck a train on the
Southern Pacific main line near
Towle, Placer county
reporters wearing life-like masks.
in a double bed. Over the head
of the bed was a sign, "Bundling
for Britain.)' On the president s
side of the foot was another,
smaller sign: "Tremendous Vast
Assistance."
When Willkle recognized his
bedmate, he sat bolt upright and
cried out in a manner familiar
during the 1940 campaign, "Help
me, help me, help me." President
Roosevelt merely puffed on his
cigaret. .....
"All Blggers and his 40 dollar
a year men" was a scene poking
fun at the defense program. A
footnote said, "There have been
suggestions that the government
pay these officials 82 a year and
get better men." A farmyard
scene dealt with the recent lend
lease bill debate. One farm horse
was labeled Wheeler. It had
swayed back and was explaining
to another horse called "Senator
George" that "This FDR got on
my back and he started out and
4Ja MHsb Csaiay Itoetas
the shipping of Britain's far flung
for tt is around the British Isles
British porta and German attack
'Preachers' to
Keep U.S. on
Alert Asked
NEW YORK, March 15 (UP)
Undersecretary of War Robert P,
Patterson said tonight that the
collapse of France was the result
of optimism and complacency
and that "these are the goblins
that can get us If we aoorx watch
out. .
Addressing tBa.WessPoart So
ciety of New York", the former
New York Judge called on his
audience to become "preachers"
who will keep America on the
alert
' "Most of us are aware of the
menace, but not all of us," he
continued. "We still have too
many optimists the wrong kind
of optimists people who believe
that everything is for the best
in this best of all possible worlds.
I, too, am an optimist, but not
that kind. I am an optimist about
this defense program. It is going
to do the job we want it to do.
and that job is keep our country
safe and bring about in the world
the durable triumph of democ-
racy,
To effect that triumph we
must work and we must sacri
fice. The sacrifices we shall be
called on to make, whatever
their form and scope, will be
trifling by comparison "with the
sacrifices which Norway, Den
mark, the Netherlands, Belgium,
(Continued on Page Two)
Morse Cancels
Speech Here
Dean ' Wayne Morse of the
University of Oregon law school,
who was scheduled to speak at
a luncheon here Monday, was
forced Saturday to cancel the ap
pointment when he was called to
San Francisco to arbitrate a la
bor dispute.
The League of Women Voters,
which had arranged the meet
ing, said that plans were being
made to bring Dean Morse here
later.
he rode me, and rode me and
rode me. He is the biggest load
I ever carried."
NBC Entertains '
After Mr. Roosevelt's address
the National Broadcasting com-'
pany presented an hour s enter
tainment, featuring Jay Flippen
as master of ceremonies. Rose
Bampton, Metropolitan opera
contralto; Dinah Shore, blues
singer; Larry Adler, harmonica
virtuoso; Russell Swann, magi
cian; the Varsity Eight, male
chorus, and Carmen ' Amaya,
South American dancer. Music
was furnished by musicians of
the NBC symphony under direc
tion of Dr. Frank Black, and the
Navy band under Lieut. Charles
Benter and the Navy orchestra.
In addition to honoring the
president the dinner was an in
auguration ceremony for the as
sociation. John C. O Brien, a
member of the Philadelphia In
quirer staff, was inducted Into
' (Continued on Page Two)
CIGARETTE TAX
ALSO KILLED
BY LATE VOTE
Effort Made to Delay
Adjournment for Re
hearing on Smokes
SALEM, Ore.. March IS (UP)
The senate tonight reversed Hself
and killed by Indefinite post
ponement a bill which would
have taxed cigarettes two cent ,
package. The vote was 15 to 14.
Both houses completed legis
lative action, meanwhile, on the)
unemployment compensation re
vision program and sent all four
bills to the governor. The action
cleared the last major obstacle
to adjournment, although an ef
fort waa being made to delay ad
journment to gain reconsidera
tion of the cigarette tax measure.
The house reversed itself by
voting 39 to IB to accept a con
ference committee report on
bill giving most seasonal workers
u n e m p 1 o yment compensation
benefits when they are idle, and
the senate repassed the merit
rating bill of the program. .
The cigarette tax . bill was
adopted by both houses earlier
today, but the lower chamber
added an amendment to correct
a title defect. The senate waa un
able to muster two-thirds vote
w auspenu w i uics una aoupv .
the measure as amended. That
vote for indefinite postponement
followed.
The defeat of the bill meant
that no leeislatian addinar new
passed. The Lonergan sales tax
bill was killed in the senate,
earlier today by a 23 to 8 vote.
By PAUL W. HAH VET JIU
SALEM, March 15 VPy Tb
senate -overwhelmingly- killed
23 to -8 today the two per cent
retail sales tax bill, which would
have been referred to. the peo
ple. -;.:...-. .
'The measure would havo
raised $8,000,000 a year,, with
half going to property tax re
lief, 40 per cent for old age pen
(Continued on Page Two) :
lB4g-lin Reports
Azores inreat
BERLIN. March 15 OP) Ger
man sources professed great in
terest today in reports from "
Tangier, Morocco, that the Brit
ish contemplate occupation of
Portugal's Azores islands as well
as a landing in Portugal. (The
Associated Press- has not re
ceived such advices from any
other source.) .
The highly-placed commen
tary, - Dlenst A us Deutschland
dealt with the report thus:
"The indication from Wash
ington that there is no objection
on the part of the United States
to such an English project, that
in fact the United States might
have encouraged the British in
such a step, doubtless will be of
special significance to Ger
man!!." In Today's
Paper
It's gardening time again.
Today's paper carries the first
of this, year's "Tips From a
Klamath Garden Notebook,'
to be carried regularly in
weekend papers. The writer
is a successful Klamath coun
ty home gardener. Look on
the building page. Page 11.
A story on the musk rat
trapping business on Tule
lake, news of the successful
fiction writing enterprises of
an ex-Klamath newspaper'
man, and another account of
the work being done in Klam
ath's educational system, are
features of the weekend Pho
to magazine. Page 10.
News Index
Building News -
Page 11
.Page 3
City Briefs
Comics and Story Page 12
Editorials Pnge 4
Hlsh School News .Page S
Information .Page 3
Market, Financial ...Page 14
Pattern Page IS
Society Pages 5, 8, 7, 8, 9
Sports Page IS
Weekend Magazine Page 10