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The Immm News WEATHER NEWS High til Law Ml Midnight It 24 hours to i p. m, , ' traa Season to data ' t.ti Normal precipitation , . - , Ml Last year to data 11.70 PICTURES! Associated Press Telemete. NEA Telephe to and II local newspleture and en graving staff provide Nawt and Herald readers with a comprehensive photograph ic service. ) IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND ' Vol. 18, No. 100 Price F Ive Cent KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1941 (Every Morning Except Monday). Nazi Submarine To Harass Ships Near U S. Coast Picture, Diagram In Holdup, liobbery and Murder Murderers Still e At Lara Monday In The Day's News By TRANK JENKINS TN both British and axia quar ters. President Roosevelt's Sat urday night speech (which wai broadcait throughout the world) li accepted aa meaning that the United SUtea la In the war. By all good Americana, It moat be accepted aa the suite ment of our leader, to be backed up at whatever coit. Wa have put our hand to the plow, and w CANT turn back. y. WILLIAM S. KNUDSEN, apeaklng at a production con ference In Washington today aays: "Defense contracts LET from the beginning of the emergency program last June TO DATE call for 18 BILLION MAN HOURS of Industrial produc tion." Eighteen billion man hours of Industrial production means 18 million Industrial workers work ing 1000 hours. A thousand hours are the equivalent of 25 forty-hour weeks, or a little less than aix months. "THIS, wa must remember If wa are to get an accurate picture of the situation. Includes only the defense contracts ac tually let since last June. .The leven-billlon-dollar British' aid program asked by the President and now being considered by congress, does not enter Into It. The $7,000,000,000 British aid program, plus defense contracts yet to be awarded, Knudsen aays, will require a 80 per cent Increase In American Industrial activity. A 80 per cent Increase over 18 billion man hours would mean a total of 28,800,000,000 man hours. rN Saturday night. President Roosevelt aald: "On America's WILL TO WORK AND SACRIFICE de pends the survival of the vital bridge of boats to transport sup plies abroad. Knudsen's figures give point to the President's words. We have a job ahead of us. THE news from abroad still . consists principally of ru mors, but the rumor that the British are landing troops in force in Greece seems to be - pretty well substantiated. If they ARE landing trooDS in Oreeca In anything like the numbers Indicated by the ru mors (along with the necessary equipment) it must mean that they have a fairly well-founded belief that the Turks will fight with them, at least If Turkey Is attacked. The least that cart be said Is that they are backing up their promise to the Greeks and the Turks with perform ance. They must also be seeking to stiffen the resolution of Yugo slavia to resist Hitler., TOOKING a Utile deeper Into the crystal ball, all this must mean that the British are de liberately seeking to lead Hitler into war on another front, which la the event he has sought to avoid since the beginning of the war, THE British, of course, (assum ing that the rumors we are hearing are founded on fact) are running a bluff on Hitler, daring him to open up warfare on a major scale on the Balkan front. In effect, they are saying to him that while defending them selves In England they are not afraid to threaten him in the Balkans. Tha poker game la getting stiffcr day by day. 25 YEARS AGO TODAY By Tha Associated Press March 17, 1916 Brazil seizes 42 German ships lying In various porta. - Long-range U-boat Meant to Disrupt Flow of Material to Britain WASHINGTON, March 17 (UP) The American govern ment has been Informed that Germany plan to start subma rlne operations off the coast of the United States, near the har bor of New York City, it was learned tonight. The Information given to this government by a foreign source la that the German navy la send' Ing a long-range submarine, capa ble of operating over an area of thousand of miles, to harass shipping off tha Atlantic coast. Information regarding purport ed movements of auch a subma rlne ha been communicated to this government, but without ac tual detail as to the present loca' tlon. To Disorganise This report said it was believed that Germany s primary purpose In sending an undersea raider within the American neutrality tone would be to disorganize present shipping lanes which have become Increasingly vital to Britain since passage by con' gresa of legislation providing large-scale war aid to the British. The German embassy declined to comment on the report, but an Informed German source said It "must be an Invention." The submarine, according to the Information received here, naturally would be expected by the Germans to sink whatever British ships It could. But It was said that the major purpose was (Continued on Page Two) EASTMEA Known Death Toll Hits 64; Warm Wave From Western Area on Way By UNITED PRESS A storm of battering gates and paralyzing cold 'that brought death, suffering and heavy prop erty damage to north central states during the .weekend over spread northeastern states Mon day night. Behind It there were 84 known dead and many were missing. In the plains and forest areas of North Dakota and northern Minnesota ravaged by one of the worst storm disasters In their history rescue workers were re covering additional victims from Lelght-foot drifts and snow-filled roadside ditches. Frosea Bodies Ten frozen bodies' were found Monday In eastern North Dako ta and northwestern Minnesota to increase the death toll for those states alone to 81. Late Monday the storm center had shifted northeastward over eastern Canada, saving Atlantic coast states from the brunt of the gales. A cold wave and strong winds were expected Monday night and Tuesday from New Jer sey and Pennsylvania northeast ward. The lowest temperature In the New York metropolitan area waa expected to be about 15 de grees. The temperature in New York City late Monday was 27 and dropping slowly with wind ve locity of 38 miles an hour. - As the first blasts of tha storm swept over the metropolitan area. a guest of wind blew John Bar rett, 28, off the top of an 1 1-story building at Hoboken, N. J. Bar rett survived the fall and a phy sician believed he might recover. Relief Expected In the west, a warm air mass was moving slowly eastward from the Rocky mountain slopes and already had brought spring like temperatures In southwest ern Nebraska. The warm air was expected to bring relief to the midwest by Wednesday. Chicago experienced the cold est St. Patrick's day since 1900. The temperature at 4 p. m. was 8 degrees and was expected to drop to Detwecn zero and a above dur Ing the night. At Skanee, Mich., coast guards men reported that 20 persons cast adrift in storm-swept Lake Superior when an Ice floe broke away from the shore Sunday had been rescued or had been sighted and were safo. WHERE THE BHOOTINO man la squatting at the approximate location of the struggle between Dr. David and on of the bandits. The second bandit stood en the near side of the picket fence, firing across and killing David. Miles Saunders, who was aiding David, stepped behind the open garage door as the shotgun bandit ahetited a warning, but received slight wound In the band and ana. ALLEY TO WASHBURN VAY- 5 KM 5 ........ "itriA SCOPFLE ove GUN TO CITY, SO. . I L 1 SI w c e . , tin L-w X. "V I .. aV lV X WXXXVl - "X ' V DIAGRAM OF THE SHOOTING SCENE After the hold-up the bandits left by the front entrance. Heavy -arrows show the ne naa a scums over me gun neia By Mary warren, proprietress, near the corner of tha building, and then want down the alley to the rear, followed bv Dr. David and Miles Saundara. The approximate location of tha three man' at the time of the shooting Is shown by open circles. Meanwhile, the shotgun bandit went the other way. shown by light arrows, fired tha death blast across the fence, and was joined by the pistol bandit, who evidently ran first towards the front ana aiscaraea coai. mass: ana gloves. Five Killed In Eastern Train Wreck BADEN, Pa., March 17 (IF) Pennsylvania railroad officials today blamed saboteurs for the derailing of a crowded passenger train. three of whose cars plunged into the freezing waters of the Ohio river killing five persons and Injured 114 last night. E. W. Smith, vice president of the railroad, said "All the spikes were removed from one rail" and the wreck was "very definitely caused by sabotage," Snowstorm Tha Cleveland Pittsburgh train, carrying 112 passengers and a crew of 11, was roaring along at 80 miles an hour through a blinding snowstorm when it met disaster near this small town about 22 miles north west of Pittsburgh. The locomotive jumped the tracks and overturned with a terrlflo crash, whipping Its four coaches and baggage car over a 80-foot embankment to the river. The baggage car and two coaches were partially submerged. The other cars lay twisted along the river'a edge. A recent poll of motorists in the United States revealed that the principal peeves of drivers were roadhogs, drivrs who cut in, and careless pedestrians, , OCCURRED Viaar at Ihm r..r 1 i i tc. SXTH ST PAVE MENf Failure To Get Dojf Lieense 1 Draws $10 Fine A. P. Jacobson was the first offender to be tried in justice court for failure to procure a li cense for his dog. He was fined $10 and costs Monday by Justice of the Peace Mahoney. Judge Mahoney announced that Howard L. Bayne, new county dogcatcher, is vested with authority to arrest persons pos sessing unlicensed dogs and in tends to "crack down" on of fenders. The new Oregon law code provides that any owner or keeper of a dog over eight months old for a period of more than 30 days must obtain a li cense for the animal. Judge Ma honey pointed out. Any person not complying with the law Is guilty of misdemeanor, he said, and Is liable to a fine of $10 and costs. Deadline for obtaining 1041 dog licenses was March 1. Pen alty after that date Is $1, accord ing to the county clerk's office. Licenses were $1.80 for male and spayed female dogs, $2.50 for females. February 28, the last day before penalties were to be Invoked, county clerk's of fice workers were kept busy fill ing applications for over 1100 li censes. The typical American automo bile usually lasts about nine years and passes successively through the hands of three own-era. rii of h n,..l Th k f It -S i ft v va - 7 w,. weeds-' and robbery of the lunch room, route taken by the pistol bandit. Dust Follows Flue Weather Into Klamath Klamath hasln wldMit. Joyed a perfect spring day Sun- dsv anrt thA mrm n Tn en degrees, warmest since last Oe- uoer iv wnen me uiermometer registered 71. But Monday's skies were overcast and th aim oareiy -eeked through clouda nurlna th ifuninm strong south wind, laden with dusL bothe--eri took advantage of last week's gooa weainer to do their spring noiue cleaning, . Minimum tmnMtitM day was recorded at 34 degrees hv 4h ITQ nn.thM.H 13 l-J tatinn far th ritum - I. i it inches above normal but not up to last year a figure. i , Forecast for Tuesdav la for overcast skiea and m-obable I showers. President To Name Labor : Hoard Soon j WASHINGTON. March 17 W) Secretary Perkins and Sidney Hillman disclosed today that President Roosevelt would ap point a mediation board of elev en members to handle defense labor disputes either tomorrow or Wednesday. The labor secretary and as sociate director of the office for production management spent more than an hour with the chief executive. Miss Perkins said they were talking about the form of the board, very largely. W0Bs PV-'- y i . . l VICTIM Dr. Salem A. David. $1. chiropractor and well liked resident of the South Sixth street district, who was killed whan be heroically attempted to capture bandits who held up tha Buffalo lunch. BATTLE LOOMS Britons Amass 200,000 Troops; Germans Also ; Gathering-. ; at . Border By DAHA SCHMIDT ' ' United Frees Corxaapoadatit ' ISTANBUL. March 17 (TJP Analrtea . great battle ; between British and German toflB10L' months after Dunkirk ancf tM collapse of France-eppeaxed in the .making tonight as reports from i Greece told of British troops arriving there in steady stream; . Some 200,000 British troops war . said' to have arrived in Greece-with more arriving daily. Front Bulgaria came reports the Otrman were) still pouring into that country on Greece's frontier and now totaled about 350,000 men. The British were not expected to take the Initiative In the clash which' seems to be materializing, but only to aid Greek defenses against German attack, expected sooner or later. .. . Outnumbered Rather than holding out much hope of establishing a permanent front in northeastern Greece in the vicinity of Salonika. British quarters speak of fighting a de laying action while falling back toward the Peleponnesua con nected with Uw European conti (Continued on Page Two) Legislature Adjourns After House Has 'Sit-Down Strike' SALEM, March 17 (AV-Delayed by a house sit-down strike against the senate, the 41st Ore gon legislature ended at 3 a. m. yesterday, 63rd day of the ses sion. . T The strike; lasting two hours, was caused by the senate's de feat of the two-cent per package cigaret tax, but everything was straightened out and the bill went to the governor. . After eimending the measure to provide that one-sixth of the $1,800,000 annual revenue from the tax should be used tor voca tional education and the rest for old age pensions, the senate pass ed it 17 to 13. Title Error When the bill went back to the house, it was found that the title of the bill waa defective, so it was sent to conference com mittee to correct it. But the senate killed the' bill IS to 14 upon getting It back from the conference committee. Then the house revolt started, representatives refusing to budge until the senate repassed the cig aret tax. President of the Sen ate Dean H. Walker ruled that he had erred in permitting the senate to kill the bill, whereupon the Indignant senate sent the bill to committee for burlaU May Lose Out ' The solution, te the 'problem was found when the bouse re called the bill from tha senate, and aent It to the governor, but ' : '. A- RAN FOR HELP Mrs. Geor gia Harris, waitress, was stand ing near a rear door of the pub lic room -ad the lunch when the bandits - en tend. She - slipped through the doer, went out a side entrance, and was going for help when the shooting occurred. Traffic Eyed At Council Meet Monday A possibility that Klamath Bus company vehicles may be routed on Klamath avenue Instead of Main street to relieve traffic con gestion loomed last night after such a suggestion by Mayor John Houston. fc This may be a wild idea, and then again it might help solve our congestion problem,' said the mayor. It was decided that city representatives would ap proach the bus' company officials An the subject. . ! t Zona CnanSMav r Another traffic auggestlbnH came from Counciitnan R. H. Bussman, who mentioned a sys tem used in Portland in charging service stations and loading zonk users on a footage basis for the curb space they take from pas senger car parking. Bussman said that service sta tion entrances take up extensive parking space in the city and the stations receive considerable val ue from this space which is de nied the general public In parking.- His street committee will study the matter further and re port at next week's council meet ing. The council instructed City Building Inspector Harold Fra ney to inform the operator of an auto wrecking lot on South Sixth street, near the viaduct, that the city insists on enforcement of its ordinance requiring such places be screened with high board fences.. Safety Group ' Mayor Houston announced he (Continued on. Page Two) the measure's title still Is defec tive, some legislative lawyers as serting it might cause a court to throw it out. The title says the revenue should be used for old age pen sions, while the body of the bill says it should be used both for pensions and vocational educa tion. In the dying hours the legis lators, with frayed nerves, kill' ed several measures, . including bills to equalize power systems and peoples utility districts, and to restrict sale of fortified wines to liquor stores, . The senate, on the whole, was orderly, but the house was bois terous and many members lost their tempers, causing Speaker Robert S. Farrell Jr. to have trou ble keeping order. The 40-mill property tax limi tation resolution, passed by the house, was buried in the senate assessment and taxation commit tee on the last day. While the adjournment reso lution says the legislature quit at 11:59 p. m. Saturday, because many members said it was Illegal to meet on Sunday, the session actually didn't end until three hours later. During the year 1908, 05,000 automobiles were manufactured in the United States. Today It takes manufacturers about five days to turn out that number. DOCTOR SLAIN AFTER TUSSLE Second Thug Kills Chiro practor after Cafe Holdup Here Sunday Still at large Monday were) two bandits who held up and robbed a South Sixth street caie early Sunday and shot and killed Dr. Salem A. David, 33, in making a successful getaway. ' Dr. David fell before a ahot- gun blast from one of the) ban dits as the chiropractor Strug . gled with the other masked man at the rear of the cafe, known aa the Buffalo lunch at 2141 South Sixth street Tackles Gunmam Dr. David bad followed the) men out of the cafe after they had scooped up $70 from a till in a hold-up staged In western fashion. After the snooting, the) bandits made off. apparently on foot, leaving a bloody coat be side the cafe as evidence that the shotgun charge which killed David had wounded the gunman with whom be waa scuffling at the time. - " Officers said Monday after noon they had no developments) to announce after sweeping and ceaseless check of more thaii 38 hours, but admitted ' they were studying some "interest ing" clues. The identity of eith. er or both of he bandit-killer remained a complete) mystery. . - Called "Joke" It- was, eppyuahnetely TXU" svjn, SBnday. There was a typi cal after-midnight crowd in tha Buttsl' Ifmch when the- door was pushed open and two men came in, wearing blue bandanna handkerchiefs over their faces) and brandishing a pfertol and a sawed-off shotgun. . -Dr. David, who was tending bar. called to the men not to stage a practical Joke there, and others in the place were similar ly mistaken about the armed In vasion. But they, were quickly disillusioned when tha- cursing bandits hissed: ' "We're not fooling. This It a stick-up. - - Patrons In the place at tha time were Robert Smith, William Stillwell, Robert Dehn.. Stanley Chapman, Marion Hillhouse, Al len B. ' Carter, Miles (Jack) Saunders and W. M. Bragg. Dr. David was behind the bar and (Continued on Page Two) ; .. I ; 'j Joe Walliz oft BlyHurtln I Log; Mishap ; j ' BLY Joe WaUis. 41. well known resident of Bly, was se riously Injured at Crane's mill Wednesday while unloading logs during the noon hour. The logs were being pushed off with the) caterpillar and a four by aix. The huge timber suddenly plung ed through the load, loosening a log which rolled off striking the protruding end of the timber. The other end, forced upward, caught' WaUis on the underjaw, catapulting him Into the air and into the pond. - Let Robbins and Ed and Bob Casebeer using the only Instru ment handy, brought him to tha surface almost Immediately by booking his clothing with a pike pole. Early arrivals at the scene) were Gene Detrick and Dr. Nakashima who advised that tha injured man be sent to the hos pital. Immediately following tha ac cident WaUis seemed dazed. Ha later lapsed into a coma-like condition. He is now in Hillside hospital. Friends of Mr. WalUs state that this is the third near fatal accident which has befallen him within the last two years. . WaUis' condition was reported Improved late Monday night, News Index City Briefs Pago S Comics and Story Page lit Courthouse Records Page Eight Editorials .-. Page 4 Information . Page t Market, Financial Page Midland Empire News ..Page) 7 Pattern - . Page . t Sports , Jsge 1 ' I ' '-. . V