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IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
Vol. 18, No. 101 Price F lve Cento
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1941"
(Every Morning Except Monday),
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InThe;: v
v;News
By FRANK JENKINS
TODAYS big new:
German lung -range sub
marines and German BATTLE
CRUISERS ara operating (so (ar,
apparently, against British ships
only) In tha waters of the At
lantic which America hat claim
ed as her own.
...
HURCHILL announces this
morning:
"Not only German U-boats
but German battle cruisers have
crossed to the American side of
tha Atlantic and have already
sunk soma eU our independently
routed ships sailing without con
voy.
Churchill adds that these Ger
man warships have operated as
far west a the 42nd meridian.
Tha 42nd meridian Is west of
the eastern tip of Brazil.
Hitler Is lifting the chip to
ward his shoulder. He hain't
yet definitely put It there.
.
by Churchill in this brief
peniencv:
. "Anyone can see how bitter Is
tha need of Hitler and his gang
to cut the sea roads between
Great Britain and the United
State and, having divided these
mighty powers, to destroy
them.
What ha means Is that Hitler
must prevent American aid from
reaching Britain BEFORE IT IS
TOO LATE.
Otherwise his goosa Is cooked.
. .
ALONG this a a ma line, the
British admiralty announces
that In tha week ending March
8 tha Germans sank 25 British
supply ships (between three and
foufijt (jityi wrUv a total tonnage
of IS.B32.
v tha British "spokesman" In
London, says today: , i ..... ;
"Watouf bo nroard U fac
losses until tha battle ' of tha
.Atlantic it won. The enemy Is
bringing into play hit maximum
forces Under, on and over the
water.
....
'TOKYO announces today that
Foreign Minister Mattuoka,
an route to Berlin and- Roma,
will stop for important "conver
sations" in Moscow,' both going
and coming.. .
Japan la trying to make a deal
to protect her back door before
going all out through tha front
door.
...
EVER tinea tha war began the
hot spot of Europe has been
shifting around. Today Yugo
slavia is sitting on it.
Look at the map and you will
tea that Yugoslavia is surround
ed on three sides by axis stooges.
Only by a narrow strip of Greek
border or by the dangerous
Adriatic sea, through the narrow
strait of Otranto, could British
aid reach her. If she refuses to
go with the axis her fate will
probably be swift and terrible
Give tha Yugoslavs credit for
great courage in even hesitating
In the face of tuch a situation.
RAF Claim .
Large Supply
Ship llonibed
LONDON. March 18 (VP)
Royal airforce bombers last night
tank a large "enemy" supply
ship off the Frisian Islands in
addition to attacking Wllhelme
haven, Bremen, Rotterdam and
Oldenburg, the air ministry an
nounced tonight. ,
"Numerous explosions and
fires were observed in dock and
Industrial areas" of the German
pons or wiineimsnaven and Bre
men, both naval bases, the com
munique said.
At Rotterdam, in occupied
Holland, it said, a large fire
broke out among oil storage
tankt, and tingle aircraft also
attacked the German porta of
Emden and Oldenberg, about 25
miles northwest of Bremen.
' LONDON, March 18 0P)
About 1000 persons were killed
in the German air raids on the
Liverpool area March 12 and
13 and the Glasgow area March
13 and 14, the air and home se
curity ministries announced to
night ' Ini addition, 1300 others were
listed as Injured, ,
The War
25 Years Ago
By The Associated Press
Mnrrh 111. IfllA riuteh liner
Palembang tunk in North tea.i
NAZI U-BOATS
REPORTED ON
WESTERN SEAS
Churchill Welcomes New
U. S. Envoy; Speed of
Aid Promised Britain
LONDON,- March 18 VP)
Prime Minister" Winston Chur
chill declared today that "not
only German U-boats but battle
cruisers have crossed to the
American tide of the Atlantic"
and succeeded In linking Brit
ish ships.
At tha a a m a time he an
nounced the "certain destruc
tion" yesterday of three Ger
man submarines in the continu
ing battle ol the Atlantic
which ha described at "one of
tha most momentous ever fought
in all tha annals of war."
Aid Promised
Tha prime minister spoke at
a Pilgrims' luncheon at which
he introduced John O. Wlnant,
United States ambassador to
Britain who promised the Brit
lh shipt, planet and (una "with
the utmost speed, in the greatest
volume and with all the skill"
at the command of the .Ameri
can people.
Churchill's reference to sub
marines and battle cruisers did
not make clear whether he was
referring to Information given
the United States government
yesterday that German sub
marina was heading toward the
western Atlantic to attack ships
loaded with United States-manufactured
supplies.
Three Subs Sunk
The ' prime minister taid tha
German warships had sunk ves
sels as far west as the 42nd
meridian, on the 'American side
(Continued on Page Two)
Senate Okays
In California
SACRAMENTO. Calif., March
18 (UP) The state senate tc
night smothered tha objections
of organized labor and passed, 34
to 8, an unamended. model anti
sabotage bill. The measure -now
goea to the assembly. ' '
.Senator John Shelley ted la
bor's fight to amend the bill to
specifically protect the rights of
labor to strike, picket, and dis
tribute pamphlets on roads,
which under the bill, could be
closed in areas turroundlng In
dustrial plants working on na
tional defense orders.
Hit amendment wat defeated,
32 to 7.
Felony
The bill would make sabotage
or attempt to sabotage a felony.
Attorney General Earl Warren,
who urged passage of the bill,
(Continued on Page Two)
HIIU Hand Dies
After Accident
Loren Dockery, employe of the
Weyerhaeuter Timber company,
died en route to Hillside hospital
following hit being crushed be
tween two tractors at tha mill
Tuesday afternoon.
Dockery wat caught between
tho tractors about 3:30 while he
was unhooking a line, according
to T. S. Durment, Weyerhaeuser
employment manager. Hit abdo
men wat crushed. He wat em
ployed at a choker-setter. The
body it at Ward's.
Klamath Lawmakers Return
With Legislature Reports
' Relieved that their long grind
it over, Senator Marshall Cor
nett and Representatives Harry
Bolvln and Henry Semon were
back at their private business
Tuesday following the close of
the 41st session of the Oregon
legislature.
The weary logislatori agreed
that the session was a hard one
although it ended without dras
tic or startling legislation com
ing from the mill. With certain
exceptions, such as the 'defeat
of the Klamath senatorial bill,
they expressed general satisfac
tion over results. '
Personalities Blamed
' "My senate division bill
proved the hottest Issue to come
up in the upper house In the
entire session,'' said Senator Cot-
nett, whose plan to split the 17th
district into two senatorial dis
trict! was defeated. "That wat
because action turned on- per
She Decreet! Wearln' of Green'
Mm
The first lady pint a green carnation on the lapel of the
president's coat at tha White House, Betides being St. Patrick's
day. It was the celebration of their Sth wedding anniversary.
Nota their wedding anniversary and St. Patrick's gifts an
Irish potato decorated with clover and a planted pot of clover.
CHILL KNIFES
EAST, SOUTH
Death Toll Mounts to 78
As 'Searchers Locate
More Frozen Bodies
- By Tha At inflated Pratt
Iot of ,tht cut ne south
rail the tuna jar ene cold wave
today a theArctie tW .knlfeatrod
through . from' the' storm-lathed
mlddlewert. "
' At 'least 7B persons perished
In tha storms which struck the
northern' states. The death toll
to Minnesota and North Dakota,
canter of 'tha ; storm area, in
creased to 68 as additional frozen
bodies were recovered from
snowdrifts and stalled autot. ".'
. v-.-- Cold-Persists
The deaths by states: North
Dakota 38, Minnesota 28, New
York 4 Wisconsin . 3. Ohio 2,
Michigan 2, and Pennsylvania r.
Temperatures moderated some
what in the mlddlewest but tub-
zero cold persisted in Wisconsin
and Minnesota. Early today
Bemldjl, Minn., wat the coldest
spot with a reading of 20 below.
rears for the safety of 20 per
(Continued on Page Two)
Elenhant Ldpv .
Misbehaves On
S.F. Wharf
' SAN FRANCISCO. March .18
(UP) Lucy the elephant, a ba
boon, a crate of monkeyt, a bear.
five horses and four ponies ar
rived from Honolulu aboard the
freighter Manukai today.
Lucy was the only one that
misbehaved. She slapped a long.
shoreman on the neck with her
trunk, batted over a pile of pine
apple crates and tried to unwrap
a washing machine crated on the
dock.
The animals were members of
the Jack Joyce animal clrcua,
returning from three-months
tour of Hawaii. .
sonalities and sentiment, rather
than merit.
"In fact the senators, in pri
vate conversations, were virtual
ly unanimous in admitting . the
merit of the 17th district request.
But not enough of them would
vote for, it." . . ' . , ..' .
.. i ' Disappointed ' '
Senator Cornett added that he
wat tomewhat disappointed not
more interest wat taken in the
seventeenth district. Itself, in the
bllL .Interest developed, be said,
but it came too lata to help
much. '.
. The senator,- for whom the
session wat the first, taid It wat
an "enlightening experience."
He paid tpecial tribute to Dean
Walker, president of the sen
ate,' for. fairness and ability. -
Flnancet Good
' Semon, who Vat' Vice chair
man of wayi and means In the
, (Continued pn Page Two) .
Measures Up
To Governor
May Get Veto
SALEM. Ore.. March 18 (UP)
There were three measures on
Governor Charles A. Spragua's
desk today which in the eyes of
observers be might veto.
' TKey'were measure legaliz
ing the over-the-bar tale of fruit
and. parry, wine: a sabotage -hfU
which would provide tttft-fines
penitentiary- sentences for
thote convicted of working
against tha government, and (he
cigarette tax-measure. . . i -v
' Tha governor has already In
dicated hit. dislike for the wine
tare bill, and -ft .Relieved to
frown upon-the sabotage bill at
an indication of "war hysteria.1
Regarding the cigarette tax
bill, r the - governor . .doe not
invoke; but had asked the- legis
lature -hot to enact any new tax
measures.
: - President Dean Walker of tha
senate and Speaker Robert S.
FarrelL Jr., of the house were
still in Eugene today, cleaning
up their work and studying in
terim committee appointment!.
Most of the 288 billt signed by
the governor will become effec
tive June IS, Just 90 days after
adjournment of the legislature.
Six Killed As
Planes Crash
In Maneuver
WASHINGTON, March 18 UP)
The navy department announced
today that aix men attached to
the aircraft carrier .York town
were killed yesterday In a col
lision of two planet they were
maneuvering over the Pacific
ocean.
Lieutenant (JG) Frank Mason
Robinson, of (60 Leyfred Ter
race) Springfield, Mass.
Ensign Kir by Leo Berry of
Normal, Okla. Stephen K.
Nyezso, chief radioman, of Wash
ington, D., C
. James . ' Stewart McLendon,
radioman second class,, of Ral
eigh, N. C.
' Benjamin Daniel Chrtstman,
radioman .second class, of Dan
ville, Va.
Miller Ora DeJarnett, aviation
machinist third class,' of Drum-
wright," Okla. .........
,The exact location of the
maneuvers during which . the
crash- occurred, and details of
the accident were not disclosed.
The bodies of the two officers
have . been ' recovered, ' the de
partment taid. , -
Indian Breaks
Whiles' Law
PENDLETON, Ore., March
18 (UP) Celesta Williams baa
run afoul of the white man'!
la.w.. .
' The Indian woman was
bound over to tha grand Jury
here , today - after. - she wat
charged with attempted arson'
in connection with building a;
fire in the Umatilla, county
Jail. .
Germans Mass Half 'Million
. Men In Bulgaria, Aiming To
Cut Mediterranean' in Two
' . By LEON KAY '
United Press Buff Correspondent
BELGRADE, March 18 (UP)
Germany has turned Bulgaria In
to a huge arsenal manned by an
estimated 800,000 troops in
preparation for a drive to cut the
Mediterranean in two and carry
the war to the British in Africa,
reports reaching well-informed
quarters taid Tuesday.
To put this plan Into execu
tion, Germany's most urgent aim
it to force Greece to capitulate.
One Installed on the Pelepon-
nesua peninsula, the Germans
would . be lets " than 230 miles
from the African coast and It It
Germany's aim to bridge the
Mediterranean at this point and
cut Britain'! communication!
with the Near East. '
' Two Reasons
Germany is said to have de
cided upon Bulgaria as its main
base In southeastern Europe for
two reasons a desire not to dis
turb' the Jugoslav "bread bas
ket," and to-prevent opening of
a German flank to attack. from
the Adriatic Otherwise, the
route Into Greece down Jugo
slavia'! Vardar valley shorter
and easier than the Struma val
ley leading out of Bulgaria
would have been chosen.
German - forces in- Bulgaria
328 HURT IN
Freight Plows Broadside
Into .Cars ; Occupied
'By' Defense Workers
RAVENNA, O,' March 18 (U.B
Army officials said tonight that
828 men. were injured.. 13 critt-
vain, with itfcir.-.faMBi
train MtfUl ' workmen to the
new government loading plan!
Eighty Jive wera hospitalized.
"Among the critically. Injured
la on man wtth ao-arnx'gnne.
another with- eat- esnputated
one with atosW kMarf rup
ture and a - man -with a .broken
back," CapL Ea1 D-.Pyne taid.
WINDHAM,1 Ohio.'- MarcJbVlB
(Pi Captain -Arl D.' Payne of
the army -staff at' the Ravenna
arsenal taid this afternoon a sur
vey showed-179 injured in to
day's : train wreck. . Captain
Payne .taid. aix required hos
pital care, with four cases re
garded as serious.
The collision occurred within
the 24,000-acre government res
ervation, where thousands .. of
workers this fall will begin turn
(Continued on Page Two) -
Salem 'Blot'
Probe Started : -
SALEM, March 18 (UP) Po
lice today began an investigation
of a small town Tiot which oc
curred after Astoria high school
won the state, basketball cham
pionship here. . .... .
The Astoria team and their
coach were taken from a down-
town cafe under pulice escort
after a crowd of mora than 100
gathered outside, threatening the
players. Several windows were
broken. . ,
The investigation was ordered
by the city council. .
fit .vVS
few iVi) crs fp
High-powered lineup, of witnesses put record speed behind
M van kUUon dollars te build "tooli ol defense" :for' fighting democracies. Her Representative
Clifton Woodmm .of Virginia, members: of .the' house subcommittee holding hearing on the bill,
greets first witnesses: Secretary of , Stat Hull, Secretary of Navy . Knox and Secretary, of War
Dtunton... . ,
were said to be under command
of Field Marshal Siegmund Von
Lisst, who yesterday wat re
ported to have completed inspec-J
lion of hte entire Bulgarian
southern line along which Ger
man troops are concentrated.
The German ara reported
building hydroplane bases near
Varna and Burgas on the Black
sea to guard against attack from
that direction possibly by units
of the British navy which might
transit the straits. .
Facing Greece
The bulk of the huge German
forces in Bulgaria are taid to be
concentrated along the line of
Melnik and Nevrokop eastward
facing Greece. - .
The strongest German mech
anized forces were reported mov
ing continuously along the Sofia
Petri . road. . Infantry divisions
were said to occupy both tides of
this road and the left bank of
the Struma river which points
at Greece'! Salonika a few miles
sooth of the frontier.
. Five big permanent German
air' fields and 28- auxiliary air
dromes are .being prepared in
Bulgaria from which the luft-
waffe will back up the coming
offensive and attempt to beat off
British attempts to gain a foot
hold in Greece.
Over 25)000
Britons Dead
In Nazi Raids
CONDON ; Wednesday; March
19 (UP) The German air force.
Whose bombs have' killed more
than 23,000 persons In the British
Isles since last September, killed
at least 12 more Britons last
night in a concentrated attack on
a northeast coast town.
'' Sweeping in relays over the
town, they dqrnped hundreds of
M-hd followed that.
W1U1 man- aifranw uuraui. fcJ
' Other' parts' f .toe, British
Islet appeared to htvt suffered
only minor, scattered .attacks.
Xaioert " new over London in
nuitance raids for hours but did
coniuaiatively ' small, damage.
TSjyiwire met with sporadic
but Intense anti-aircraft fire.
.A' printing works ' and drug
store rwere among the buildings
Jut nr. the northeast town Many
aijjefs flew over London in the
.".(Continued on Page Two)
No New Tax
Levies. Eyed
For Defense
WASHINGTON, March 18 W)
High treasury officials said to
day they , were considering ask
ing congress to increase some
existing, federal taxes., but they
minimized the possibility of any
new levies such as tales or pay
roll tax.
Among those which may be
raised, ' they hinted, were in
come, excess profits, estate and
gift 'taxes.' " Some changes in
specific excise taxes., such as
those on liquor and tobacco, also
were deemed possible. Treasury-congressional
. conferences on
the tax problem are scheduled
about April 1.
.More sensational plant for
raising money have been bruited
about by congressmen and
others. The suggestions have in
cluded a 8 per cent tax on all
wages, to be deducted by em
ployers, and t general tales tax.
to be paid by manufacturers, j
'Big Three' Behind Itequest
.. ... ; - ; . '
House Approval
Of British Fund
Assured, Claim
DEFENSE LINE
AWAIT NAZIS
Travelers From
Say British,
Heartened by
Greece
Turks
Report
ISTANBUL, Wednesday. Mar.
19 (UP) Diplomatic sources taid
today that Jugoslavia wat matt
ing troops along a southeastern
defense line paralleling the Bul
garian frontier to resist any Ger
man thrust from that newly
occupied neighboring state.
The informants said that Jugo
slavia, all but surrounded by
axis-controlled territory, was
calling men to the colors in a
steady stream and expects to
have 1,230.000 under arms by
the end of March.
Quarters Heartened '
Travelers arriving from Greece
yesterday confirmed the arrival
of British troops at Athens Sa
lonika and Voloa, with perhaps
at many at 200,000 men and their
full equipment already landed.
British and Turkish quartera
here were heartened by reports
still officially unconfirmed, that
British troops ara in Greece aa
well as by the word of stiffened
Jugoslav resistance to German
(Continued on Page Two)
No New Clues
Turned4JplhJK
Local Slaying
: Klamath law enforcement
agencies pursued clue after clue
Tuesday in their investigation of
the Buffalo lunch killing ' ca
but the day passed without im
portant developments.
- Drl TeoTge Adler, coroner, an
nounced that no inquest will be
held in the death of Dr. Salem
A. David, killed by a shotgun
blast aa he grappled with one
of two masked men after the
South Sixth, street cafe was held
up and robbed:
The coroner said the Inquest
would serve no beneficial pur
pose and would be "merely an
expense."
Officers ran down every re
port that offered a ray of hope
in identifying the bandits, who
apparently fled from the scene
of the robbery and killing on
foot. Whether they later got In
to an automobile is evidently
not known to the officers.
Souvenir Seekers
Pick Over Plane .
COOS BAY, Ore., March 18
(UP) Three truckloads ' of the
wreckage of an airplane which
crashed on the beach here have
been hauled away, but souvenir
hunters today were - helping
themselves to the remainder. .
Hundreds of persons have
browsed over the beach, picking
up tiny pieces of the plane. -
of President
President Roosevelt's reauest for
Woodrum Sees Downfall
of Dictators; Trouble
Ahead If U. S. Fails
WASHINGTON, March 18 (UJD
House passage of toe 17.000,000
000 British aid fund Wednesday
by an overwhelming vote seemed
assured tonight after republican-
leaders had Joined with demo
crats in defending the lease-lend
program aa tha nemesis of tb
axil powers.' ..',-', . ;,'-
Anticipating early approval by
both chambers of the huge ap
propriation. President Roosevelt
revealed at hit press eonferanot
that part .of it will be used- to
tend foodstuffs and agricultural
commodities to Great Britain,
and possibly Spain and unoccu
pied France.. .- . j . - ,
: .Shipment Program ; :
He said he had asked Secretary
of Agriculture Claude 8. Wick
ard and Surgeon : General
'Thomas, Pamm, .who' returned
last week, from a fact-finding'
mission abroad, to draft immedi
ately a broad program for ship
ment to Europe of certain foods
and vitamin products. He did not
explain how or where necessary
transportation -. facilities - would
bfr acquired nor did he reveal
how - much ..money would ; b
spent. .
Rep. John M. Taber, B-N. TJ,
had. stated earlier In the house
debate that about 1350,000.000
of the $1,350,000,000 item for
"agricultural, industrial, and
other, commodities or articles'.'
in the appropriation bill would
be diverted to purchases of farm
produce. "Rep. Clifton A. WooaV
rum; (D-Va.), floor manager. f
the measure, inadvertently, dss
closed that purchases would lav
dad $90,000,000 worth.' of to
bacco and $100,000,008 wocthiOf
cotton.-, v . .. .-; ,v . .. :' i ;:vi
' WASHtNOTON, Much' 18 UP
Representative Woodrum CD-Va.)
opened house debet on the $7
000,000,000 British aid bin to
day with a prediction that tha
vast effort it contemplate Would
bring'about frh nitimalat down
fall" of all dictators. ;;.f . , . ;
He gave his views' to a crowfj
ed and quiet chamber which alto
(Continued on Pag Two)
Oakland 'Anto'i '
Workers Strike ;.
OAKLAND, Calif... March' it
() CIO auto workers struck
the Fisher body and Chevrolet
plants here today after confer
ences failed to settle a week-long
dispute . over discharge of 28
welders. -. . ..' ,.?'
. Fifteen .hundred , men in the
two. plants were affected by the
walkout, which may force the
shutdown.' of two 1 other plants
supplying) materials to the Fisher
works. . ,- ..' V
WASHINGTON, March 18 (jP)
Merrill Meigs, chief of the OPM
air division, told the eonsn-eaa. to
day tha. strikes in ..three aH-craft-
centers ."are . definitely
holding- up delivery of plane
necdeck h national .defense; '
Meigs, a Chicago-publisher be
fore he Joined the office of pro
duction management, "appeared
before the house Judiciary com
mittee in connection with legis
lation aimed at curtailing labor
difficulties in defense industries.
French Await
Food Permit
v
' WASHINGTON, March 18 VP)
Gaston Henry-Haye, French am
bassador, taid today that-only
consent of British authorities
was awaited for the release of
two. cargoes of, American, wheat
for ship-runt Vto unoccupied
France. -.
' "The ambassador, who called
at the state department; taid he
understood two car goes of
American wheat for ahipment to
unoccupied France.
'The ambassador," who called
at. the state department, taid ha
understood two cargoes of
wheat would he tent at a gift
from the American Red Cross
through a special, arrangement
made by President Roosevelt.
News 'Index
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City Brieft ...
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Comics and Story-,.
Courthouse Records
Editorials ................
High School Newt Page 12
Information ...... Pane A
Market. Financial -....i. Page. 10
Midland Empire Newt... Page 9
Pattern. ..u .. .-. Pag -7
Sports .. : ; .Page l8