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Vol. 18, No. 103 Price Five Cents
TWO SECTIONS KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1941
(Every Morning Except Monday)
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J Day's ;
-News
By THANK JENKINS
VI ASS bombing of London, pie
A tured ai th wort to far In
1941, la the action feature of the
new of today.
London dispatches tell of five
hospitals hit, a large hotel partly
destroyed, a police station blunted
apart and two policemen killed,
a department store burned out
and block! of residences
wrecked.
Berlin speaks of damage to
docks and ships along the
Thames.
VOU must have noted by this
V time that In reporting
bombing attacks both sides speak
of the civil damage, especially
to hospitals and homes, done by
the other fellow and of the
MILITARY damage done by
themselves. That Is a part of
the technique of propaganda.)
THKK mass bomblnifs of Lon
don and other British cities
Vara a pattern of the days to
-, anrf Uill C.C ON M mt.
ter what happens elsewhere. If
and when Britain gains In air
strength, she will reply In kind
with mass night bombings of
Berlin.
In earlier times wars were
ended by the destruction of
armies and navies. Wars now
end when the morale of the
people AT HOME, on one side or
the other. Is Droken down. De
struction of morale la the chief
aim of these night bombings.
That Is why they will go on.
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fVDDLY enough, at the pres-
cnt moment, abouf the
safest place In either England
or Germany Is the army. That,
of course, won't continue Indef
initely.) . ''.-.'
MORE serious, In a military
way, than bombing
Hitler's high command reports
88.900 tons of shipping sent to
the bottom In lorays against
Britain's seaborne commerce.
Nazi U-boats, the communique
says, destroyed 80,500 tons out
of a strongly protected British
convoy.
Tha British say German re
ports of shipping destruction are
exaggerated at least twice, but
even at that such reports of
sinkings don t look too good.
Tha battle of the Atlantic Is
developing.
THE battle of the Atlantic In-
terest us particularly be
cause the point at which we will
go In will probably be determin
ed by destruction of supply ships
that Is heavier than the British
can stand,
V-fHE rumor crop In tha Balkans
f continues to flourish.
Yugoslavia Is reported to have
agreed to a limited form of Ger
man co-operation, and Is also re
ported to be mobilizing troops
heavily on the Bulgarian border.
f, Russia Is reported to have
given Turkey the green light in
the form of an agreement to re
main neutral If the Turks decide
to fight either for themselves
alone or to help Greece.
' And so on.
If you are wise, you will con
tinue to keep- your fingers
crossed.
ALSO .
Draw no wrong con
clusions from the rather long
continued (comparative) lull in
tha heavy .fighting. When the
shooting finally starts, there will
ba plenty of It.
AFL Chosen At .
Tlonesta Mill
As Hargalner
.
Tha American Federation of
Labor scored a victory In the
NLRB runoff election at the
Shaw Lumber company mill at
Tlonesta, Calif., Thursday, an
nounced Joe Boyd, AFL repre
sentative for Klamath Falls.
The result gives exclusive bar
gaining rights to AFL, Boyd said.
The vote was AFL 79, CIO 84.
Thera were a total of 1S5 ballots
cast, 12 of which were chal
lenged. '
i The election was conducted at
' the mill from 2 to 6:30 p. m.
The War
25 Years Aqo
Br The Associated Press
' March 20, 1018 Allies make
heavy air attack on Zeebrugge.
SABOTAGE IN
OF ARMY EYED
Barracks Roof Timbers
Cut;, Wires Spiked;
Said Work of Experts
FORT GEORGE 3. MEADE,
Md March 20 OP) Construc
tion quartermaster officers at
this U. S. army post said today
they had "definite photographic
evidence" that there had been
"prolonged and skillful sabotag
ing" of construction work here.
One officer who declined use
of his name said "The sabotage
by men who know their bust
nens has been going on for sev
eral months, directed at barracks
works, the telephone system and
electric power lines."
He said tha acts, such as saw
ing uprights of barracks to
weaken them and driving spikes
into power cables and telephone
lines, "do not appear to be the
acta of a man or men with a
grudge, but give every sign of
being real sabotage."
BALTIMORE. March 20 W
The Evening Sun says construc
tion quartermaster officers at
Fort George G. Meade admitted
today that there had been "pro
longed and 'skillful' " sabotage
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Lindy Asks
U. S. to 'Take
Reins in Hand'
NEW YORK. March 20 (UP)
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, as
serting the situation In the
United States today la "alarm
ingly similar" to that In France
and England - before ' tha Euro
pean war, called upon tha Amer
ican people tonjght to "take the
'reins In hand once more" against
American Involvement in tha
war. . ' -
In "A Letter to Americans"
published in Collier's magazine,
Lindbergh assslled British pro
paganda as leading the United
Slates to war though, "like
Franca and England In 1839, we
are unprepared today." - :
-"We have not as many thor
oughly modern fighting planes
In our army and navy com
bined," he wrote, "as Germany
produces in a single week." '
"Short of War" .
Lindbergh charged Interven
tionists, believing that while the
"people of the United States
would not agree to a declaration
of war, we could be beguiled
Into supporting steps that would
inevitably lead to war." advo
cated steps which ."they called
'short of war' steps which have
already entangled us, and which
will leave us no alternative to
war if we continue to take them."
To enter the war against Ger
many successfully,. Lindbergh
held, "we must prepare for it
not for one year or two, but for
10 years or for 20 as Germany
has done."
The situation In 1917 was dif
ferent, he argued, since then the
central powers were fighting
France and Britain In the west,
Russia In the east, and Italy In
the south and the "German
armies had already suffered se
vere reverses."
Hitlerhed America Visioned
By Wheeler in Anti-War Talk
WASHINGTON, March 20
(UP) Sen, Burton K. Wheeler,
(D-Mont.), charged tonight that
British propagandists and the
committee to defend America by
aiding the allies "have nearly
attained their objective active
American participation in a for
eign war."
Speaking over a nationwide
NBC radio network, he called on
the nation to fight against "war
and against every step which
gives dictatorial powers to the
president." War, he asserted,
would "produce a Hltlerized
America even though HiUer will
be dead and burled."
Respects Law
Wheeler, an outstanding op
ponent of the recently-enacted
lend-lease bill, said that law
"must and should bo respected
by all our people regardless of
their previous opposition to It"
because it is law. But he assailed
the pending $7,000,q0O,000 Brit
ish aid appropriation bill and
said It was sponsored by legisla
tors who opposed million-dollar
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: Sevan hundred girl students from 8taphens college of Colum
bia. Mo., paused briefly In Klamath Falls Thursday afternoon at
about midpoint la tbalr 1(41 rail lunket through America's west
ern states. Tha Jaunt is tha
educational trip which each year
of tha United States. Above
third special train Tolling tha girls northward to Vancouver. B.
C from where they will return home.
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LEAGUE BUYS
SITE FOR HALL
Community Building Will
Rise at - C o r n e r of
Madison, Shasta Way
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. Final approval of the purchase
of one acre of ground at the
corner of Madison street and
Shasta way by the Suburban
League to be used as a com
munity hall site, ' was made
Wednesday night at a meeting
of ward representatives at the
home of Lem Manning on Gary
street. The acre was sold to
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appropriations for domestic re
lief. He recalled that In a speech
last month, ho asked this ques
tion: "Is the forgotten man of
1932 doomed to be the unknown
soldier of 1942?" '
"Tonight," he said, "I venture
another statement all-out aid
for England, Greece and China
means all-in war for the United
States."
r ' Reply to F. D. R.
His speech was regarded as a
reply to President Roosevelt's
address of last Saturday night
in which he appealed for national
sacrifice In an all-out effort to
speed aid to the anti-axis na
tions. Wheeler said that "in the days
when President Roosevelt, to use
his own language, was driving
the money changers from the
temples of government and Wall
street lawyers practiced law in
New York City," payment of the
soldiers' bonus "meant bank
ruptcy" and "Dr. Townsend was
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sixteenth annual Stephens spring
swings through different sections
is 'a group detraining from tha
College Girls
Pause Here on
National Tour
Seven hundred sweaters and
700 tweed skirts on 700 Stephens
college students stopped in
Klamath Falls briefly Thursday
in three special Southern Paci
fic trains and with a minimum of
delay over three slighUy missing
girls continued on their way
north to Portland and Vancou
ver. B. C.
The girls from the fashionable
Columbia, Mo., finishing school
were on the school s 16th annual
spring educational, vocational
Jaunt to far points in big Amer
ica. This one took them from
Missouri to Los Angeles, thence
up the coast to San Francisco
and Klamath Falls. From here
they're bound for Vancouver
and finally back home. - t
The trek, which once drew
four pages in Life magazine, this
year resulted in a Hollywood
screen test for dramatic artists
and a movie contract for one of
the number. She'll begin work
this summer In the film city.
Guiding the party are some 40
chaperones and others along for
the ride, one-third - of whom
wero tearing their hair early
Thursday afternoon when three
misinformed students scampered
off to see the town in what they
supposed would be a 43-minute
stop.
- Due to take off again In 20
minutes the second section was
delayed another 20 until the er
rant trio sprinted down Eleventh
street and clambered aboard.
Agriculture
News Page
A page of news of special
interest to farmers of the Mid
land Empire Is included in to
day's paper. (Page 19).
Featured on this page Is a
report by County Agent C. A.
Henderson on potato feeding
jd livestock; a timely subject
m view of the diversion pro
jram now underway.
Other interesting farm news
will be found there.
'SURPRISE' JAB
CIRCULATED IN
GREEK REPORT
Britain,. Turkey, Greece
Rumored Readying for
-Drive Against Nazis
ISTANBUL. March 20 (UP)
Reports circulating In diplomatic
quarters today said that plans
for a possible "surprise offen
sive against Germany s army in
Bulgaria by Great Britain, Tur
key and Greece were discussed
at yesterday's Anglo-Turkish
conference at Cyprus.
Confirmation of the reports
that the groundwork for such an
offensive was laid by British
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
and Turkish Foreign Minister
Sukru Saracoglu waa lacking in
official quarters, however.
Jugoslavia Eyed
bome lurkish quarters as
serted Jugoslavia might possibly
be brought Into the Anglo-Turk-
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AUSSIESHAIL
U. S. WARSHIPS
Units of American Fleet
In Australia Cheered
As Friendship Token
SYDNEY. Australia. March
20 W) Hundreds of thousands
of -Australians stood on the
shores of flag-decked Sydney
harbor today and cheered - the
arrival of seven United States
warships, headed by- the flagship
tniciio. ... . ,
The . visit, -part of a training
cruise, Was hailed in press and
otucist circles as a token of
Australian American friendship
ana Australians gave a tumultu-
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Six Trainmen
Die In Wreck f
SPARTANBURG, ' SaC Alar.
20 (fl , Six trainmen were
killed when two heavily loaded
freight trains of the Southern
Railway System collided bead-
on here last night.
Their bodies were crushed
and pinned In the wreckage of
the two large locomotives, and
it took workmen several hours
to tear tiirough steel with acety
lene torches and extricate them,
The victims, all ot Columbia,
were identified as:
C. R. Holcomb, engineer of
the northbound train; L. B. Me-
Cord, engineer of the south
bound train;. L. C. Grant, con
ductor of the northbound train;
J, C. Summers, fireman of the
northbound train; J. D.' White,
fireman of the southbound train.
and Harry C. Schiffley, whose
assignment was not learned im
mediately. Brakemen G. H. Drlggers,-
Conductor D. K. Jones and
Flagman Bruce Robinson, on
the southbound train, saw the
lights of he oncoming freight
ana jumpea 10 saieiy.-
More Power to
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"Grand Coulea dam starts
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shown at right of dam. Two 10,000-kllowatt ganarators will transmit power to Bonneville for re
lay to national defense projects and to a community co-operative on tha nearby Colvllte Indian
reservation. Ultimately, this powerhouse will contain nine gigantic generators, each producing
108,000 kilowatts. - - . - - - . . .
Thrown Pen- - '
Plereeaj Eye
' SAN FRANCISCO, ' March
20 (UP) A ' fountain pen
thrown at -Taylor Sink, 15, by
an Irate classmate today punc
tured his eyeball and may cost
him the sight of that eye.
Sink'was working in a high
school biology class when
girl brushed - past his desk,
knocking his books to- the
floor. He shouted angrily ait
her and she threw her foun
tain pen at him, striking him
In tha eye. " ' .
BAILEY WRECK
TRIAL STARTS
Judge Halts Testimony
About Alleged Drinks
In Manslaughter Case
Three witnesses testified
Thursday afternoon In circuit
court in the re-trial- of Q. A.
Bailey.- charged, with Involun
tary manslaughter of Irving Bre
shears In a three-car crash near
Weyerhaeuser- junction Novem
ber 3. 1940. '
First' witness was Marion F.
Miller, who testified he was rid
ing in the Bailey car at the 'time
ot the accident. He said Bailey
came to his home at 5 a. m. on
November 3 and that a party of
two cars soon- left for tha vicin
ity of Worden for goose hunting.
At '9 "a."m; 'they returned to
Klamath Falls, he said, and pur
chased two half-gallon Jugs of
wine. After a brief stop at Mil
ler a the party went to ' tha
Weyerhaeuser . Junction store,
purchased some lunch goods and
drank a bottle ot beer each,. Mil
lax said. .
Wo Gaase' -
' The party moved on to the
Kerns ranch west of t h e
Junction,, h e . testified, but
there were no geese flying over
the fields, so they decided to go
home. .They were parked on
Una several hundred yards from
tha highway. Mrs. Miller, With
five chUdrao ta tha-v started
back first, but1- was overtaken
and passed by BaUayTO a speed
of SO or 60," MUlet said. He said
ha waa riding in tha. Bailey car.
He ' didn't remember., anything
after they turned onto the high
way and beaded toward Klamath
Falls. He said, he warned Bailey
to -"take it easy" when Bailey
passed Mrs. Miller's car.
During Miller's testimony Dis
trict Attorney I Orth Sisemore
questioned the witness about the
amount of liquor consumed by
all members of .the party.' This
line of questioning was objected
to by Edwin E. DriscoU, one of
the attorneys for the defense, on
the ground that the indictment
of Bailey did not mention drink
ing. He said the question .of how
much liquor was consumed on
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Pine Orders s
Continue lTp
PORTLAND, Ore., March 20
(UP)Orders for western pine
lumber , for the . week ending
March 15th totalled 93,204,000
feet, compared -with 77,089.000
feet the previous week, the West
ern Pine association reported to
day. -
Orders for the .corresponding
week a year ago totalled 62,
430,000feet. . .....
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Jugoslav Group
Okays 'Special'
Axis Adherence
Premier, Minister' Plan
Trip to: Berlin for
Formal Pact' Signing
BELGRADE, Friday, March
21 (UP) The full Jugoslav cabi
net. In an almost unprecedented
session ending early today, was
reported in reliable quarters to
have approved a "special form"
of Jugoslav adherence to the axJs
three-power alliance, i '
The early departure for Berlin
ot Premier Dragisha Cvetkovitch
and Foreign Minister Alexander
Cincar-Markovitch to sign for
mally the documents of Jugo
slavia's limited adherence to the
German-Italo-Japanese pact was
anticipated.
Reliable Informants said the
full cabinet session had approved
a decision for the "special form"
bf adherence to the tri-power
pact whereby Germany will be
given the right to move war ma
terials, across Jugoslavia and
Jugoslav-economy and policies
will be geared to those ot the
axis.
Highlights
' The cabinet's decision, it
would appear, has ended long,
secret negotiations with Ger
many over the course of this last
remaining Balkan neutral and
all that remains is the actual
signing of the pact
The highlights of the limited
form of Jugoslav adherence to
the tri-power pact, according to
source of high reliability, are:
1 G e r m a n y to guarantee
Jugoslav frontiers and territorial
integrity, a pledge binding all
signatories of the tripartita pact.
2 Jugoslavia - to be exempt
from-providing any military aid
totheaxls.- - '
. I German troops are' not' to
occupy Jugoslav territory..
V 4 Germany to have the' right
to send' war materials across
Jugoslavia in'seabtd transit and
to transport wounded German-
soldiers across Jugoslavia from
any Balkan warfront.
s At .the end of the war, a
snming an axis victory, -Jugo-
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Illnda Religions -. .
Itlot Sets Fire
BOMBAY, India, March 20
P) A large part of Dacca, in
the province of Bengal, was re
ported afire today following a
Hindu-Moslem quarrel which
started in a drinking shop. -
The military has been called
out to preserve order.
- (Dacca, capital of a division
and district of the same name,
is on the Buriguna river, 155
miles northeast of Calcutta. . It
has. a population of about 90,
000). Police, twice opened fire on
the rioters and casualties were
reported to include 14 killed
and 100 wounded.
A steamship, four smaller
boats and a freight shed on the
Burigunda river and many shops
in the town were set ablaze. .
' - All educational institutions,
banks and commercial concerns
were closed. .
Curfew was Imposed and
street gatherings were forbid
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Previous Raid Wednesday
Called "Greatest" of
All Time by Nazis
BERLIN, Friday, March' 21
(UP) Wave upon wave of Ger
man bombers guided to their tar
gets by the blazing shambles of
"the greatest air raid of all time"
early today were reported to be)
heaping destruction upon Lon
don in a repetition of Wednesday
night's all-out assault. -;
The luftwaffe's gigantic often .
sive, informed German quarter
boasted, marks "the real begin
ning of the spring war offensive"
with its chief goal "complete
starvation of the British isles."
The waves of German planea
were said by the official DNB
agency to have renewed the as
sault on London at dusk Wednes
day and to be continuing tha at
tack without abatement early
today.
nrea Light Way .
Not only the British metro
polis but "militarily . important
objectives" in other parte of tha
British Isles were said to be un
der attack. j
. The luftwaffe pilots were said
by the DNB: to have reported
early today that widespread fires
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stUl were visible from the sky
over London, ."thus offering the
luftwaffe orientation tor the new
.attadcsH.-. ri Triad - -out -in good
U-alher. -.-'.
. Bombs of all calibre and many
incendiaries fell on London and
the" first German bombing crew
reported "objective burning"
with" other large fires observed
nearby. ' " '
Authorized ''nasi spokesmen
stated recent exchanges between
the luftwaffe and the royal air
force revealed the Germans en
Joy a 15 to one numerical super
iority in the air and hinted this
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Axis Reports -First
American.
Shipment Sunk .' .
NEW YORK, March 20 OF)
The official Italian radio said in
a broadcast beard today by CBS
that "it is rumored at Gibraltar
that the first cargo of war ma
terials sent to Great Britain after
the passing of the lend-lease bill
has been sunk by axis sub
marines." ;
"That was a very good begin
ning, wasn't, it?" the Rome an
nouncer added.
BERLIN, March 20 (AV-The
newspaper Nachtausgabe, com
menting today on an Italian radio
report of a rumor that the first
cargo of United Statea war ma
terials sent after passage of the
British aid bUl had been sunk,
said this was "the first blow
against aid to England."
"That which was expected by
aU clear-visioned men in the
world has already happened,"
the paper said. "Herewith the
American people finally under
stand the real meaning of the
lend-lease law."
Coast Congress
District Created '
SALEM. Ore., March 20 (UP)
Governor Charles A. Sprague to
day with the stroke of a pen cre
ated Oregon's fourth congres
sional district.
The governor signed a measure
which provides that Coos, Curry.
Douglas, Jackson, Josephine.
Lane and Linn counties become
the new district, -
A congressman to represent
the district will be chosen in the
primary and general elections ot
next year. ;
News Index
City Briefs Page 9
Comics and Story Page 18
Courthouse Record Page 2
Editorials Page 4
High School News . P-g 11
Information ... .Page 6
Market, Financial ...Page 10
Midland Empire News . Page 20
Pattern Page 11
Sport '..,, Page 12, 13
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