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The klammh News WEATHER NEWS Fair and Mild High 7i Lew 30i Midnight 44 24 hours to S p. m. , , M Season to data t.tl Normal praelpltatios (.eg Lut year to data 13.03 PICTURES! Associated Pru TtlimiU. MCA Telephe tot and II local newtpleture and en raving stall provide Mawi and Harald raadara with a comprehensive photograpb la service. IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND Vol. 18, No. 106 Price Five Cents TWO SECTIONS KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1941 (Every Morning Except Monday) Senate Approves Aid Fund After 2 - Hour Session :- In The Days - News By FRANK JENKINS ANOTHER day of abundant rumors and no (hooting. (In tha Balkan hot spot, that It.) Yugoslavia till holds tha spot light. HTHERE hat been a rumor out 1 alnco Saturday that Hitler haa delivered to Yugoslavia an ultimatum to come Into tha axii or elte. Thil morning, Britain for mally warna the Yugoslav gov ernment It If deluding Itself If It think Joining the axia will be condoned by the British govern ment. Bombing from Greece I the Implied threat back of that warning. a "TO get a faint glimmer of understanding of what la happening In Yugoslavia, hark back to the Versailles treaty, when Yugoslavia was thrown to gether out of Serbia, fragments ' of Austria and what have you, It Is a hodgepodgs of races and former nationalities. You may take It for granted that It la also a hodgepodge of hatreds. It appeara that a government representing chiefly tha former Austrian, etc., parts is under taking to make a dicker with Germany and that the Serbs are balking. Today's dispatches a note en opposition leader as saying: "This (Internal trouble In Yugoslavia) Is a revolt of a great - majority of tha Serbs against any sell-out. If wa are Ignored this government will hava to assume tha responsibility for tha trouble which will inevitably follow. JF you want an understanding x of what all tha pulling and hauling are about, get out your map. You will note that Yugoslavia lies directly north of Salonikl and that the valley of tha Var dar river leads directly down to this Immensely Important Greek port. The next feasible In vasion route la along the valley of the Struma, in Bulgaria, where German troops are al ready massed In force. I The Germans want to hit Sal onikl from two points, and the British and the Greeks (and maybe the Turks) want to hold them down to one route If It is humanly possible. That Is the real military Issue back of the Yugoslav ruckus. i nussiA geta into the rumor " spotlight again today. . From. Belgrade (Jugoslav capital) cornea this dispatch 'High diplomatic quarters de clare that Russia, bound to Ger many by non-aggression and commercial treaties, has for bidden exports of oil to Ger many since March 1, the day Bulgaria Joined the axis and German troops poured onto Bui garlan soil," That would be Interesting If true. ANOTHER rumor Is to the effect that Ruas-Turklsh declaration is momentarily ex pecica. An unofficial but re liable source" says It will be a "common declaration of friend' ship" that will mean Russian aid for Turkey by EVERY MEANS SHORT OF WAR If Turkey Is attacked by Germany. Note the language: Russian aid for Turkey "by every means short of war." Stalin seems to have picked up an idea from us. 'THE fact that the shooting is so long delayed indicates the extreme delicacy of the diplo matic struggle that Is going on In the Balkans. Well heeled as he Is In a mili tary way, Hitler's natural in clination would be to "get there fustest with the mostest men," but he evidently fears that If he makes a false step it wilt be dangerous. The danger, obviously, lies In the direction of Russia. i Opponents of Lease-Lend Fall Behind Move to Speed Defense Work WASHINGTON, March 24 W) The senate passed and sent to President Roosevelt today a 7.000.000,000 appropriation to finance the administration's all out British aid program. The vote was 87 to 0. The appropriation, already passed by the house, was approv ed without change. During the two hours debate preceding the vote many senators who opposed the original lend-lease measure said they would vote for the appropriation to carry out the law. Arrangements were made to fly the bill to the president, now cruising In southern waters. Delay Been But because the house passed the bill first Speaker Rayburn must sign it before Vice Presi dent Wallace affixes his signa ture. The house had adjourned for the day when the bill was passed by the senate, and Ray' burn's signature thus will be de layed until tomorrow. This will mean a day's delay In sending the legislation to Mr. Roosevelt for signing into law. Two republican senators who vigorously opposed tha sld-to-Britain legislation Vandenberg of Michigan and Brooks of Illin oisdeclared their full support today for the appropriation to carry out the law. "Whether we like It or not.1 Vandenberg told the senate, "the die la cast. We are confronted with a condition not a theory. "If there Is a chance of keep ing out of war under this theory of Intervention it lies in swiftly and bold proceedings In giving aid to our quasl-alllea "I hop the managers of this program succeed in keeping us out of war, hut,if Jhvv fail I want to be TtTTparroi weir erf use.V"''"", Brook told the ' senate he would vote for the appropriation "on tha express promise of the administration leaders that this Is a peace bill and will keep war away from our shores, 12-Point Plan For Forestry Control Eyed WASHINGTON. March 24 W A congressional committee which Investigated the nation's forest problem outlined today a 12 point program to check what It described as "ruthless destruc tion of our forests." Senator Bankhead (D-Ala.) and Representative Fulmer (D S.C.), co-chairmen of the com mittee, said In a statement the recommendations were designed to "create and maintain a nation-wide forest economy" as a safeguard for democracy. Fira Fighting Tha first recommendation was for extension and Intensification of cooperative protection against fires by Increasing a federal au thorization for preventing and fighting fires from $2,500,000 to $10,000,000 a year. Other recommendations were: Agreements for cooperative management of Intermingled public and private forest hold ings; rental ot forest land to (Continued on Page Two) Two Strikes Settled Over . Weekend, OPM Announces By Tha Associated Press The office ot production man agement chalked up strike settle ments In two plants with vital defense orders today after a weekend of Intensive effort, but storm clouds hung over three other defense production fronts, .. CIO representatives at the Harvill Aircraft Die Casting corporation at Los Angeles agreed to halt ten-day-old strike last night after reaching agreement with tha manage ment on demands for union re cognition and wage Increases The disputants agreed to con tinue negotiations on other is sues and to submit them to arbi tration If still deadlocked later. This strike had caused great concern to the OPM because the company's production was essen tial to the operation of eight Pacific coast aircraft plants. The walkout had Involved 350 of the plants 423 employes. j Grand Coulee o The Pacific Northwest's harnessed near Grand Coulee, la Washington, to supply vast hydro-electric power aad Irrigation facilities for that fertile but Isolated area came a atep near reality, as this picture was taken. A. F. Darland. left, field engineer, throws tha Una switch to throw 20.000 kilowatts developed at the Grand Coulee dam to the Bonneville power lines lor use In national defense. The two generators now operating supply a mere traction of the 2.700.000 horsepower the plant will eventually generate. STRIKE CALLED AT BETHLEHEM Picket Line of 5000 Men Thrown Around Huge Pennsylvania Plant BETHLEHEM. Pa.. Tues day. March 23 (UP) Violence broke out early today as strike of the Steel Workers Organising Committee (CIO) began curtailing production In tha giant borne plant of tha Bethlehem pteel corporation, working on mora than a Ml "on dollars' worth o urgent doienssj,conttaeta. i BETHLEHEM, Pa.. March 24 (UP) The Steel Workers Or ganlzing Committee (CIO) threw a picket line of 3000 striking men around the sprawling mills of the Bethlehem Steel corpora tion tonight after ordering a walkout that may halt produc tion on the plant's $1,195,000, 000 worth of defense contracts. "Wa anticipate everything," Howard T. Curtiss, strike direc tor, said, "and wouldn't be sur prised to have trouble at any minute." "We don't want a man to re port for the 11 p. m. shift," he added. State Police . Shortly before 10:30 p. m. the pickets began massing around the four gatea to the plant nor- (Continued on Page Two) Yakima Gets More Triplets YAKIMA, Wash., March 24 (UP) For the second time in 18 months, triplets visited a Yak! ma family today. Three girls were born to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Leenhouts. The mother and babies were reported in excellent condition. Yakima's other triplets all boys were born to Mr. and Mrs. Al Egley. Hospital author ities said they believed Yakima was the only city in the nation boasting two sets ot triplets born at such a comparatively short time apart. Striking CIO workers at the Aluminum Company of Ameri ca plant In Edgewater, N. J., also returned to work today under a plan to continue negotiations over wage increase and overtime pay demands. The OPM request ed that this be done. The plant hires 3,000. At Chicago AFL organizers said 3,000 workers went back to their Jobs at the International Harvester company McCormick works to end a shutdown which started February 28. The work ers were protected by a court Injunction mass picketing, and 700 policemen were on hand Striking rival CIO unionists by the hundreds heckled the AFL members going to work, to end the stoppage caused by the walk out called by the CIO Farm Equipment Workers organizing committee. The AFL, since the strike began, chartered a union at the works and demanded the company reopen. Makes Power. 1 ,' C dream of tha Mighty Columbia Council Urges Cleanup Week Cooperation It's cleanup week in Klamath, and members of the Klamath Falls city family at Monday night's council meeting urged general cooperation to make the community splc and span for the rprlng season. Property holders were urged to eliminate pilea of rubbish and other trash and to make their holdings generally more attrac tive, while the city agreed to do its part on street-sides and on property owned by the munici pality. Need Stressed - ' City Engineer E. A. 'Thomas emphasized the need for clean-. ing up and keeping clean tha al leys In tha business district. He indicated that there is ten dency to dump trash Indiscrim inately In alleys and to give little head-to the need for adequate container! at the rear of busi ness houses. ' "I think the mayor and coun cil should take a definite stand on the question of these alleys, and get them cleaned up," said Mayor John Houston. Sanitary Inspector Harold Fra ney said that most people had the Idea they were being asked to do something for the com munity in cleanup week appeals. In fact, he said, permitting trash (Continued on Page Two) Browder To Begin Term NEW YORK, March 24 (JPh Earl Browder, former general secretary of the communist par ty, and Welwel Warzower, the party's former financial secre tary, have been ordered to sur render tomorrow to begin serv ing sentences Imposed for the use of fraudulently obtained 'passports. . Browder faces a four year and Warzower a two year term. The surrender orders were signed today by Federal Judge Samuel Mandelbaum. Warzowers counsel said he would move tomorrow to have his client placed -on probation, on . the ground that Warszower Is suffering from heart trouble and that a prison term. In such a condition, would prove fatal Ford Summoned Before NLBB DETROIT, March 24 (Sub poenas for the appearance of Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor company, and his son Edsel Ford,, company presi dent, were signed this afternoon by a national labor relations board trial examiner hearing a petition for an employe elec tion at two Ford plants.- The subpoenas were Issued over the protest of I. A. Capiz zl, attorney for the- Ford com pany, who earlier had charged that CIO leaders ' and some NLRB officials had conspired for "subversion ot the defense program." 25 YEARS AGO TODAY By Tha Associated Press ' March 24, 1916 German sub marine torpedoes British steam er Sussex but vessel reaches Dieppe safely. , . Russia Promises To Turks 'Some Sort BRITIStfPRESS BY 0. S. SHIPS Daily Sketch Advocates' Action Now Lest Help "Be Made in Vain" LONDON. March 24 (UP) An appeal for United States convoys to protect American war mate rials enroute to Britain against destruction by German surface raiders, submarines and air planes appeared In the press to day for the first time. Conceding that American pub lic opinion might oppose such action, the Daily Sketch said the convoys were needed immedi ately lest American aid "be made in vain." "What we need most urgent ly , la American convoys for American supplies," the editor ial said. Need Ships While other newspapers have been urging that the United States take steps to make certain that American supplies reach Britain, all heretofore have re frained from- proposing Ameri can convoys. : "We need every enemy and neutral ship that now lies idle in an American harbor," the Sketch said. "We need every American ship that America does not r.eed for herself. We need . every American captain, every Ameri can ship s engineer, every Amer ican eeaman who can be spared from America's own war effort. '-. "We- cannot afford . to .wait, nor can, America afford to wait for prone opinion In the united States to mature while Germany acts with such concentrated force on our maritime resources." . At tha came time the naval ex pert of the Manchester Guard ian expressed belief that the two nazi surface raiders, the heavily (Continued on Page Two) Boy-Slaying Confessed By 14-Year-Old LANSING, Mich., March 24 (UP) Glen Brough, 14, tonight confessed the brutal slaying ot Jack Kelly, 13-year-old farm boy whose nude and mutilated body was found hidden in a swamp near his home southeast of Muskegon. Glen and his 11-year-old bro ther, Benny, were picked up by police tonight after having been sought since the body was found last night. Glen said he hit young Kelly, a schoolmate, twice with the head of an axe and slit his throat with a paring knife. Then, he said at the sug gestion of his younger brother he emasculated his victim. Demanded. Help - His statement said young Kel ly came to the Brough' home Sat urday morning and demanded that Glen Brough help him chop wood. "I told him I wouldn t. Glen said, "and he told me he would go home and get his .22 and shoot me if I didn't. "1 put my foot in the door so he couldn't get out and he knocked me down. Then I grabbed an axe and hit htm on the back of the head. He still stood up so I hit him again with the hammer edge. Then I grab bed a paring knife off the kitchen table and stabbed him twice in the throat." No Ona Home The boy said no one was home at the time, but that when he was dragging the body into the woods near his home, his young er brother returned. When their father returned, Glen said, they ran from the house and walked to Revanla, Mich., about IS miles away. There they stole a car and drove about 20 miles until it ran out of gas, they said. Then they walked into Beld ing, and stole . another car. which they drove to within three miles of Lansing. They walked to a filling station here, where they were arrested.. Benny Brough,. In his statement, de nied that ha had suggested the emasculation. - Sheriff's officers from Mus kegon arrived to take them back to Muskegon. I Private Jimmy Salutes the Army, Chow , O A . z&M' From tha nation's No 1 motion picture actor to a "buck private" In Uncle Sam's army la .quite a transition. Here's Academy Award Winner Jamas (Skinny) Stewart after he made the change. Left, already in uniform, he trys an army salutet right, be gets his first taste ot army chow at Fort McArthur. Calif- aad seems to like it. AXIS ALLIANCE SIGNERS LEAVE Jugoslav Premier, Aide Board Train Secretly Enroute to Vienna BELGRADE. ,March 24 (UP) Jugoslav statesmen left quieUy for Vienna tonight to sign Jugo slavia's "compromise" adherence to the axis alliance Tuesday. The entire Jugoslav army and police forces were mobilized to stamp out any anti-German uprising in the nation. - - Shortly before they departed by train at 10 p. m. (3 p. m. EST), the Jugoslav leaders received an eleventh hour warning from the British government implying grim consequences resulting from Jugoslavia's capitulation to Adolf Hitler, even under the so-called "special formula." Secret Departure Premier Dragisha Cvetkovitch and Foreign Minister Alexander Cinar-Markovitch boarded a spe cial train at a tiny suburban station, not far from Prince Re gent Paul's white palace, accom panied by German Minister Vick- tor von Heeren. . The departure was made sec retly. It was understood, for fear ot precipitating demonstrations or disorders among angry fac tions already -protesting mill tantly in Belgrade and other parts of the nation against the pact with the axis. After the train had pulled out an official communique was is- (Continued on Page Two) Marines Guard . After Bombing SHANGHAI. March 24 MV V. S. marines in steel helmets 'and carrying bayonets fixed to their rifles patrolled principal thoroughfares in sections ot the international settlement tonight after 10 persons, all Chinese, had been killed and 56 injured in terrorist bombings of two banks affiliated with the Chinese gov ernment at Chungking. The marines took up guard of nearby American property immediately after the blasts, withdrew when international settlement authorities called out reserve police, and then reestab lished their patrol as a result of new uncertainties in the situ ation. British Ship Heads for IT. S. BALTIMORE, March 24 (P) The Baltimore Sun said today that authoritative sources re ported a British warship head ing toward the Norfolk, Va., navy yards for repairs. The paper said these sources did not disclose the name of the ship, but classed the vessel as a heavy cruiser drawing too much water to be handled at shipyards here. One official at the Norfolk yards said, when informed of the report, that he had no con firmation of auch arrangements. 10,000 Fire Bombs Drop Over Berlin LONDON, March 24 CD More than 10,000 incendiary bombs as well as many high ex plosives were dropped on Ber lin by the RAF last night, it was claimed officially today. Several Polish crews were among - the -airmen , who "-took part in the attack. Despite the number of bombs employed, the raid was said to have been less intense than the big raid on the German capital of March 12. Hannover and Kiel in north western Germany, and Den Hel der, naval base in The Nether lands, also were attacked, and large explosions were observed at Hannover. Bremen, Emden and ports used by the nazis outside Ger many, including the French port of Calais, also were heavi ly attacked, the air ministry news service reported. At Calais the docks were raided and at Den'Helder, The Netherlands, many fires were re ported as a result of the attack described as "on a small scale but an unqualified success." An aer'-'l machine gun attack on German soldiers parading before breakfast outside bar racks near Cherbourg was re ported today by British fliers returning from a daylight air raid on the German-held French coast. The daylight blows followed upon raids overnight by British bombers on Berlin while bad weather grounded all but a few German warplanes. 'After bombing the docks at Cherbourg this morning," the air ministry news service said. coastal command Blenheim dived and dealt effectively with light gun positions on the outer muie. 'Diving further to 100 feet the aircraft found the main street of Barfleur, near Cher bourg, occupied by German troops on a pre-breakfast parade ouisiue tneir Barracks blocks. laps Capture Two Seaports HONGKONG. March 24 r;pi Japanese dispatches said today two important Chinese ports on the Kwangtung coast were capt ured as Japanese troops, covered by warships, landed along the coast northeast of Hongkong- in the past 24 hours. One was Swabue. 85 miles from Hongkong, and the' other was Chaoyang, near Swatow. The landings appeared pat terned after recent operations south of Hongkong, where a number of points were occupied and huge quantities of war sup plies and materials were said to have been captured. HITLER NOTE BELGRADE, Tuesday, March 25 (UP) A dead hen was thrown from a speeding auto mobile onto one of the city's main streets last night. It bore a tag "better be a dead hen than lay eggs for Hitler." Give of Aid' TURKS PLEDGE UNITED STAND WITH GREECE Russian Pledge Seen Way to Keep Germans From - Seizing Dardanelles ISTANBUL.Turkey, March 25 (UP) Russia haa formerly as sured Turkey. In an exchange of viewa published today, that the Turks can count on Russia's "complete comprehension and neutrality" it they are plunged into war in defense ot their ter ritory. The pledge made on a recip rocal basis was announced as the Turkish press launched a campaign to prepare the nation for the worst with warnings that "at any day now" Turkey may be compelled to go to war against Germany, alongside her British ally. High Turkish political quar ters said Turkey could rely not only on soviet understanding and neutrality but also on "some sort of Russian aid" in event at wa between Turkey and Germany. Dardanelles Vital Many Turks regard the Joint statement as a courageous Bus sian gesture, implying soviet dis pleasure over Germany's Balkan thrust inasmuch as Germany is the only country likely to at tack Turkey in an effort to seize) the Dardanelles, vital to Rus sia as well as Turkey. . ; The declaration, it was pra t (Continued on Pag Two) - British Again In Control of Lost Colony NAIROBI, Kenya Colony. March 24 AP) The British, claimed today that British So maliland, captured by the Ital ians last August again la "under control of our forces" and tha road from Berbers, capital and chief port, to Hargeisa, about 100 miles inland, "is now open." A communique also disclosed that the British were using air borne troops to fan our hun dreds of miles ot lines of com munication in the Ethiopian wilderness and seize rule ot that East African colony from the Italians. "Outlying centers of adminis tration, some of which are 400 miles from our lines ot com munication, are being taken over by air-borne troops accompanied by political officers," it said. "Some sick women and chil dren already have been evacu ated." ' The stage was set for the Brit ish to reclaim their lost colony on the Gulf ot Aden last Mon day when imperial forces storm ed Berbers from the sea under the cover ot warships and war planes. This re-entry after a half-year of Italian occupation was fol lowed by the capture of Har geisa, near the Ethiopian fron tier about 100 miles southwest of Berbers. Man Injured In Auto-Train Crash Monday A car driven by Harry Boyd, county school bus driver living in the Midland district, crashed into a train Monday night on a side road crossing near Mac's store about halfway to Merrill. Boyd was rushed to Klamath Valley hospital. His injuries were reported by County Cor onor George Adler to be cuts and bruises about the head and body. with a possible broken knee. The man was suffering front shock, Dr. Adler said, and the exact extent of his injuries could not be ascertained Immediately, News Index City Briefs Page 8 Courthouse Records Page 8 Comics and Story, Sec. 2 Page .. 2 Editorials Page 4 Information Page 5 Market, Financial Page 8 Midland Empire, Sec. 2 Page 1 Pattern Page 8 Sports - - Page 8