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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.
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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
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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-
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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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,
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