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Vol. 18, No. 112 Price Five
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Day's
News
Br FRANK JENKINS
GERMANY end Italy demand
today tho giving back of
sfeielr Kiztd ahips and the re
lease of the crowa.
They don't expect their de
mand! to be compiled with.
What they want to know la
whether we mean business, and
if to how much.
.TAP FOREIGN MINISTER
J MATSUOKA. In Rome, telle
Italian and foreign ncwspapcr
men that:
1. Japan itanda for interna
tional peace.
a. More, In hia opinion, can be
gained by negotiation In a apirlt
of mutual undcritanding than by
war.
3. A peraonal meeting among
the leaden of the great powera
would aeem desirable.
4. The desire of the Japanese
people for peace la strong.
-OEFORE you break out laugh
V Ing. remember this:
Aa Malsuoka was speaking,
.the flower of the Italian navy
had just been blown out of the
water by a hard-shooting squad
'ron of British warships that
came out of the encounter with
out a single hit or a single cas
ualty. IN today's dispatches it Is In
timated strongly that HlUer
ordered the Italian fleet to leave
Its harbors and take a chance
with tho British.
Hitler is trying to egg the
Japanese into war with the
United States In the Pacific so
that we may be kept too busy
to give the British effective help
In the Atlantic.
Matsunka'a Interview in Rome
sounds like he is getting cold
feet
c '..
"TODAY'S Berlin report tells of
hospitals bombed by the
British in last night's aerial at
tacks. Damage to hospitals is one
bit of news the censors can
always be relied on to pass.
The first law of propaganda
Is that the other fellow must be
made to appear a brute.
HTHE British (referring to the
same raid) tell of using a
new and destructive type of
aerial bomb.
The London communique says:
"Houses took to the air when
the bombs burst. Masses of
debris flying through the air
were outlined against the glow
of fires and the results appear
ed to be devastating.
That's total war.
C .
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT tole
graphs to the conference
handling the threatened coal
miners strike:
"Uninterrupted operation of
the bituminous coal industries
Is extremely Important. Suggest
if necessary you continue nego
tiations during Tuesday looking
to satisfactory agreement.
TN other words: "Keep working
i while you're negotiating Don't
let production fall off.
That is all the public asks of
labor and management. It Is
simple request, but TREMEND
OUSLY Important.
TN spite of all the threats, no
shooting yet (at noon today)
CJn Yugoslavia or elsewhere in
l.ie Balkans. .
From this you may Judge as
to the amount of talking neces
sary to make a war.
Experts On Blasts
Shun Explosions
BEND, Ore.. April 1 (UP)
Powder experts gathered here
yesterday to take examina
tions cvorlng new regulations.
"Boom," went a blast out
side, and pretty soon another
"boom."
The experts looked out. A
powder crew was at worl In
front of their meeting place.
- To help them concentrate,
the experts' examination loca
tion was moved to another dis
trict. The War
25 Years Ago
By The Associated Press
April 1, 1016 Zeppelins at
ack England and Scotland.
CenU
U. S. CHARGES
SABOTAGE OF
Axis Protests To Be
Ignored; Crewmen
Facing Proceedings
BERLIN, April 1 (UP) The
United States' action in seizing
ships of the axis powera consti
tutes "an absolute violation of
human rights" and a complete
disregard for International law,
authorised German spokesmen
said tonight.
Germany Is prepared to de
mand reparations for the seised
ships, it was stated In well
Informed nail quarters.
"When Germany considers an
act to be absolutely against in
ternational law It is only natural
to demand reparation," it was
stated.
Hinting both Germany and
Italy, In formal notes to Wash
ington, may have demanded re
lease of the seized ships, in
formed quarters said they were
unable to confirm such demands
had been made "but it is quite
possible."
WASHINGTON. April 1 W)
Attorney General Jackson today
ordered United States attorneys
to proceed Immediately with
prosecutions in cases Involving
sabotage of Italian and German
vessels in United States waters.
Immigration officials have ar
rested 875 sailors taken from 28
Italian merchant ships and two
German ships to face deporta
tion proceedings and some of
these are expected to face
charges of sabotaging the ahips.
Prosecution Starts
The Justice department said
that prosecutions already had
been started at Boston, Mass.,
and Mobile, Ala.
Justice department officials
said the proceedings had nothing
to do with possible moves ,to
take title to axis iiupswnich'
have been taken Jnto custody by
Inderal agfhts. - -'
The -lam provides maximum
penalties of SO years' imprison
ment and SI 0.000 fine for firing
or sabotaging any privately
owned vessel, whether foreign or
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Violin Music
Of Spalding
Heard Tuesday
By ARTHUR BREMER
Tho legendary gypsy violin
sang to Klamath Falls lost night.
The enchanted notes of song and
story became real under the bow
of Albert Spalding, America's
leading candidate in the highest
ranks of violin artists.
This concert closed tho V m
ath Cooperative Concert associa
tion scries for this season on a
high note that should be the
foundation for even greater suc
cess for next season .
Spalding, keeping to a mini
mum the stagey mannerisms ef-
(Contlnued on Page Two)
Asmara, Eritrea Capital,
Falls Into British Hands
CAIRO, Egypt, April 1 OP)
Asmara, capital of Eritrea, cap
itulated to the British today, it
was announced officially to
night. The report of Asmara's cap
itulation came swiftly after the
March 26 capture of Cheren,
42 miles to the northwest, a
mountain stronghold which
33,000 Italian defenders made a
major obstacle in the British
path.
One Port Left
Only Massaua, on the Red
sea, Eritrea's sole good port,
remains ' now as a major goal
of the British In their sweep
across the East African colony
from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
frontier toward the sea.
The city of Asmara had been
in Italian hands since 1889 and
had come to resemble a city of
southern Italy even to side
walk cafes. It became tho
Erltrean capital In 1900, when
the seat of government was
transferred from Massaua, 40
miles to the northeast.
Of Asmara's last recorded
population of approximately
98,000 persons, more than 80.000
were Italians the largest con
centration of Italians in the en
tire colony.
The city was well fortified
and Fort Baldlssera, on a hill
Employes of the Kesterson
relations board election to determine bargaining agent for all workers. The vote was In
decisive. (0 ballots being cast for AFL and 81 for CIO. "No union'' polled 80. Since neither
union received a majority. Robert E. Davie. NLRB field representative, seated left, said
runoff election may be called by one of the unions. , '-.--
F. II. OPPOSES
STRIKE LAWS
President Wants Full
Trial Of Mediators
Before Restrictions
WASHINGTON, April 1 (UP)
President Roosevelt said today
he would oppose all restrictive
labor legislation until existing
strike mediation machinery had
a full and fair trial.
The president hopes labor and
capital can conciliate their dif
ferences in a healthy atmosphere
of give and take without slowing
arms production.
Mr. Roosevelt discussed the
troubled defense labor situation
with his congressional lleutetv
'anta.Senate Democratio 'Leader
Albcn W. Berkley said after
ward he did not expect any anti-
strike legislation to reach 'the
senate floor this session because
"the national mediation board Is
doing a fine Job."
Mr. Roosevelt summed up his
stand on defense labor disputes
in a ainglo sentence:
Tho general idea is that it the
general labor and employer
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Hitler Effigy
Hanged Tuesday
City police Tuesday night re
ported a "suicide at the Main
street underpass. They said a
prowl car was called to 'he scene
at 10:30 to cut down a swinging
effigy of Adolph Hitler, neatly
hanged from the crossing and
dangling over traffic.
The dummy for that's what
It turned out to be was garbed
in a military coat, brown cap
and shoes. Polico said they took
the "body" to headquarters. The
dummy was placed in position
by youngsters as a Joke, police
stated. The shoes are being held
for their owner.
overlooking the town, once had
the reputation of being im
pregnable. A new airport re
cently was constructed south of
the city and before the war
regular service was maintained
to Bengasi, Libya, to Rome, to
Assab, Eritrea, and to Addis
Ababa.
It was linked by rail with
Cheren ami Agordat, already in
British hands, and to Massaua
The rail distance to the latter
city is 75 miles. Motor roads
radiate in all directions from
the town.
Asmara has been bombed
frequently by British planes but
the Italians said littlo damage
was done.
NAIROBI, Kenya Colony,
April 1 () The official East
Africa communique reported to
night that British forces enter
ing Dlredawa had discovered
the Ethiopian city's Italian In
habitants "being injured" by a
large band of deserters from
the retreating Italian colonial
army.
(The British entered Dlredawa
last Saturday. The Italians said
they had abandoned the city.)
Advancing British troops, the
communique said, quickly re
stored order, but were unable to
prevent some Itallpn casualties.
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON,
Kesterson Workers Vote
i
'tttttu.
Lumber company Tuesday cast
BULLETIN
Only one vote separated the
two labor unions in the na
tional relations board election
Tuesday at the Kesterson Lum
ber company. Workers voted
at Harmony hall on whether
they wanted th CIO or the
AFL as bargaining agent or
were in favor of a "no union"
satup.
Robert E. Davis. NLRB
field representative here for
th ballot, and Douglas Cater,
personnel manager of Kester
son. announced th following
results lata last night:
Tote
AFL 80
CIO 81
Neither .
Eligible
Voted
Void .....
.. 80
238
228
. 1
Challenged
4
10
Mot voting'
A a result of the vote a
runoff election "will probably
be called. Davie said, al
though he mad it dar that
'on of th unions must re
quest such a ballot if it is
wanted, and that th "no un
ion" would be omitted next
time.
U. S.-Mexco
Pact to Aid
Air Defense
WASHINGTON, April 1 P
The United States and Mexico
today signed a convention pro
viding for reciprocal use of air
fields which will permit Amer
ican military planes to speed to
Panama in the shortest possible
time.
The convention was signed at
12:15 p. m. by Sumner Welles,
under secretary of state, and
Francisco Castillo Najera, the
Mexican ambassador, in the
presence of Mexican and Amer
ican military experts who form
ed the committee to draft plans
for mutual defense measures for
defense of the western hemi
sphere.
The convention will now be
sent to the senate for ratifica
tion and to the Mexica. con
gress for appropriate action.
The agreement, qualified au
thorities stated, would greatly
strengthen the aerial defenses
of the Panama canal by making
it possible for the United States
to shift air force reinforcements
rapidly southward from this side
of the Rio Grande if danger
threatened the canal zone.
Under Its terms, army and
navy planes would be permitted
to fly the length of Mexico,
utilizing Mexican air fields en
route for refueling and repairs,
and thus would be able to reach
Panama In the shortest possible
time.
Harry Bridges
Has Chuckle at
Courtroom Door
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1
(JP) An immigration border
patrolman stopped Harry
Bridges and demanded his pass
when the labor leader sought
to enter the courtroom for the
(.. enlng of his deportation hear
ing today.
"You can keep me out of
here If you want to," Bridges
said, with a laugh.
A bystander explained that
Bridges was the defendant in
the case and the guard then
admitted him.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2. 1941
',
their votes in a national labor
NAZI CHUTISTS
Jugoslavs Barricade,
Mine Key Roads As
Italy Pleads Peace
BELGRADE. Wednesday. Apr.
2 (UP) Desperate Italian diplo
matic efforts to prevent war be
tween Jugoslavia and Germany
at all costs were reported under
way today as battalions of Ger
man parachute troops and Al
pine regiments massed at Jugo
slavia's heavily defended fron
tiers. The nazl parachute troop.
many of them veterans of the
.."blitzkrieg" across the low coun
tries -JasT year, were reported
concentrating at frontiers where
key roads have been mined and
barricaded by the Jugoslav army
and where troop trains are pour
ing thousands of fresh soldiers
into defense positions.
Italy Sks Pac
Diplomats in Belgrade report
ed that Italy is ready to mediate
between Jugoslavia and Ger
many for a peaceful solution
but, for reasons of prestige. Pre
mier Benito Mussolini wants the
initiative to appear to originate
with the new Jugoslav govern
ment of Premier Gen. Dusan T.
Simovitch.
Because it is hardly possible
for Simovitch to leave his post,
it is understood the Italians have
suggested Vice Premier Slobo
dan Jovanovic, nationally known
Serb jurist and expert in inter
national treaties, accompany
Foreign Minister Nomcilo Nln
cich to Rome to arrange for Ital
ian mediation.
Under the fascist formula the
Jugoslav government would
send a letter to Mussolini ask
ing him to mediate, but thusfar
no concrete steps are understood
to have been taken in that direc
tion. Decision Reached
Italy's move appeared to have
been timed to coincide with ef
forts of Jugoslavia's Croat popu
lation to avoid war at all costs
and reach a working agreement
with the Serbian-dominated Sim
ovitch government.
At the Serbian capital of
Zagreb Dr. Vladimir Matchek,
who has hesitated to remain as
vice premier in the Simovitch
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Talking Magpie
Calls Each Day
On Portland Tot
PORTLAND, April 1 P
Four-year-old Raymond Hanson
has a rare playmate Dickie,
the talking magpie of Glencul
len. The boy's mother said that
the magpie, an escapee from
someone's home, calls at the
Hanson residence every morn
ing, pecks on the window and
croaks, "hello Dickie," until
Raymond comes out to play.
Occasionally the bird will
perch on tree and croak at
Raymond: "Whatcha doln'?"
then answer himself with
"hello Dickie. Whatcha doln'?"
. Mrs. : Hanson said the boy
and magpie also play ball. The
youngster tosses big rubber
ball into the air and Dickie
dives at it, pecking until it
falls to the ground.
Neighbors told the boy's
mother that the bird was a pet
of a Portland visitor, now In
London,- who left him with
friends here for safe keeping.
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Sitdown Paralyzes
Ford Motor Plant
POLICE FIGHT
1 500 IN ALLIS
PLANTSTRIKE
Sheriff Not Able To
Cope With Situation,
Asks Additional Aid
MILWAUKEE. Wis., April
1 (UP) Gov. Julius P. Hail
was reported authoritatively
tonight to have appealed for
federal troop to safeguard
production at th Allis-Chal-mrs
manufacturing plant
where 1800 CIO strikers and
police clashed twice during
the day.
The request was sent by
Brig. Can. Charles BonstL
sixth corps area U. S. army
commandant, at Chicago, the
authoritative sources said.
These advices also indicated
that company officials bad
relayed th appeal for troop
to federal government offi
cials at Washington.
Hall requested SOOO troops,
it waa said.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, April 1
(UP) Sheriff Joseph Shinner of
Milwaukee county notified Gov.
Julius P. Heil tonight be was un
able to cope with the situation at
the AUis-Chalmers manufactur
ing plant- where police battled
1500 CIO strikers with tear-gas
this afternoon.
Shinner told Hell the Mil
waukee CIO planned a ' half-
holiday Wednesday in sympathy
with.the ft-day -AUis-Chalmers
strike."
My forces ire unable to-cope
with the situation," Shinner said.
"We will need auxiliary police
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Oregon Wins
West Safety
Prize for 1940
CHICAGO, April 1 (UP) The
nation's 1940 honors for traffic
safety tonight were awarded
Kansas City, Mo., and Dallas,
Tex.
The grand prize among states
went to Connecticut.
The national safety council
announced the awards for out
standing effort in eliminating
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Bridges Trial Hears Gitlow
Testify On U.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1
(UP) Josef Stalin In 1928 sup
pressed a n attempt b y United
States communists to free them
selves from absolute Moscow
domination, Benjamin Gitlow
testified today at Harry Bridges'
deportation hearing.;
Gitlow, once a high-ranking
communist, said Stalin forced
recalcitrant American party
members back into the Moscow
fold by giving them a 48-hour
"ultimatum" to repent and con
fess, t
The communist Internationale,
Gitlow said, tried to establish a
negro republic in the southern
states; formed a successful dis
ruptive movement within the
American Federation of Labor
which led to formation of the
Congress of Industrial Organiza
tions; and tried to overthrow
John L. Lewis as head of the
United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, keystone of the CIO.
AU this, GitloW contended,
was part of a far-reaching, mas
ter communist plot to take over
the entire United States. Gitlow
was communist party vice presi
dental candidate In .1928.
Gitlow, a government witness,
occupied the stand all day. The
name of Bridges, the defendant
and California CIO director,
scarcely was mentioned. The
government's tactics appeared to
be to first try to prove the
communist party advocates over
throw of the government by
force, then try tcj prove Bridges
(Every
Miss Klamath
- - Comart photo
Miss Batty Patsk of Bly
who was named, "Mis Klamath
County" la the Shasta-Cascade
Wonderland them girl contest
Tuesday. A on of . the nine
Wonderland "Welcoraettes she
will bo introduced to Wonder
land resident along with "Miss
Shasta-Cascade 1S41 Alio of
Wondarland" at Redding Satur
day night and Sunday.
COUMMIE
OIRLSCHOSEN
Betty Patzke . Of Bly
Named To Represent
Klamath In Contest
"'EDDlSfG; April 1 Election
of, Lydla Santini of Weed, Sis
kiyou county,' -California, v as
theme girl and official hostess of
the Shasta-Cascade Wonderland
scenic region of northern Cali
fornia and southern Oregon, was
announced today by Tom L.
Stanley, general manager of the
Shasta-Cascade Wonderland as
sociation. She will be titled
Miss Shasta-Cascade 1841 Al
ice of Wonderland" and will be
so proclaimed at opening cere
monies of the 1941 Shasta-Cas-
c a de Wonderland a 1 1 -season
"Fun Festival" in Redding and
at Toyon City in the Shasta dam
area this Saturday raid Sunday.
April 9 and 6. The public is in
vited.
Elected with Miss Santini to
officiate as county theme girls
and hostesses of "Fun Festival
events in their home counties of
(Continued on Page Two)
S. Communists
cooperated with, or was a mem
ber of the party. ' '" ' ; ' I
The procedure -was 1 reversed
in Bridges' 1939 hearing when
he was acquitted of. a charge of
communist affiliation; "
A letter was introduced dated
June 21, 1929, with the letter
head of the communist party of
the United States. It was ad
dressed to Gitlow, who said the
letter dealt "with the situation
leading to my expulsion from
the party."
The letter instructed him to
make a written statement and
deliver it to the party's execu
tive committee within 48 hours,
and that he unreservedly "accept
without reservation the Comin
tern decisions on the American
question."
Gitlow said these "decisions"
had been reached in the form of
an "address" by Stalin to the
American party. Later a large
group of American delegates to
a Comintern convention . re
quested a certain amount of
freedom from Moscow a control,
Gitlow explained.
Stalin refused the request and
Gitlow said he opposed Stalin
on the matter, Gitlow testified.
I was asked to sign a confes
sion that I acted against the
party, supported Herbert Hoo
ver, and other ridiculous
charges," Gitlow said. The party
demanded that Gitlow follow
Stalin unquestionlngly, support
the communist party in the
United States in fighting opposi
tion to the Russian party, and
denounce the "home rule" stand
of the American delegates.
ivSf Hfyrq
Morning Except Monday),
RIVER
CIO
FOIETIEUP
20,000 Affected By
Strike In World's
Bigest Industry Unit
DETROIT. April 1 (UP) Th
Ford Motor company's River
Rouge plant, the largest indus
trial unit In the world, tonight
was paralyzed by a sitdown
strike. United Automobile work
ers , ucarms najnaw",
file and clubs, systematically
iorcect woraers ou production
lines in all major deportments.
Police Chief Carl Brooks of
Dearborn said violence flared in
the 1100-acre plant when work
ers wearing union buttons rush,
ed from the "B" building hous
ing final assemblies to the fabri
cating plant and broke down
doors in an attempt to drive out ,
other employes.
Riot Squads
Ford officials called for all
available police protection and
Brooke - immediatelv reauested
Gov. Murray D. Van Waggoner
for aid from the state police.
Riot squads went to gate 4, main
entrance of the Rouge plant, and
attempted to quell the disorders.
Michael F. Widman Jr., direc
tor of the UAW-CIO organizing
drive against Ford, said the ces
sation of operations was the re
sult of "continuous and dellben
ate" efforts by the company "to
bring shutdown with the UAW.
CIO before the issue could be
.vldotwtaa -hsr- apeaee
relatione board."
t '- Big Contracts
Ford baa $134,060,000 worth
of defense contracts, most of
which are for airplane engines)
to be produced in a building that
is- now being completed. The
building is in the. River-Rouge
group. Production of pygmy
trucks for the U. S. army is a day
shift job in one of the (truck
departments. ,.-'
The strike started late today
as the night shift began work.
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Nurses to Hear
Hospital Head
Lea the Humphrey, superin
tendent of Shrine hospital for
crippled children, Portland, and
also president of the Oregon
State Nurses association, will be
honored with breakfast at S
o'clock Thursday morning in
the gold room of the Willard
hotel . All graduate nurses are'
urged to attend.
Reservations - may be made
with Mrs. Del Campbell at Hill
side hospital, president of the
local district.
Wilson River -
Road Opening
Eyed
for Fall
H. E. Devereaux, state director
of operations for the WPA, pre
dicted Saturday that the Wilson
River road would be open to
traffic late this summer.
Six hundred WPA workers are
now completing the last section
of the road, the twin of the
Wolf Creek highway, Portland's
short cut to the sea. he said.
The section under construction
is from Glenwood, on the old
Gales Creek road. 10.8 miles
west to Camp McNamers, 29
miles east of Tillamook.
$240 Collected
As Bounty for
Cougar Family
EUGENE, April t (Ph- A
fonanr fsmllv enriched T. O.
Vaughn, hunter and trapper, by
$240 last weeK. ne Daggea a
mother and three cubs in tho
Foil rr.k district. They
brought a bounty of $50 from
the state and sio from ine
county, each.
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