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TAGE TWO THE NEWS AND THE HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON April 2. 10U RIVER ROUGE CIOWORKERS FORCE TOP (Continued front Pag One) It Spread rapidly through the plant't 'Steel making unit, and by 10 P.-m. all departments ex cept the motor building, new tool and dye shop and foundry were affected. 20.000 Affected A "company spokesman said that 5000 workers were "sitting down" and that the remainder bad gen home. A union spokes man said "at least 20.000 ' had been affected, approximately 1 4000 workers each in the press steel, open hearth, rolling mill. r"B" building and rubber plant Widman said that shortly be- ."fore 11 p. m. he telegraphed the .governor a request that "he ar- . range with the company for ma . to enter . the Rogue plant and request the workers to leave the plant.". He said union men were ,unable to contact either the state mediation commission or work ers Inside the plant. "Wot Sitdowm" .- J "Widman said the spark that touched, off . the smouldering feud, between Henry Ford on of the last major manufacturers employing unorganised labor and thermion was the 'ischarg Of four UAW-CIO - organizing chairmen in the "B" building. press steel, rolling mill and rub- ; ker plant buildings. Widman Insisted that the work stoppage was not a sit- - down- strike, stating that "neither the Rouge workers nor the UAW-CIO has declared a sit- down strike nor in fact has any striken! any kind been ordered. "There Is no intention on the part of the Rouge workers to re main in the plant should a strike A freed on them by the Ford Motor company," Widman said. 'The situation tonight is simply this: We are awaiting a reply from '111 -Ford Motor company to oir "request that plant chair men' and others arbitrarily dis charged today be reinstated. We have conveyed that request to members of th governor's spe- dal mediation board who are now, we understand, conferring with th company." - Act in Groups . '. Widman statement was sig nificant In view of the. fact that mora than-a -dozen minor worK stoppages in the past few weeks has been .-cleared, up by com pany concessions. . Widman said the company to day; "decided to scrap, the tern-pe-rary grievance machinery which had funrtioned for weeks in cooperation with the state la bor conciliation board." Union members, acting in groups, attempted to stop pro duction in the new tool and die shop by breaking windows and turning off machines. Some op erators, yhowever, reportedly switched the machines back on and resumed wprk. The violence resulted in a call to Dearborn police. Chief Brooks sent a squad of 110 men to the plant and telegraphed Governor Van Wagoner for sufficient state troops "to evacuate" the plant Van Wagoner said he doubted whether he could send troops into the plant without a specific court order for removal of the workers. -. Germans Bomb Three Tankers BERLIN, April 1 fP) Three tankers, aggregating about 24, 000 tons, were bombed and de stroyed by German planes in St George's channel west of Pem broke this morning, authorized German sources reported to night They said two other tankers, totaling 16,000 tons, were "so heavily damaged their loss must be assumed.". . OBITUARY JAMES WILLIAM KINKADE James William Kinkade. a resi dent of Ashland, Ore. for the past nine years and of Klamath county for 17 years, passed away in this city on Tuesday, April 1, at 7 p. m. The deceased was a native of Hardin county, Ky.. and was aged 77 years, one month and IB days when called. He was a member of the Chris tian church. Ho Is survived by four sons, J. T. of Waldren, Ark., Alvin of Seattle, Wash., Willard of Barnsdall, Okla., and Archie of Klamath Falls, Ore.; five daughters, Mrs. L. L. Arnett of Klamath Falls, Ore., Mrs. A. R. Oliver of Vallejo. Calif., Mrs. Olen Johnston of San Jose, Calif., Mrs. S. R. Brummelle of Barnsdall, Okla., and Mrs. N. H. Church of Klamath Falls, Ore.; four brothers, Wilber and Noah of Louisville, - Ky., Albert of Streeter, 111., and Miles of Hoi ten, Kas.; one sister, Mrs. Walter Bauer of San Gabriel, Calif.; jlso 26 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. The remains rest in Ward's - Klamath Funeral home, 925 High street. Notice of lh funeral arrangement will b announced later. .. Oregon Wins West Safety , Prix For '40 (Continued From Pag One) traffic hasards and safeguarding 111. The prize-winning cities both were of the 230.000 to 500.000 population classification. Kansas City's death rate per 100,000 persons was 8.0 for th year, Dallas had a 7.4 death rate. Kansas City's snare of th award gave it a championship rating for the second consecutive year in contests conducted by the safety council. Other winners included: States: EastConnecticut first, Mass achusetts second. South Oklahoma. Midwest Minnesota first Ne braska second. West Oregon first, Montana second. Ill CHUTISTS (Continued From Page On government, announced a "de cision has been reached" with the new Belgrade regime. Yesterday was a day of reports and rumors In Belgrade, includ ing on that British Foreign Sec retary Anthony Eden and Gen eral Sir John G. DilL chief of the British imperial staff, had ar rived In Belgrade for defense consultations with Simovitch and his general staff. Both British and Jugoslav sources insisted they knew noth ing of the arrival of Eden and Dill. Another unconfirmed report was that Baron Frans von Pa pen, German ambassador to Tur key and Adolf Hitler's ac trouble-shooter, would be named minister to Belgrade replacing Viktor von Heeren, who has been recalled to Berlin. Travel Curbed As Jugoslavia's army neared a point of full mobilization with troop trains steadily rushing to th frontiers a curb was placed on private travel. Military authorities permitted only . - sons with small hand cases to travel, halting and turn ing back all those with trunks. As result the oxodus from Belgrade to the provinces in the interior petered out during Tuesday. Russian Aid Eved Possibility of Russian and Turkish support for Jugoslavia was seen in disclosure Milan Gabrilovitch, minister to Mos cow and minister without nort- folio in the new Simovitch gov ernment had flown to Ankara where he conferred with Turkish leaders, then rushed back to Moscow. The negotiations of Gabrilo vitch, who is expected in Bel grade within a day or two, were believed to involve mutual de fense agreement with the Turks and a Jugoslav-Russian friend ship declaration which would be announced publicly if Adolf Hit ler should serve an ultimatum on Belgrade. Another report circulated in diplomatic quarters that Italy might attempt to mediate a set tlement between Jugoslavia and Germany, through Itr"-- Minis ter Mario Indelli who already nas o tiered his "good offices." Jugoslavia's military prepara tions moved swiftly ahead and full mobilization of the army. bringing it to top strength of per- nsps 1,000,000 troops, is expect ed to be completed within two oay. As the national mobilization neared its peak troop trains loaded with soldiers in full lighting kit left Belgrade and other cities at regular intervals lor Ine frontiers. FJ. (Continued from Page One) emnlove Situation enn ha wnrk out with existing machinery in apiru oi give ana ukc and with the general understanding of avoiding slowine down th A. fense program, he is going to give it a fair trial before any thing new Is done. He thus Quieted wMnnmri rumors he was contemplating mmeaiaie arasuc action to end current strikes and to prevent future walkouts, it reported he would proclaim a full national emergency and In voke the "draft Industry" clause of th selective service act as anti-strike weapons. TUNGSTEN IN OREGON MEDFORD, Ore., April 1 (UP) Mining men today said tungsten or had been discovered In the southern Oregon region. The find was said to be scheellte, ac companied by cinnabar, an ore of mercury. Most of th present tungsten supply now comes from China. H J3. 9 - l"T -Vts .SVinert I tH D Ticket - ISMKiUi-n First ticket to th annual Shrin danc given tor th crippled children's hospital in Portland, went to "Tut" Castleberry. well known Klamath Falls druggist who paid $100 for th paste board at a noonday mtinfl Tuesday of th Lions club. At th left Elmer Balslget, president of th Shrin club, shakes hands with Castlbrry. while Walter Wlesendanmr. Liens elufc- president and activ hrtnr, holds th check. Th danc is scheduled for Saturday. April It, at the armory. Violin Music Of Spoulding Heard Tuesday (Continued From Pag On) fee ted by many violinists, pre sented his numbers with a re straint that emphasized the tone of his wonderful violin rather than the technical difficulty of the selections, but in the rapid passages there was nothing lack ing in facility on intonation. The audience seemed best pleased with the gypsy dances. Opened Heavy The program opened with heavy, involved selections: "Fantasy by Georg Telemann. followed by the four movements of Beethoven's Sonata No. S for violin and piano, in th first group, and Wieniawski's D minor concerto, the Uu :e parts of which made up the second group. Everything expected of a violin virtuoso was included in these numbers alow melodious passages, double stops, trill and frills and Spaulding sacrificed neither tone nor tempo in any. The pianist Andre Benoist, who presented no solo numbers, came in for his share of the con cert in the accompaniment for these first selections, which he rendered with artistic ease. The second halt of the pro gram was mad up of short se lections, mostly in th mod of the dance, and giving great play for Spaulding's melodio inter pretation. So pleased was the crowd with Schumann's "Eve ning Song" that Spalding re peated the little piece which he played with muted violin. Spalding also used the mute with striking effect in the clos ing strains of Debussey's "In a Boat." which was his encore be fore the intermission, and in a Spanish serenade that was his third and last encore at the end of the program. This last selec tion ended with a passage in the high harmonic register. The final groups included Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 1, Sevillana, a characteristic Span ish dance; "Intrada," which also was a dance number, and "The Dance of the Green Devil," a novelty selection. Apparently noting the favor of the audience for these dances, Spalding added a gypsy dance and another Span ish dance as encores following Hail, Hail, The Gang's All Here! Every Friday Night of th Esquire Theatre "FUN NITE" You Too, Can Laugh, ing and Happy! LEN PAYNE Matter of Ceremonies EMILE BUZAID At th Camel of th Hammond Electric Organ run Starts at 9 r. M. ON THE SCRIEN S-BIO riSTURSS t "Flying Wild" M "Th Faces Behind Th Mask" 4Silv :tmm !CBii Jml -Hi First Dance Ticket Sells U .S. CHARGES SABOTAGE OF NABJpiPS (Continued from Page One) domestic, in United States' ter ritorial waters. Axis Demands Germany and Italy have de manded that , the United States release axis ships taken into protective custody during the weekend and also members of the crews, it . was learned re liably today. The demands were made In notes of protest lodged with the state department by the axis embassies late yesterday. The state department and the embassies alike declined to make public the contents of the notes. In the hemisphere, meanwhile, developments showed the effect of this government's weekend seizure of the 69 axis and Danish vessels. Two German merchant steam ers were ablaze early today in the harbor of Callao. Peru, their seacocks opened by their crews, after the vessels had sought to leave the port but had been turned back by a Peruvian cruis- hls presentation of "La Campan ula." or "Little Bells." with its high rapid trills imitating the Jingle of bells and providing one of the most difficult of violin feats. J- LAST TIMES TODAY i! fJj? li j U JCAm DAUNTED 1 trfenetie5 mA WWk&i'V ,kw""r"Bl" terrifc:; (nh CTr I 'PvCr V wrilesitlirLgioiiuuice X"""- ' ' f Yjir i I A Bd ese lhiee Great : ' (, s A l;! jwn j ill Ak yXy 'A?3. 1 in nimii nm y.oCorcty.Bobbiordsn I v?, I Jjyf Sr"'0 ""i Tt-vS jfj I;' This Feature Shown at 1:10 8:80 9:20 P. M. C law)0RM'J -mm, (mm I lUvU nfSP1? ALAN HAIE MCT CARSON' J la aJV-olVl if . ' j I marchn sullavan r-i..:r.:! xTlm J ! FRANCES Utt with ERICH VON STROHEIM WSAtWSSJS.'Sr " (miY-FTi A f WH l'""n ; At STARTS SATURDAY ;i 22: !' -7(SB & S"'d I MTyTI I I itH : Th. Gr..k. Fight Back' J, ""7 (Tk VfY ' A F ii 1 'iia.a.s-r--..Jill uh I I er which fired warning shots In their direction. A few hours earlier, two other German merchantmen had sail ed away from Callao without papers. Cuba. In what was Interpreted as an expression of solidarity with the United States, took over an Italian freighter which was anchored In Havana har bor. Mexico, responsible sources reported, was planning to take custody of a dozen axis freight ers now tied tip In her porta, Costa Rica took summary action against the officer and crews of the German and Italian ships wnich were fired at San Jos yesterday to thwart seizure. The men w r clapped into prison incommunicado, charged with arson. Argentine, Brazil. Uruguay and Chile followed closely the reports of "protective" seizures elsewhere, but did not Indicate what future courses they would adopt. All have expressed the need for acquiring more ship ping, and Chile already has taken over three Danish vessels. Jailed Italians Don't Like Usual American Chow PORTLAND, Ore., April 1 W) Peaches, coffee and toast may be an American's idea of breakfast, but Italian seamen off the seized ship Leme can't understand how anyone can get along on such fare. They want spaghetti 12 pounds of it per meal. Multnomah County Jailer Jack Matthews said he would oblige the crew of 52. Try the Classlf if Ad sim i - ? . t r. M. I T E (Continued from Pag On) th plant as strikers continued to throw rocks at factory windows from th safety of nearby roof tops. When th rock-barrag let up, pollc led him to his automo bile. Oatea Kept Open In th third outbreak of vio lence within 24 hours, pollc suc ceeded in keeping gates open fur workman engaged in production on 145,000,000 worth of key de- fens orders. Massed strikers surged toward th gates Just befor th 4:20 p. m. chang of shifts, apparently ndeavoring to bar entrance of an estimated 1000 employes due tor th night trick. Folic manning th pollc de partment's huge armored trans port moved into th crowd fir ing round after round of tear gas shells. Th strikers gav way as th stream of water from fir hose swept their feet from under them. - Windows Broken A few moments after th first affray, th strikers' lines re formed and again surged toward the plant This time they hurled rocks, eggs and empty tear-gas cartridges. Rocks shattered the "bullet proof" windows of big Bertha and clattered harmlessly against its armored body. Police in the rolling fortress responded with additional tear gas. Once more the strikers gave ground. One county policeman was knocked to the ground by forces urgently If such a holiday occurs." Bricks Thrown Shlnner also said a force of 400 police was insufficient to man the West Allis factory of Allts-Chalmers. CIO pickets sur rounded the plant tonight hurl ing bricks occasionally, but without harm, at tho plant grounds. A West Allis city offi cial appeared before them atop an automobile root to ask that no violence be permitted. Heil, who watched the fight from the factory, emerged under police protection . two hours later.' He -was grim and appar ently in a hurry. To newsmen he shot one ten sentence: ' "I'm going to get an early de termination of this thing I can't say how, but I am, that's all." The govern-- had remained In POLICE FIGH 500 N ALUS PLANT STRIK tfsmiiM strikers, but he was rescued by a dozen other policemen, Rocks thrown by the union members shattered windows In the limousino of Gov. Julius P Hell, who had gone to the plant to confer with union and com pany officials. 11 was not in the car. After retreating across the street from the ISSacro plant, strikers continued to hurl rocks at the police. Other rocks were sent through huge plate glass windows "I a company dlspluy room outside the factory grounds. Oas Bembs The armored car's "gun-slots" emitted a series of nausea gas bombs and tho gas swiftly spread through the massed strikers. Some men clutched at their throats, others fell to the gr mid In apparent suffering, crying In pain. A survey by pollc showed two men Injured seriously, one a policeman. Ho was George Bresau, the county deputy man handled by strikers. The other victim was Ray I'alknwskl, a CIO member, auffrrlng head In juries and Internal disorders from a reported fight with po lice. At least two dozen others re ceived treatment for lacerations or bruises, and doctors applied artificial respiration to others overcome by nausea gas. Heil Sees Battle Most of the Injured were In a group of strikers who pushed through the gates into a factory waiting room at the outset of the disturbance. They were beater) by pollc and ejected from ttie factory grounds. Heil, standing at a company window, saw the half-hour bat tle. Earlier he had talked to Presi dent Harold Chrlstoffel. of the striking CIO United Automobile Workers local, about assuring protection to men who wanted to work as well as strikers. Chrlstoffel declined comment on the conference, as did Heil. In the first clash, at 8 a. m., none- was injured. Strikers hurled egg shells loaded with yellow paint, a few fist fights broke out, but the tear-gas de partment subdued the outburst quickly. Police said they did not ex pc another outbreak of vio lence during the night, but would prepare for a renewal of trouble at 8 a. m. Wednesday. Looking lot Bargains? Tun to the Classified page PLAYS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY 2 BIG FEATURES 2 ANOTHER EXCITING (Continued From rag OnV - j tli Wonderland scenic regton were: I "Miss Tehama County," Arda Wcalcott, Gcrber; "Miss Lassen County," Marjorle Com p ton, Wostwood; "Miss Shasta Coun ty," Murjorl Smith, Shasta Dam City; "Miss Modoc Countx." Wilms Thomas, Allurai; "Mss Trinity County," Hetty Smallen, Wcavorvtlle; "Miss Siskiyou County," Hetty Klc. Weed; "Miss Jackson County (Ore gon), Betty Flrlitner, Med fori); Miss Klamath Coun ty," (Oregon), Betty Patzk. lily: "Miss Lake County" (Ore gon), Lucille Harvey. Lakvlew. Inaugural cerumonle for th r nv f the irday first public Introduction of trj "Wonderland Welcomclics grand ball In Ilodillng Saturdl ntgltt, April 8, and at an out doe ceremony at Toyon City in tlr S'.insta dum area at 2 30 Sim dy afternoon. April 8, will for mally open the all-season ached, ifle nf "Kun-Fostlval" events tn the Simula Cascade Wonderland region. A coast-to-onaat broad cast will describe th Ccrenva) nies at Shasta dam. Members of the Shasta county council of the Sliasta-Cascad Wonderland association ar -in charge of arrangements and there will be attendance from all nine counties of th Wonder land region. The general pub lic is invited. There will b mu sic, entertainment and special arrangements for sightseeing tours of Shasta dam, , Collections on Incomes Nearly ' V Seven Million SALEM. April I Ml Th state tax commission said Mon day that Income tax returns ar running about 30 per cent ahead of last year, with collections (or the year expected to approach the $7,000 000 mark. Tuesday was the deadline for payment of the first half of taxes on incomes earned In 1040. JAPS AT BERLIN ISTANBUL. April 1 (UP) The Japanese ambassador .to Turkey left Ankara Sunday for Berlin to attend a conference of Japanese envoys. It was learned tonight . . .