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The kiamajh News WEATHER NEWS Partly Cloudy High II) In Mi Mldalfht M 34 hoars to p. so. ... Trees Season to data i Normal precipitation i.4l Last yaw to data 19.(4 PICTURES! Associated Press Tslemata. MCA Talepho tot and a live local aewspleture and en graving itall prorlda Nawa and Harald raadara with comprehensive photograph le service. IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND Vol. 18, No. 116 Price Five CenU KLAMATH ALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1941 (Every Morning Except Monday) Jugoslavs Invade Two Fronts, Claim In The juay News ' By FRANK JENKINS TVELL, the (hooting haa finally started. ' What will happen befora it lulls sgain, no man can say. But we may be certain that In the coming montha much hlatury will be made. TJITLER now has war on two front what he haa alwaya dreaded. Look lor him to do all ha can AS FAST AS HE CAN. Hla Idea will be to smaah Balkan opposi tion with all poHlble speed, thus reinstating his somewhat tar nished prestige. SOME advice at this point: Don't believe much you hear for a few daya. When a big of fensive starts, all NEWS sources re plugged tightly What la al lowed to aeep through la pretty aura to be tainted with propa ganda. Just read and listen and put two and two together. What is happening will finally come out "THERE wlfl be two fronts to 1 watch the military and the diplomatic. The military front, for the time being, will be In Yugo slavia, Greece1 and possibly Al bania. The diplomatic front will be In Moscow and Ankara, with an Interesting sideshow In Tokyo. Moscow, as usual, la the BIG MYSTERY. At the last moment, JUST BEFORE Germany marched. Russia signed a friendship and non-aggression treaty with Yugo slavia. That must mean either treachery or a warning to Ger many. Time will tell which. tyHAT Turkey does will de pend on what Russia does or says privately. That probably goes aiao for Tokyo,--- - TF you're Interested In the big A news show that opened Sun day morning, you'd better get out your map. Only thus can you follow it Intelligently. Only thus will the faint hints in the news mean anything to you. YOUR map (if it Is a good one) 1 will tell you that northern Yugoslavia Is fairly level terri tory, a part of the great basin of the Danube. It la therefore favor able to blitz warfare, which Is Germany's specialty. So don't look for the Yugo slavs to cripple themselves hope lessly bv trying to defend it against superior force. It is reasonable guess that they will make their real stand at the mountain barrier in the south, the historic fighting ground of . the Serbs. v Don't think all la lost when the Germans overrun the level part of Yugoslavia (which is the greater part) as they doubt less will rather promptly. (N your map (if you are really Interested) spot Nls and Skoplje at once. Nls is a Junction point on the great rail route from Istanbul (Constantinople) through central Europe. From Nls an Important rail line runs south through Skoplje (where the Yugoslav government is said to have moved) and on through the Var dar valley to Salonlki. ' Then locate the Struma river, which flows south out of Bul garia into Greece. It is in the valley of the Struma, where it crosses Into Greece, that the 4. Creeks with British aid are making their all-out stand against the Germans (As Leonidaa and his Spartans, at Thermopylae, stood to the death against the Invading Per sians.) JTIE purpose of the Germans will be to drive down the Sturma and thence westward to Salonlki. At' the same time they will seek to drive down the Var dar, thus hitting Salonlki from two sides. Salonlki Is the port from which they hope to domin ate the eastern Mediterranean. If you will keep these objec tives In mind, you will find the news of the battle more intelligible. INDICTMENT NEW YORK. April 7 (AT An Indictment charging conspiracy and tapping of the securities and exchange commission's . wires was returned against Jacob Gruber, assistant general coun sel for the SEC from 1934 until 1938, and two other persons. KJPk 'dwMc onion. .Sa;,' Tr-. ' . ' p ' -10''' PsssMSs aastlaa VarvMsi' r-S? ' : rt:X'T-''.' " K' Ql,i) 'iPTf ' This snap shows the general theatre of hostilities In the new fighting phase o the European war. following Germany's dacl. sioa to attack Yagoslavla and Greece." The plain ef the 'north are expected;. tlT be Tepidly oVer-ruaf by the meehaaiaed axla feeeea. bnt aaore difficulty la expected as the Yugoslavs drop back Into mountainous country Indicated on the map. Black ar PARKING METER PLANJOMED Councilmen Fail To Take Action; Swim Pool Program Grows The parking meter program for Klamath Falls appeared doomed Monday night- after Mayor John Houston told mem bers of the city council he thought the plan should be dropped in light of almost total disfavor expressed by merchants against it. The council received from members of the retail trade bureau petitions which had been marked for and against the pro posal to install parking meters in the downtown area. Against the plan were 130, while only six voted for It. At first Mayor Houston suggested the council drop the plan, but after dis cussion it was decided to refer the matter to a committee. Parking meters were suggested several weeks ago with the be lief they would benefit business. The mayor announced a mem bership drive to obtain neces sary funds to construct a mu-' nlclpal swimming pool. He said the recreation committee plans to sell 15-year memberships at $100 each which would entitle the member and his family to (Continued on Page Two) British Bombers Attack Nazi Army Concentration Area LONDON, April 7 (P Ger man troop concentrations at Sofia, Bulgarian capital, were neavuy Domoed by the RAF last night and hits also were scored on the main railway station, yards. Junctions and warehouses, said a British communique Issued tonight. A large factory also was hit. many explosions were heard and a number of fires, large and small, were started, the RAF re ported. . "After can-ylns: out their bombing attack, the aircraft div ed and machine-gunned objec tives and motor transport . on roads in the Struma valley, the communique said. Machinists Strike in S. F.; Big Steel Tie-up Averted; Allis-Chalmers Tie Ended ' SAN FRANCISCO, April 7 (UP) Members of the AFL Ma chinists union today struck against about SO San Francisco industrial plants, halting pro duction on an estimated $7,000, 000 worth of defense orders In a dispute over wage demands. The walkout was called after deadlock of negotiations with the Bay Area Metal Trades asso ciation for a new working agree ment. The union demanded a base scale of $1.15 an hour for Journeymen machinists, compar ed to the present $1 an hour. The employers offered $1.12 Union spokesmen said about 1500 machinists left their posts and about 4000 other workers respected the picket lines. By The Associated Press Th Unitiwl Slat.a po ration and the CIO steel workers organizing committee agreed today to continue their waffe ripffntiatinn thus .vwt. Ing the threat of an immediate worn stoppage in tne steel com pany's mills. Tne SWOC Immi . 'ment saying- that workers would remain at their posts under the present contract un til A D r 1 1 15 and that changes in wages or working 'News Blackout' Isolates Axis Against Leaks ZURICH. Anrll 7 ' (UP Germany and . Italy isolated themselves ' from the outside world tonight, . clamping a "news blackout" on correspond ents in what was described as a move to prevent possible leak age of military information. The unprecendented break in communications from the axis capitals followed a suspension of more than 24 hours begin ning shortly before the disclos ure of the attack on Greece and Jugoslavia. . Rome reported that both Italy and Germany, effective at once, would close all -outgoing con nections between 8 p. m. and 7 a. m. (1 p. m. and midnight. EST) each night until further notice. rows on the map Indicate the general trend of axis thrusts, while the open arrows show what steps Bussia might take if it becomea actively involved in .this new phase.' of the The (.reeks are reported battling Germane on the Strirma river. Just north of Salonika. Note the rough and mountainous character of the Balkan peninsula conditions agreed upon in the meantime would be retroactive to April 1. The SWOC previous ly had called, a strike for mid night Tuesday. Coal Dispute Clears In Washington, Secretary Perkins told the house military committee that she had been In formed that difficulties sur rounding work stoppage in the bituminous coal'' fields would "be cleared before the day is over maybe even now." Agreement Ratified Termination of the Allis Chalmers strike was assured when members of the CIO plant local ratified an agreement set tling the 76-day shutdown. Federal conciliators turned full attention, with the Allis Chalmers settlement, to the problem of ending labor strife at .the Ford Motor company. Ford Meeting James E. Dewey, federal con ciliator, announced "we're go ing to do some real mediating today" and said he knew he was going to bring the CIO leaden and Ford officials face to face. It was indicated the Joint . conference might take place tonight, as Dewey had separate afternoon meetings set (Continued on Page Two) 11 -Year-Old Girl Has Healthy Baby ' ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 CUP) Eleven-year-old. Nancy Stuart McCarter and her 7H pound son were in good condi tion tonight. . ' The Fairfax, Va.. child-bride of a 27-year-old Virginia state roads commission employe gave birth' to the baby yesterday. : No Bombs Fall on : Britain During Day - LONDON, April 7 (ffV-The Balkan front apparently attract ed most of Germany's air effort today. Britain reported not a bomb dropped on her soil during the daylight hours, though "a few single enemy aircraft have flown near our coasts" and two were declared to have been shot down. 4 DIE, SEVEN HURTINJRASH Head-on Smash After Dance Takes Heavy Toll Near Medford MEDFORD, Ore, April 7 (IP) A head-on collision between two automobiles early yesterday on the Sams Valley road killed four youths and seriously in jured seven others, Coroner H. E. Conger said. The dead were: Orville Zim merman, 17, Bill Lees and Byron Miller, all of Central Point, and Earl L. Baker, CCC enrollee, stationed neer Butte Falls. The injured, all of whom were found unconscious at the crash scene, included Rex Coy, Law rence Cassman and William Merritt, all of Central Point, and Alfred - Williams, Delton Rogers, Ed L. Morris and N. H. Crain, all CCC enrollees. Ex tent of their injuries was not known. Deputy Sheriff William Grem brener, who described the crash as terrific, said it occurred on a straightaway. Both cars ap parently were traveling at a high speed and were telescoped by the impact. i All of the Central Point youths were returning from a dance. Commission Denies Suspension of Cut In Potato Rates 1 A petition asking the suspen sion of a proposed 34 cent po tato shipping . rate from the Klamath basin to Los Angeles has been denied by the Inter state Commerce commission, Southern Pacific officials said Monday at the same time re vealing the rate will go into effect Tuesday, April 8. Announced a few weeks ago by all three California lines in order to meet a reduction by the Union Pacific from Idaho points to Los Angeles, the plan drew protests from several Southern California growers. The new rate entails a six cent reduction from the normal charge and will be effective un til late May. . BRITISH TAKE ADDIS ABABA; MASSAUA NEXT Capital o f Ethiopia Falls Without Fight As Drive Nears End CAIRO, April 7 (UPKTomplete collapse of Italian East Africa became imminent tonight. Free French soldiers fighting in Britain's international army reached the outskirts of Mas- sawa, vital Eritrean seaport, and Ethiopian patriots drove the fleeing fascists from Debra Markos, 105 miles northwest of Addis Ababa. In Libya British troops were forced into a new retreat east of Benghazi under heavy pres sure b combined German and Italian forces. A military spokes man said they were in contact with the enemy in the Gebel Akhdar region. CAIRO, Egypt, April 7 UP) The British announced today their forces were continuing to withdraw east of Bengasi in North Africa but in East Africa had captured Debra Markos, 120 miles northwest of Addis Ababa, after the fall of the Ethiopian capital without a fight. More than 10,000 have been captured in Eritrea since March 25, and the imperial forces are drawing closer to the Red sea port of Massaua in that colony. and toward Dessie and Gondar in Ethiopia, the British said. Libfaa Withdrawal . . On the, Q&xan .situation, gen. erai neaaquariers saia: "In the face of continued pressure by strong German- and Italian forces .the withdrawal of our advanced troops to select ed areas of concentration is pro ceeding." A swift cleanup north, south and west of Addis Ababa was reported following the Saturday night capitulation of Addis (Continued on Page Two) 45,000 Army Men To Pass Here SALEM, April 7 (UP) Ore gon will get a lokk at 45,000 army troops now in camp at Fort Lewis and Camp Murray in Washington, when they pass through the state for summer maneuvers in California. Included in the men will be 5000 from Oregon. They will move south in truck convoys and trains. Heavy field equip ment will accompany them. Officers indicate that the movement will test the speed with which huge masses of American troops can be moved. The convoys will be made up of 1400 trucks and 2000 men a day will probably be transport ed across the state. The columns will move south from Tacoma to Portland, and may bivouac at Swan island air port in Portland, and then take the Wapinitia cut-off to central Oregon. The troops will then move south through Bend and Klamath Falls over The Dalles California highway. Return will be via the Pacific highway. Next 100 Days Important In U. S. Defense, Says Biggers WASHINGTON, April 7 W) Asserting that the United States was 100 days from mass produc tion of defense supplies, John D. Biggers declared today that every Industrial manager. every worker must realize that the history of the world may depend on what we all do in these 100 days." Biggers, who is defense pro duction director in the office of production management testi fied after Secretary Perkins had said that labor and em ployer had a responsibility to cooperate in avoiding delays in defense production. Hoarding Charged Miss Perkins Was the first witness in the committee's in vestigation of labor conditions In defense Industries. Biggers, a dollar-a-year man, declared that some manufactur ers were "hoarding unwarrant- ATHENS, Tuesday, April 8 (UP) The Greeks have hurled back "vicious German onslaughts" and destroyed many tanks on the Struma valley front. But they have been compelled to abandon western Thrace, thereby severing; Greece's only land link with Turkey, a high command communique said today. The news of the Greeks' stubborn Struma valley de fense and the Germans' "severe losses" there was an nounred as the Greeks cheered radio announcements that their Jugoslav allies have invaded both Hungary and Ital ian Albania. LONDON, Tuesday, April 8 (UP) Jugoslav forces were reported early today by the Turkish radio to have invaded both Hungary and northern Albania in swift counter-offensives against Germany and Italy. Striking at the Italian army in Albania, the Jugoslavs t were said by the Ankara radio to have thrust five miles across the frontier and captured the town of Scutari, 20 miles inland from the Adriatic coast. In the north, it was reported without confirmation elsewhere, Jugoslav troops are driving toward Szeged, Hungary, along the Tisza river where the Jugoslav, Hun garian and Rumanian frontiers meet Nazis Said Repulsed (A British radio broadcast, heard by NBC, said that German attacks on Jugoslavia had been repulsed and that in one sector "the German losses in dead and wounded were appalling." . , (The British "reports from the fighting front" said that 12 more heavy German tanks and the crews had been captured by the Jugoslavs as well as "a large number of additional Germans." The tanks were said to have been captured in the course of a heavy nazi attack on Jugoslav entrenchments). The Jugoslav army, striking into Albania in a strong offensive after heavy artillery preparations, was said to be attempting to drive the fascist forces into a huge trap between the Greek and Jugoslav armies and British naval forces along the Adriatic coast. The Italian forces in Albania, estimated at about 350,000, are dependent upon uncertain air and sea com munications across the Adriatic where British submarines RUSSIAN PACT ..SAIOOPEFUL - , Hull Lauds Move As U. S. Prepares Aid For Invaded Lands WASHINGTON. April 7 UP) The friendship and non-aggression pact which Russia and Yugoslavia signed Just before Germany's invasion of the Bal kan nation was termed encour aging today by Secretary Hull. Hull told his press confer ence at the same time that American envoys in the Bal kans still were cut off from communication with the state department. Nations Aware The secretary of state said that the Russian-Yugoslav agree ment made clear that an increas ing number of nations were be coming acutely aware of the world nature of what he called a movement to conquest of people by force. He declined to Interpret the pact except to say that it ap parently spoke for itself and that he considered it encouraging. Hull today also termed as im portant a statement by Marshal Henry Petain, chief of ' the French state, that France's honor required that she take no action against a former ally. Aid Rushed ' The United States ' pushed shipments of war supplies to Yugoslavia and Greece after Hull had denounced German's (Continued on Page Two) - ed stocks' of strategic materials through selfishness," and there by were creating a defense shortage, and added: "Some union leaders, also prompted by selfishness, are sponsoring unnecessary strikes. They also are impeding our program." ' Biggers called on all persons to "banish selfishness" and "put the interests of our country above our own." Chairman May (D-Ky.) ex plained to the committee that William Knudsen, director of the OPM, Clarence Dykstra and some other key defense officials could not attend today's hear ing because of previous engage ments. After Miss Perkins had com pleted her statement, Represent ative Thomas (R-NJ) demanded that the secretary be required , (Continued on Page Two) and presumably other naval forces are operating. By United Proas The allied fnrces of Britain, Jugoslavia and Greece totalling close to 2,000,000 troops struck back '-wilo.-. fury Monday at Adolf Hitler'a Balkan blitzkrieg and there was every indication that three more Balkan nations are about to be ungulfed in the conflict, perhaps within a mat ter of hours. Hitler's satellites, Hungary, Rumania and Bulgaria, which he used as bases for his Sunday dawn assaults on Jugoslavia and Greece, already 'were under aerial bombardment of British and Jugoslav planes. Break Near Britain moved to break off diplomatic relations with Hung ary she broke with Bulgaria and Rumania weeks ago and Hungary and Rumania protested to Jugoslavia against bombing of railroads, airdromes and sev eral towns. Meanwhile, British quarters In Istanbul hinted that the Turks might declare war soon against the axis powers. Informed sources reported a "considerable quantity" of British war mater ial had arrived in Turkey re cently. Chute Troops The German Luftwaffe, trying to blast open a path for the ad mittedly alow going of the nazi invasions of Jugoslavia and Greece, flung two air fleets numbering about 3400 planes into the struggle. The Greet reported that the Germans, unable to break the Greek Struma valley lines north of Salonika, were using para chute troops and landing them behind the Greek lines where at least some of the parachutists were captured. The parachute troops were Hitler's most suc cessful weapon in his swift, de moralizing conquest of Holland and Belgium last May. "Holding Ground" The Greek high command late Monday night said Greek troops were "holding their ground" against the Germans, but it was admitted that the nazis had seiz ed two Greek forts in the Stru ma valley, perhaps with para chute troops, and had been driv en from a third fort. The Turkish radio reported that the Jugoslavs, suddenly striking out in counter-attacks against the Germans and Ital ians, had invaded both Hungary and northern Albania. The An kara radio said the Jugoslavs, (Continued on Page Two) News Index City Briefs .'.Page 8 Comics and Story Page 8 Editorials Page 4 Courthouse Records Page 2 Information Page 8 Market, Financial Page 10 Midland Empire News Page 7 Pattern Page 1 S porta i. Page Transportation Page S