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IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
Vol. 18, No. 123 Price Five Cent
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1941
(Every Morning Except Monday),
Defies Copenhagen
British Forces Trapped In
Greece By Nazis, Report
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TO SUPERVISE
AID TO BRITAIN
IN KENTUCKY
KILLS 4 MEN
r
Day!s
Sty r'HANK. JtlNKlNk
n EAL1STIC thinking t o d a y
" (Tuesday) leads to uta con
elusion that the British advantura
, in Greco liaa (ailad.
- It hai failed at least to create
a new front against which the
Cermam would daih Ineffective
ly with heavy loaaei to them-
aelvei.
. Hitlers war machine is prov
ing too powerful.
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WHETHER It has created a
w dlveision that will draw the
German lightning away from
Britain can not yet be determ
ined. - That must have been one of
Its larger purposes. ... ,
OFFHAND. It looks like an-
w other Galilpoll another Nor
way. It was obviously carried
out with tketchy and Incomplete
preparation. Back of It must
have been merely the hope that
It MIGHT work rather than a
malum! military belief that it
WOULD work.
, That seems to be characteristic
of Churchill. With Galilpoll sod
Norway and the trifling but typ
ical fiasco at Dakar in his back
ground, it is liard to escape the
feeling that he la unable to resist
long shot gambles.
From the beginning the Bal
kan campaign looked like gam
bling against heavy odds. . It
looks more so today.
VVE must not, of course, over-
" look the possibrity that an
Immediate German attack upon
England may have been post
poned, thus giving more time for
American aid to reach the Brit
ish isles, which are the heart of
the British empire. -
.
COR the next few days (or
weeks) wa'ch Africa.
. To make the Greek adventure
, possible. Britain. Waakanad.ioer
. African forces. The-'tJee
took' quick advantage" UT tliTT'
weakening and -Tiitled' stoop
over the Mediterranean, prob
ably at night. Anyway they got
through '.ha British fleet . -These
German forces have al
ready taken back all that Wavell
won In his brilliant winter cam
paign against the Italians. They
are directly menacing all of
Egypt and are aiming at Suez.
. They must undoubtedly have
. French Afri-a and Gibraltar in
mind as objectives.
MEANWHILE rumora are fly-
lng again.
From Istanbul comes the re
port that political talks of an
undisclosed nature are under
way at Ankara (Turkish capital)
between Turkey and Russia.
- The Turkish reaction to the
a Jap-Russ friendship pact Is said
to be: "It Is of direct concern to
GERMANY."
The implication Is (hat with
her back door tempoi-arlly -clear
ed Russia la preparing to get
tougher with Germany - at the
front dour.
;'' -
pROM German sou-ces comes a
tale that Germany's Russian
border in Poland is being heav
ily and hastily strengthened. The
Implication of that Is that Ger
many Is taking no chances as to
Russia.
CTILL another rumor, whose
origin is hard to trace, haa It
that Turkish and German ne
gotiations leading to the early
signing of some sort of friend
ship or neutrality treaty are un-
aer way at Ankara.
1 i Draw your own conclusions as
to that rumor.
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.'THIS much Is fairly certain:
In the light of what has hap
pened in the past week, any
talk of possible British Invasion
of Europe at any reasonably near
time Is absurd. .
HEAVIEST TRAFFIC ;
: LOS ANGELES, April 15 (IP)
The municipal airport commis
sion reports 330,000 . landings
and takeoff at the municipal
airport in 1040, claimed- 4$ J)e
the greatest air truffle -ot-any
airport In the country. " Fifteen
per cent of the movement was
military.
Looking Backward
By. The Associated Press
April 18, 1040 British land
expeditionary force in Norway.
April 18, 1018 British raid
German trenches near Lent.
President's Advisor
To Control Purchase
Of Arms By Allies
Br ARTHUR r. DEOREVE
United Frees Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 15 (UP)
President Roosevelt today made
his close friend and personal ad
viser, Harry L. Hopkins, super
visor of the 57,000,000,000 effort
to aid Great Britain and her al
lies. The 61 -year-old lowan will
supervise all arms purchases by
countries "in the lend-lease
area." Purchasing operations by
other countries. Including Latin
American republics, which in
volve matters of foreign policy,
wilt' be processed by the state
department.
Lalaon Out
' The ' laison committee estab
lished on December 0, 1039, un
der the chairmanship of Secre
tary of the Treasury Henry Mor
genthau Jr., to coordinate for
eign military purchases with this
nation's defense needs, was dis
solved. The new set-up was revealed
In an exchange of letters be
tween the president a.id Morgen
thau made public by the White
House. The action merely for
malized Hopkins' role in the
war-aid effort which he has
played Informally since the lend
lease bill became law.
- Soon after his appointment
was announced, Hopkins and the
war cabinet composed of Mor
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face Winners
Finance Big
Slum fro eci
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1 FrULADELPHIA, Apr 0 IS VP)
V Hi, lnsssamant in, the Irish
weepstekea" by a negro family
ran reytf made possible ' the
opening today of a $180,000 slum
clearance project, first of Its
klnd-te be privately financed In
this country.
Peart and Benjamin Mason
held a ticket on the victorious
Workman in 1930 and with their
winnings built the Frances
Plaza apartments for members
of their race, naming the de
velopments after the daughter
who drew the top hone.
Happy to share their good
fortune, the couple was on hand
to welcome first occupants se
lected from more than 300 ap
plicants for the 80 south Phila
delphia dwellings.
Nearly f 100,000 of the Masons'
$180,000 prize went Into the
project, loans from the Recon
struction Finance corporation
and a bank accounting for. the
remainder.
Modern 1 in' every respect; the
apartments are equipped with
air conditioning, playground,
lawns and a fountain, playrooms
In the basement for children, a
gymnasium and bowling alley,
reception hall for social affairs
and chapel for religious ser
vices. - .
' Rents ' of $30 a month for
three-room units and $39 for
five rooms are the lowest pos
sible to meet construction in
vestment and upkeep.
Law Requires Protection of
Merchant Fleet, Says F. D, R.
WASHINGTON, April 18 (U.R)
President Roosevelt said today
that the United States is obli
gated by federal law to protect
its merchant ships outside com
bat zones. But - he left un
answered the volatile convoy
question.
Refusing to discuss whether
the need for use of U. S. naval
power to protect shipments of
materials Is growing more acute,
Mr. Roosevelt told his press con
ference that a lot of nonsense
has-been printed on this subject
by People who don't know a hill
of beans about It.
He said that although he per
sonally knows a little something
about the subject, he Would hesi
tate to comment on the question
of convoys.
. Federal Law
As for this government's obli
gation to protect its merchant
vessels outside combat zones, he
emphasized that this is definite
under federal law and is not a
question of administration pol
icy. Further, he dismissed, as
i ft
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Hurrying to the state depart
men! at Washinqtoa. D. C is
Henrlk de Kauffmann. Danish
Minister, who announced after
a conference with Secretary of
State Cordell Hull that he would
disregard orders of his govern
ment in Copenhagen in recalling
him because he signed an agree
ment granting defense basis In
Danish Greenland to the U. S.
TRIAL STARTS
Scientific Testimony
Expected Wednesday
By State Witnesses
Testimony of a scientific na
ture appeared scheduled by
state s attorneys here in the s
ond degree murder trial of James
Quentin Anderson, 18-year-old
Indian youth accused in the
death of Jerry Zulkoski, white,
last January.
Subpoenaed In the case are Dr.
Joseph Beeman, pathologist of
the University of Oregon medical
school and officer of the state
crime laboratory, and Stanley
McDonald, ballistics expert of
the Portland police department.
It is expected they will give testi
mony Wednesday for the state
concerning results of scientific
tests made in Portland on sev
eral of the state's 20 exhibits
already introduced In the case.
Deputy Sheriff Dale Mattoon
took the witness stand late Tues
day afternoon to testify he took
clothing from the body of Zul
koskl and other articles of cloth-
lng which Sheriff Lloyd Low
obtained at the home of the de
fendant to Portland, where tests
were performed. Officers are
reported to have procured cloth
ing supposedly worn by the de
fendant the night of the shoot
ing as well as two rifles and
shells which were In a cabin on
the Anderson hay ranch on the
table land near Beatty. These
articles,, along with a bullet
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merely the talk of orators, re
ports that American merchant
ships might be armed.
His remarks followed renewed
charges by Sen. Charles W.
Tobey, (R-N. H-), that American
convoys "may appear out In the
Atlantic some day" by executive
order unless congress places it
self on record against such a
move. '
Tobey, expressing fear that the
administration may "yield to
pressure from groups that have
heretofore been successful in
gaining their ends," demanded
speedy consideration of his reso
lution against use of the U. S.
navy to convoy materials to
Britain.
He said he feared there was
"backstage" maneuvering for
convoying and declared that
such a step would plunge this
nation Into war.
Congress has been debating
the convoy question for several
months and has received many
resolutions expressing opposition
to such move.
Score Injured While
"Both Sides" Open
Fire During Dispute
By The Associated Press
Gunfire In the southeast Ken
tucky soft coal fields killed
four men Tuesday and re
sulted in wounding of more
than 20 others. .
Officers said they could not
determine ut once what led to
the shooting near a mine which
has not stopped operations In
a general shut-down due to a
wage dispute.
Tried to Close Mine
Patrolman Guy Harrell of
Middles boro, Ky., said the bat
tle started on a road leading to
the Fork Ridge Coat company
mine, about a mile from the
Tennessee line.
The officer related that - his
information was that the min
ers, in about 100 automobiles
and trucks of which a majority
bore Harlan county license
plates,1 arrived near the mine
"shortly after midnight and
tried to 'get the mine to shut
down.
"Both sides," he continued,
"began shooting with shotguns
and pistols. There has been so
much confusion it has been hard
to get a clear picture of the
trouble.
An executive of the Fork
Ridge company who declined to
permit the use of his name de
clared that the mine would not
attempt operations today.
The dead included: C. W
Rhodes, 45, president of the
Fork Ridge Coal company and
of the American association, a
combination of soft coal mining
Interests which founded Mid-
dlesboro; E. W. Silvers, vice
president and treasurer of the
coal company a miner and a
former Tennessee highway pa
trolman. . .,.:'
- Five men were killed in two
gunshot battles In Harlan coun
ty April t and S at union miner-
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NAZIS ASSAIL
Evacuation of -Troops
From Greek Fronts
Accused by Germans
By LOUIS P. LOCHNER
BERLIN, April 13 P Eng
land's behavior in Greece was
castigated by authorized Ger
mans today as "the most shame
ful crime ever perpetrated on
an ally.!'
These sources declared the
German high command, through
Luftwaffe reconnoitering, ob
tained indisputable proof that
the British were preparing a
hasty retreat from Greece, leav
ing their ally in the lurch.
Loves Surprises"
London radio reports purport
ing to give Greece news of
victories such as repulsion of
the SS Adolf Hitler guards were
declared to be "infamous and
silly lies."
When asked where German
forces now stand in the Balkans
and Africa, these sources said:
As you know, our high com
mand loves surprises and com
pleteness. We don t propose to
dish our military news out
piece-meal. . You'll learn soon
enough just what the military
(Continued on page Two)
Hawaii Has Third
Plana Crackup In
24-Hour Period
HONOLULU, T. H.i April IS
(UP) An army ' pursuit plane
and a navy plane crashed In mid
air today in Hawaii's third mili
tary airplane accident within 24
hours.
The army announced 2nd
Lieut. Ellis W. Wright, Jr., 24,
air corps reserve stationed at
Wheeler field, parachuted from
the army plane, landed in the
ocean and swam safely ashore.
He was the only occupant of the
army plane.
The navy plane was not Iden
tified and it was not disclosed
immediately , how many persons
were aboard it and whether they
escaped In the crash.
The collision reportedly oc
curred at 1000 feet altitude over
Paumalu beach.
Convicts Captured After Break From Sing Sing
Two long-term convicts who shot their way out of Sing Sing prison infirmary, Ossinlng.
If. Y in a sensational break which cost four lives were captured within a few hours in the
woods across the Hudson river. Police took the two. Joseph Riordaa (left), and Chaxles McGale
(right). Into the Osslning police station prior to return to prison.
EGYPT DEFENSE
Nile Troops Race To
i HcHt Nazi ".Columns
Driving Toward Suez
LONDON, April 15 W Thou
sands of British imperial troops
released from the east African
front were reported hastening to
the defense of Egypt today in a
race with mechanized axis
forces pushing from the west in
a drive aimed at the Suez canal.
With the British garrison at
Tobruk, Libya, hemmed in by
German and Italian units which
already have reached the Egyp
tian outpost of Salum. there no
longer was any attempt here to
minimize the seriousness of the
situation.
More Difficult Job
Although public confidence in
General Sir Archibald P. Wav
ell. British middle east com
mander, appeared strong, most
observers agreed that he is fac
ing a more difficult task than
the one he accomplished only a
few months ago when he drove
the Italians out of Egypt
This time, they pointed out,
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Lost Plane Found
Crashed, Burned
CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 15
(IP) A missing monoplane carry
ing two Denver men was sighted
at 2:23 p m. this afternoon by
an aerial searching party. The
plane had crashed and burned.
Mews 01 uie aiscovery in a
remote part of southeast Wyom
ing was radioed to state highway
patrol headquarters from a Con
tinental Airlines plane hunting
the lost ship.
Search for the missing plane.
which carried CharU-s B. Owen,
48, Denver contractor and Stan
ley Jamellie, 30, co-pilot for Con
tinental Airlines at Denver, was
directed toward the 11,692 foot
mountain peak when a report
was received this morning that
'something that Io ked like a
plane" had been sighted in that
vicinity.
DANA. Wyo.. April 13 (UP)
The bodies of two men, burned
beyond recognition, were found
late today in the charred wreck
age of a small monoplane which
crashed on Dana ridge five miles
southwest of here.
Linden White, 37, a filling sta
tion employe, snowshoed to the
top of the ridge and found the
bodies of Stanley Jamellier, 30,
of Denver, and Charles Owen,
48, Denver contractor, strapped
to the) seats 01 the wrecked
plane. . .
The plane crashed on a moun
tain three miles from the nearest
highway.
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Mexican City
Feels Severe
Earthquake
MEXICO CITY, April 15 (UP)
Reports seeping In over damaged
communications system tonight
said the most severe earthquake
felt here in years bad wrought
havoc in Colima, city of some
20,000 near the southwest coast.
Unconfirmed newspaper re
ports said 'the city 570 miles
southwest of the capital and 38
miles from the coast, was "half
destroyed." One account set the
dead at 30 while other Of more
general nature said many were
killed and others injured. '
Damage estimated at 3,000,000
pesos was caused in Mexico City
when the capital rocked at 1:10
p. m. At least eight fires broke
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Delia r-a-Year
Men Scarce In
Democrat List
WASHINGTON, April 13 (U.B
President Roosevelt said today
he asked OPM Director General
William S. Knudsen why a list
of $1 a year men submitted for
his approval contained only re
publicans.
Haven t you been able to find
any democrats? the president
asked Knudsen.
Knudsen's answer, according
to the president, was: There are
no democrats rich enough to
serve for $1 a year.
Needs of Civilians May Be
Subordinated, Says Stimson
WASHINGTON, April IS OP)
Secretary Stimson solemnly
warned a senate investigating
committee today that the Unit
ed States was facing "a danger
ous emergency" which "may be
very prolonged."
Testifying as the first witness
before a new defense investigat
ing committee headed by Sen
ator Truman (D-Mo.) the war de
partment head indicated that in
future preparations to meet this
emergency the nation's civilian
needs may be further subordinat
ed to the military program to
expedite production of war sup
plies. Duration Unstated
He did not say just how long
he thought the danger period
might last but he declared that
to meet whatever situations may
arise the army was planning a
program of training which will
cover "many successive military
units and many successive In
stallments of men, and which in
the aggregate may last for five
years." Presumably he referred
to the training program under
the selective service act which
will be operative until 1945.
"Thus far the department has
n.
War Bulletins
LONDON. Wednesday. April
IS (UP) Four German bomb
ers were destroyed during last
night's rather heavy attacks on
various parts of the British
Isles, it was announced this
-aaossaas -. T-r- M
BELFAST. Northern
land. Wednesday. April IS 0U9
Practically all of northern Ire
land was covered by a heavy
hour'e-long bombing attack by
German planes last night, the
ministry of public security an
nounced this morning. -
ISTANBUL. Wednesday.
April 15 (UP) Reliable Bul
garian sources here said today
that Bulgarian troops have be
gun to march into Grecian
Thrace to occupy the region
from AlexandropoUs to the
Struma river.
ROME. Wednesday, April
18 (UP) The Italian Stefani
news agency reported in a Ber
lin dispatch today that a Croat
officer said hard fighting be
tween Serbs and Croats was in
progress around Mostar. Jugo-.
slavia.
BERLIN. Wednesday. April
18 (UP) British bombers at
tacked northern Germany last
night and strong nasi forma
tions attacked military objec
tives in northern Ireland, the
official news agency said this
morning.
imposed Its military program on
top of the normal commercial
operations of the country and to
date the government has done
little to subordinate the civilian
needs of the country to its mili
tary program," Stimson said.
"Possibly, we can improve our
rates of production if we cut In
to those needs."
Analyzing the problem con
fronting the army In creating
large forces "fully trained to op
erate in a war of movement,
he said:
"Furthermore, our forces must
be prepared for the possibilities
of war in many and varied ter
rains, it being quite uncertain
in what part of north or south
or Central America, or even
possibly other regions it ulti
mately may be -necessary to use
in the defense of this country
and its possessions."
Paying tribute to the spade
work done by the army general
staff and the war department in
getting the defense program in
to full swing, Stimson said it
had made possible the delivery
of weapons and other equipment
from eight to 12 months ahead
of the World war schedule.
PANZERS BACK
ALLIED FLANK
35-40 MILES
Germans Say Troops
Cut Ott Between Mt.
Olympus and Aegean
LONDON, Wednesday. April
18 (UP) German "panzer"
forces driving down - acroea
northern Greece In a huge are
have swept behind Mt. Olympua
and entrapped British forces
holding the allied flank between
Mt Olympus and the Aegean
coast, an Ankara radio dispatch
said early today.
"The Germans expect to cap
ture these British troops which
now are hemmed in between
fabled Mt. Olympus and the
sea," said the Ankara report by
the CBS correspondent In Tor
key. The reported encirclement of
British forces holding the east,
ern wing of the allied line fok
lowed Greek radio announce
menta that Anglo-Greek force
had been "completely consoli
dated along a strong mountain
line" after strategic with
drawals.
The British and Greeks ap
pea red to have fallen back 35 0
40 miles toward the interior of
Greece after smashing German,
"panzer" assaults upon both
flanks of the allied line, above
Mount Olympus and down
through . Monastir pass at the
Jugoslav-Greek frontier. .
The German forces - said to
have cut off the British between
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ixedEditor On
Stand for U. S. In
Bridges Hearing
SAN FRANCISCO, Aprtt 15
(UP Howard Rushmore, com
munist editor and organizer for
five . years, testified today the
communist newspaper Dally
Worker considered Harry
Bridges a "sacred cow" , who
should always be praised and
never citicized.
Kushmbre was expelled from
the party in 1930 because he re
fused to write an uniavorabls
review in the Daily Worker of
the movie "Gone With the
Wind." . : :
. Sole Witness
- He was the sole government
witness today in the bridges de
portation hearing. The govern
ment seeks to deport Bridges
California CIO director, back to
his native Australia on grounds)
he cooperated with or was . a
member of an organization ad
vocating overthrow of the U. S.
government by force.
Government Attorney Albert
Del Guercio said he believed
Bridges was a member of the
communist party "trom 1932 to
the present time." In questioning
Rusnmore, he asked him if in
his experience any non-communist
was ever given such favor
able treatment by the Dally
Worker as Bridges.
"No person who ever deviated
from the party line," said Rush
more, "was ever given consist
ently such favorable treatment.'
Five Volunteers to
Answer Draft Call
Five men, all volunteers, will
leave Klamath Falls Wednes
day night, April 23, to make
up the Klamath county quota
for Call 7, the next call under
the Selective Service act. -'
Leaving from the Klamath
Falls Board 1 are Raymond G.
O'Rouike, 1758 Fargo street,
and George B. Hanson, 833 Wal
nut street.
- Board 2 men are Robert P.
Martin, Fort Klamath; John E.
Williams, Klamath Falls; and
Edwin D. Fox, 821 Oak street.
Klamath Falls.
News Index
City Briefs Pag 8
Comics and Story Page 10
Courthouse Records Page 3
Editorials Page 4
High School News Page . 3
Information Page t
Market, Financial Page 12
Midland Empire News .. Page 8
Pattern . ,.,.. Page S
Sports , Pages 8, I
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