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The kmmatel News WEATHER NEWS Cold High IJf Lew J7j Kldjsiest 8 44 hours i(tf,B. , Tree Season to est ia t trad prci pits tie MS 1 rt r del PICTURES! Associated Press Telsmats. MCA TU,)Ba to and live teed aawspictur sad en graving ittlt provide News and Herald readers with comprehanat photograph is service. IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND Vol. 18. No. 124 Vrlce Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS, OKEGON, THURSDAY, AFKIL 17, 1941 Every Morning Except Mend;) 0 Expert Raises Disputed Point In Murder Case In The o Days News By ritAMa. jt.Na.nio plIE war news (on Wednesday) t continue bad. The Yugoslav army to disinte grating under the German blowi. The British Greek front ia being driven oack. German aircratt re pounding British sea com munication, hammering the bringing up o( suppica and re inforcement and hoping to pre vent aucceaa fui re-i-moarkation if the BritUh are driven out of Greece. The lone hopeful apot is in north Africa, where for the mo ment at least tile Br Huh seem to be holding at the Egyptian- "i Libyan border. J" a "THERE are rumon that the Italians in Ethiopia are pre paring to surrender That if it should happen, would release more British troops for the de fense of Egypt. ftAORE mvstery: 11 From Chungking come this dispatch: "It is reliably dis closed that Moscow uis informed the cent-al Chinese government that Ruuian aid to China is be ing CONTINUED." i CICURE that one out, if you can. Japan is at war with China. Russia and Japan have just con cluded a friendship and non aggressinn treaty. Yet Russia proposes (it is said) to go on UDolvlne Japan's enemy with thajna testa la iissieasarw tor-cosy tinning war against Japan. Moderns war is certainly screwy. - ANOTHER interesting rumor: Domel, the JaDsnrse news agency (simitar to tne AP, the VP, etc.) broadcasts a report from Bangkok that British troops ATTACKING along the Malayan-Thailand border have caused the Thai (Slam) govern- ment to protest to the British authorities. Why the British should pick fight in that quarter is hard to understand. It sounds like Japanese propaganda prepara tion for an attack on Singapore. TVATCH Japan and Russia w closely. Only by DEEDS can they be judged Words don't count in the kind of wars that are fought nowadays. They never did count much. Since hi.'tory began there never has been a time when the double cross was not a possible weapon. ANOTHER one: " According to Russian "circles" in London, soviet Russia is ready to sign non aggression treaties "in the inter est of peace with ANY country Britain included And just as ready, one sus- pects. to BREAK them. KTORTHERN (British) Ireland Is heavily bombed Southern Ireland remains untouched. The Germans say the attack on north ern Ireland is a blow directed against British suppl centers, : It is to be suspected that it is ta propaganda enterprise de- J signed to show the south of Ire land how lucky it is to be in the good graces of the Germans. You never can tell, though, how the Irish will react to pro paganda. SIMOVIC IN ATHENS NEW YORK, April 16 m The German radio broadcast to day a report that Yugoslavia's premier, General Dusan Simo vic, had arrived at Athens. CBS heard the broadcast. Looking Backward By The Associated Press April 18, 1940 Britain an nounces landing of troops on Faroe islands; Rcynaud tells French senate Germans lost 30 )ner cent of navy In first week of Scandinavian fighting. April 18, 1916 Germans re pulse French attack on Dead Man s mil. Witness Says Gun Not Over 3 Inches From Zuikoski When Fired Expert state testimony in the James Q. Anderson second de gree murder trial Wednesday placed the muxile of the gun that killed Jerry Zuikoski Just three inches or less from the sleeve of a jacket worn by the Anderson ranch hand on the fatal night of January 23. This deduction came from Stanley MacDonaid. Portland ballistics expert, and by it the prosecution sougiit to show a dis crepancy in a story of Zuikoski s shooting asserted ly told Sheriff Lloyd Low by Anderson after i his arrest in the case. j Low testified young Ander son told him he shot Zuikoski from the ground after Zuikoski had pushed Anderson out of a truck on the Lakeview highway j near Olene. The state contends this does not check with the close-at-hand shooting indicated in MacDonatd's expert findings. The case will probably go to the Jury after Anderson has told his own story front the witness stand. MacDonatd's conclusion was introduced over stubborn de tense opposition. The ballistics expert said he based his deduc tion on tests he made with .32 calibre bullets fired point blank at various distances at test cloth virtually identical with that in the Zuikoski Jacket. He then (Continued on Page Eight Miners Okay Wage Boost; Strike Stays WVYORlCApril 18 (UPh The United Mine Workers (CIO) and northern operators of the Appalachian soft eosi region late today reached agreement on a new wage-hour contract, but UMW President John L. Lewis said the nation's soft coal mines would not be reopened until the agreement was accepted by southern operators. Contents of the agreement, which reportedly provides for a flat $1 increase to $7--dey for the miners, wilt be made public tomorrow when It Is turned over to approximately 500 representa tives of UMW locals for ratifica tion. The agreement was announced by Dr. John R. Stcciman, direc tor of the United States concilia tion service and personal repre sentative of President Roosevelt in the negotiations. The UMW looked to govern- ment officials for the next move to bring the southern operators back into the negotiations as the only means to pave the way for reopening of the mines which have been closed since April 1 when the 1938-41 wage-hour con tract expired. The northern mines produce about 59 per cent of the Indus try's output. If mines In this region were permitted to reopen, approximately 230,000 men could return to work. Government Freezes Steel Prices To WASHINGTON, April 16 (UP) The government tonight froze iron and steel prices at levels prevailing during the first quarter of 1841 to forestall a gen eral upward price trend of other commodities "which would lead the nation Into disastrous infla tion." The order was issued by Price Control Chief Leon Henderson and, while its effect on steel prices may be only temporary, the move was seen as a warning that the government is deter mined to prevent runaway prices under the defense program. Henderson said steps were be ing taken immediately to resolve prevailing uncertainties as to steel cost factors, production re quirements and distribution, both as to defense and civilian needs. If it is found that the "frozen" prices are out of line, he said, the situation would be corrected. Wage Boost He said he was confident the steel Industry, "which has so In Bridge Cos Howard Rushmor. govern ment witness in tM Harry Bridges deportation iwarinf at Saa Francisco, testified Bridge was treated as "a scared cow" by the communist publication Dally Worker during the time Rushmore was en tss staff. Royal Navy Blasts Axis Libyan Army LONDON, Apra 1 lPh-The British navy has gone into ac tion against the axis threat to Egypt, the admiralty announced tonight, the Italian-German "operations on the Libyan coast are being constantly and suc cessfully harrassed by bombard ment from His Majesty s ships. "Enemy positions and trans port columns on the Escarpment road west of Salura have been bombarded with particularly good results, the communique added. The ships have also shelled El Gaxala airdrome to the west of Tobruk it declared. Troops Attack An official announcement to day said British forces to North Africa had "successfully attack ed the roar -of the, -German post. tion in the Capuzxs area on the Egyptian border. , Fort Capucco is strong point in Libya, Just across the border from Salum. where the British have been fiercely resisting axis Panzer forces thrusting east ward. A ministry of information statement said: "It is learned in London that in Libya our forces have suc cessfully attacked the rear of the enemy position in the Capuzzo area, where enemy ve- (Continued on PageTwo) South Africa Gold Purchased By U. S. WASHINGTON, April 18 (U.R) The treasury tonight announced the arrival in New York harbor of a $132,000,000 shipment of "newly produced gold from South Africa which was pur chased by this government from the British treasury. Proceeds of the purchase, made through the treasury stabilization fund, will be used to replenish British dollar reserve resources in order to give the empire more funds to purchase materials in this country, the treasury said. The treasurer said the gold will be delivered to the U. S. assay office in New York. Curb Up-Trend patriotically cooperated in the defense program, wilt continue to cooperate in the task of main taining ceiling prices. The order came amid reports that a genera! hike in steel prices was imminent to meet a (108,. 000,000 - wage boost granted workers in the industry. Earlier, Henderson had modi fied his recent order under which bituminous coal prices were frozen to prevent increases during the labor stoppage in the industry. Henceforth the coal operators will be allowed to in crease prices to enable them to finance the retroactive wage in creases of miners. s No Justification Henderson acted on steel prices shortly after Defense Purchasing Director Donald M. Nelson had warned that the government might have to broaden its price control measures unless certain price spirals were stopped. - Nelson said at press confer ence that the wage Increase (Continued on Fags Two) TOLL REACHES 174 DEATHS I MEXICO QUAKE Big Area Devastated; Volcano erupts And Tidal Wave Results MEXICO CITY, April 18 (UP) Government authorities reported 174 known dead and at least 173 injured in a wide area devas tated yesterday by an earth quake that crumbled hundreds of homes, brought a tidal wave on coastal villages, and caused eruption of the Coiima volcano. As rescuers dug through the wreckage of homes and public buildings, indications were the death toil would be considerably higher, MEXICO CITY, April 18 m Great sections of the city of Coiima, which has population of 15,000, were d"stroyed In yesterday's earthquake. Gov ernor Pedro Torres Ortiz of Coiima state telegraphed the government information bureau today. Water and electricity have been cut off, the m -stage said, and troops are patrolling the city to prevent looting. There were no disorders, the governor's message continued, despite the fact thai half of tiu- population is homeless. Full Toll Unknown Water wagons wmch custom arily are used to sprinkle the streets new are carrying water to quake victims from the broken reservoir. Fires still burned on the slopes of the Coiima volcano and ashes cov ered the stricken eity Federal troops have removed 38 bodies and nearh 100 of the injured from th ruins the gov ernor telegrapned. Die full toll of dead and injured in the towns (Continued on Pag Two Two Women Injufelttn Plane Crash CHARLESTON, W. Va April 18 tUP) A Pennsylvania-Central Airlines plane carrying three crew members and six pas sengers crashed in a. heavily wooded area two miles south of Charleston airport today, shear-: ing off the right wing and injur ing the two women aboard. Hostess Irene Coates, 22, of Pittsburgh, and Ann Gould, 20, of Royal Oak, Mich., suffered broken backs. Capt. fiusseli Wright, of Scwlckiey, suburb of Pitts burgh, and First Officer William Riley were cut on the face and forehead, and Howard M. Jar dine, of Pittsburgh, suffered a possible fracture of the back. The other passengers were re leased after hospital examina tion. Too Lew The plane encountered trouble immediately after leaving the airport, according to A. H. Craw ford, of Charleston, a passenger. It was evident the plane was too low to clear a crest immedi ately in front of it, he said. The plane landed in the woods about a mile from the nearest highway, Crawford said, and the passengers walked to the road to meet ambulances called from Charleston hospital. Members of the ship's crew . (Continued on Page Two) Logging Halted of Weyerhaeuser After Fire Burns Bridge Weyerhaeuser Timber com pany logging west of Klamath Falls Wednesday was at a stand still as crews hurried to replace seven spans in the company's Spencer creek railroad bridge which were destroyed by fire In mid-afternoon Tuesday. The blaze, discovered by re turning trainmen late in the af ternoon, had crept through 105 feet on one end of the 840-foot bridge before it was finally quelled. Cause of the fire, al though not definitely estab lished, was believed by a com pany official to have been caused by sparks from brake shoe. Hush Campbell, Weyerhaeu ser woods superintendent, said Wednesday night that repairs would probably be completed by next Monday, He said that an ample supply of logs in the saw mill pond would forestall any necessity of temporary mill shutdown. British In 'Mousetrap9 At Mount Olympus, Say Nazis German jfiANA DUfUZZO ElSASANi ALBANIA VAtON CHIMARA MitCS With the spearhead of tb ed a 40-mila thrust into Greece ths recapture ei Cerisxs. 2. A 3. Germans reported the had ish occupying positions sear WILLKIE TAKES LAW P0SIT10J 1940 Candidate for President Returning To Legal Profession SEW YORK. AprS 1 UPT Wendell L. Willkie announced tonight he Is returning to law practice and has become senior partner m the 60-year-old firm of Miller, Owen, Otis & Baiily, hereafter to be known at WiUkie, On-en, Otis st Baiily. 'I'Hr wu! continue to write and speak on political question of principle but hit chief work ia to be the practise of law, is which be intends to devote him self to advocacy and trial work. The arrangement by which be entered the fins permits bint to Continued es Page Two) Ire Aroused Over Talk By Raver Here PORTLAND, April IS SP The issue between private and public utilities has grown to a state of war, the president of the Portland General Electric company told the Northwest Electric Light and Power asso ciation here today. James H. Polhemus spoke di rectly of the dispute between private utilities and the Bonne- vllle-Grand Coulee administra-i tion. "The mask of cooperation has been discarded," he said. "It is now the open and avowed inter-: tion of the Bonneville - Grand1 Coulee administration to converi the Pacific northwest into a vast public power empire. It was believed the utilities president referred to a statement allegedly made by Administrator Paul 1. Raver at Klamath Falls Saturday in which he said, "You are going to see complete sell ing out of all private power com panies in the northwest." Private corajKtnies were ad vised by Polhemus to resist by "meeting competition," Witness Says Bridges Spoke At Red Meet SAN FRANCISCO, April 16 AP) The government's fifth witness in Harry Bridges de portation hearing testified to day that the longshore leader spoke at a committee meeting of California communist con vention, closed to everyone but members of the communist party. Sam Diner, who Identified himself as former communist now operating an apparel shop In San Rafael, said Bridges made report on the San Fran cisco general strike to the com munist trade union committee at the party convention ia Fres no, December 23, 1934. He said Bridges was mem ber of the committee. n 1 1 , i 6RATi v PORTd 50 S t Claim 40-Mife Push Into Greece YUGOSLAVIA 1 C ,) CORIZZA tte.iiPA K ASTORIA, f fONITSA Stf GREECE lOANNiNA Sennas of festive at Kesase, the as Italtasa aewed press ore is Gensas column tweepisff past crossed the AUckmes river serai Mt. Olympus. War Bulletins LORDOK, Tsttndar, April 17 HIP) Tb tll-clttr sound ed is Xjob&oh before S a. B, to day. ; LOKDOJf, AprU It fCPV British sad Cersas ansarssf forces are engaged la that bat ti of Greece along tb ISO-mile-lens allied battUfront biased OB Mount Olympus, the British was office atuosacsd tonight. "Heavy fishting is taking place at Marshes, on secies sisss; th sljUed. &." the nougesmsat said. , - - . LDKDOKr April TBP- Tha British fleet, swaepla in to actios against axis drive toward the Saei casai, tesisht reported the "snnihilstioB" of a largo Italias tesroy is Mediterraseaa battle If st ene of tss five ships of th convey or of Its tare -csrtios. destrsyen ascaped & struciioa, while th British lost ssa dastrsyar, th admir alty a ATHENS. April IS (OP) Germes "passer" forces are driviss toward ths important railroad tsrminus of Kalem eaka. seariy Sa miles into the sear tit Greece, and savs reached ta Koxt&i piatea sear th Mssst Olympus sas ties oi the allied lice, tsa Greek high cssnsand nportad tonight. BUDAPEST, Apia I tUP The Hungartaa arm; occupy ing asstaeni an of Jugo slavia to "prstsct th Hua gariaa stiasrity has seised more thas Jugoslav soldiers, a high cemmasd eom stusitrae said tonight LOKDOH, Thursday, April 17 UJPI Royal air force bombers last sight attacked savai and industrial targe la corthwstt Germany, taa air ministry rapertad early today. Editorials of Italian in Chicago Blamed for Killing CHICAGO, April 18 W) John F. Arena, 43, editor of an ' Italian Sanguage newspaper: which recenity published edi torials accusing Italians is of ficial circles sere of "fifth col umn" activities, was shot to death on a North Side street last sight Police Cpt Patrick O'CcnneU had his men seize -spies of re cent issues of his paper, La fri buna, and assigned translators to study its articles for possible clues to the killings The captain said Arena had received numer ous telephone threat", because of his articles. Hits "Fifth Column" One editorial written in Eng lish, published Feb, 14 and re printed Feb. 21, said in part: "We are glad to know that the great majority of American citi zens of Italian blood are dis gusted with the 'fifth column activities of a vice consul at the Italias consulate and his ft lends Many times we have exposed these unscrupulous people, be- P,SV id Senses sigs eommasd claim west. 1. Italians daisied Phlorina was reported at stesaac of Vena is ft drive $iat Brit DIVE-BOM BLAST LI Stukas Swoop Low To Dump Cargoes; Eire Gets Heavy Attack LGKDON, Thursday, April If (UP) The German iuftwaffe; was believed hurling waves of Stuka and SV-tS dive bombers uses Loadon early" today in s blitzkrieg which easy prove to Lb th worst of a eotire r. - At 1 a. m. th most sustained etiai assault upon London of the war had bees underway six: hours, itt fury unabated as ih; big sazi planes identified mt dive-; bora tiers screeched (Sown asd ua j loaded tons of explosives and ia-i cesdiaries. Sacked by Slavs The capital was rocking under terrific blows as the moon be came visible early this morcing at the peak of the raids. Casualties were expected to be very heavy, although detailed reports can not be gathered until after dawn when rescue work will be expedited. Anti-aircraft shell fragments, raining amid the high explosives and incendiaries, increased fee hazard for the civilian defense personnel who struggled through She raid to carry on their jobs. The nazi bombers dived far below the balloon barrage and skimmed the rooftops, dumping their cargoes despite terrific anti aircraft fire. Use of dive-bombers is attacks on cities was the newest and most daring tactic employed by Eeschsmarshai Hermann Wsi- heim Goersng i air force against the powerfully defended areas of Britain, Several hundred planes ntore than ever unleashed on "London Contmued on Page Two) cause with their intrigue they harm both the American and the Italian seople and xhe good un derstanding between these fwu peoples.'" Is Washington. th souse ccas- mlttee ss un-American activities announced that Arena had sup plied the committee with infor mation about fascist activities is this country only -i few hours before he was shot to death. Another editorial m February 21 issue of La Tribune said warm approval of the previous article had come to Arena bom Italian- Americans In Chicago and else where and added: "Many American citizens of Italian blood, 1 o y 1 1 to their adopted country. United Suites of America, tell us they ess not speak openly against the activ ity of this fifth columnist team ing an Italian vice consul) be cause they are afraid of persecu tion of themselves and their fam ilies. His wife, Dorothy, 32, told Contmud es Pag Twsl Jugoslavia's Troops Said Defeated After .1 1 -Day Resistance BERLIN, Thursday, April It t?P British, force OB the Greek frost are being swiftty ssrrsgsded in esisrai mniTss trap around Meant dyssFF where Gere r armored columns re sweeping is sjsea tisem &oav the Aegeas coast sad from the valleys to the wt, authorised sazi quarters said early today. "It is only a ssatter of tim before the bulk at the British force arc esetreied cad wiped out," these Quarters boasted. Gensas "paaier" colanssa sirsksag acres to Boseiaa SKHsntsias have seized Sarajevo, the "birthplace" of the World war, and delivered s knockout blow to 11 dsys of Jugssla re sistance, leaving the nation pros' Irate and beaten, it was aa oounced. Jugoslav troops are rurreoder- ing by the thoasimiH is a com plete distategratioa, taclading the entire .Jugoslav artsy which arms at Sarajevo" according to c high command communique. f i C tC TC2C3 UHC BP, casitulated and "disoreaniied euerilia mountain fish tins 1st the only resistance confronting Ger man troops in what once waa called Jugoslavia. --- ' Previously the fourth Jugoslav" army of the north had surreo dered at Zagreb, the third army gave up in Macedonia, the tilth. arm; at Hiss and the fast army at Novisad, it was stated. Germany's Balkan force, in a swift eatirelemest, were said by the high command Wednesday to have overtakes retreating Brit ish and Oreek forces after "bet pursuit and to have engager them on the elopes of Mount Olympus and the mountains westward. Details of fee figfeiiEg : ing Berlin were vague. LONDON, April . rH-Tb British war office announced to night that Heavy flgr-ting is tak ing place is several sectors of the British -Greek defense lia across the Grecian peninsula. it said, however, that there was no confirmation from either the British or Greek commands of a rumor, attributed to Ger man sources, that the sa a bad forced their way through the Mount Olympus defeases to the Larissa plain. ATHENS. Apra IS Wt Continued es Page Two Local Eleetficisfis Strike When Woge Deadlock Develop Three Klamath Falls electric shops were hit Wednesday when approximately 2? members of the- AFL Electrician s union failed to work Wednesday morn ing following a breakdown ia negotiations ever a $1,48 wag increase. According to S. fi. Bigger of the East Side Electric company, one of the firms which were struck, the electricians are seek ing a wage increase frost SS.fiO to $11.00 per day. Also hit by the strike are Gareeksa's and the Moore Electric shop. Negotiations have been car ried on for the past four days. Bigger stated, but an now in a deadlock. Representing th electricians Is a committee head ed by Holiis Anderton, president of the Klamath local. The As sociation of Building Contractors and Employers were believed to be speaking for the employers. 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