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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1941)
April ", 1941 THE NEWS AND THE HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE SEVEN Eyewitness Relates Last Days Of Yugoslav Fight (Editor! noU: Robert St. John, Associated Press corre spondent stationed In Belgrade when the German army (truck Into Yugoslavia, tells In nil llrat dlapatch sine tha Palm Sunday Invasion of paralysing blows by tha luftwaffe. (St. John, born In Chicago 41 yaars ago, has baen In tho thick of Balkan avanta slnca tha out break of war In Europe, cover ing tha abdication of King Car ol of Rumania, tha Rumanian earthquake, German occupation of Bulgaria, arrival of British forces in Oreece and Yugoslav developments from tha entry of Yugoslavia Into tha Home-Berlin Tokyo alliance through tha dra matic political upset which re sulted and the German Invasion.) By ROBERT T. JOHN SOMEWHERE IN MONTENE GRO WITH THE REMNANTS OF THE YUGOSLAV ARMY (Via Athens, Greece), April 21 (Delayed) () Mass German air attacks that killed at least 10, 000 persons In Belgrade alone and turned Yugoslavia's prlncl rpal cities Into smoking shambles struck tha paralyzing blows opening the Balkan war. Men, women and children lay by tha hundreds In tha de bris of their homes after concen trated nail bombing attacks on cities. These civilians were ordered by their government not to clog the roads by wild flight, hamper ing the military as refugees did In France, but to die on their thresholds If necessary. And there they died. for nine days I rode across Yugoslavia behind tha lines, watching the army try vainly lth rifles and oxen-drawn sr allery to repel the overwhelm ing mechanized foroa of Hitler's Panzer divisions and screaming stuka lombers. I Almost from tha first hour of the German Invasion, the army was without communications One division seldom knew what tha one next to It was doing. Individually, the Serbian forces fought with great bravery, nd reported Inflicting heavy lossea on the Germans. In one day's attack the military claimed destruction of 200 nazl tanks. Jn spite of the furious resist ance, however, the German wedges bit deeper Into the coun try and the fighting became hopeless. I say the Serbian army fonght because In traveling about I have seen many Croatian deserter, and In the critical lours of the fighting, officials imouneed the Croats had revolt ed In the north. I was In Belgrade the morn ing tha German air force at tacked. The citizens, who had not yet learned the nation was at war, poured into the streets when the sirens screamed and the bomber squadrons roared overhead. They stood and stared ourlously up at the planes and did not take shelter though there weren't enough shelters for all. It was a massacre. At least 10,000 died In the capital alone. In one square I counted more than 200 bodies after tha first morning raid. Almost at the start the water supply failed and huge fires raged unchecked until the city was mantled with a heavy smoke pall. The United States, British and Greek legations were among the first buildings destroyed, along with moat of the government quarters. Bombers swept over In waves for two dsys until the city was a shattered, flaming shambles. With several companions, I followed the government toward the Interior. We slept In ditches and barns, and lived on hand outs from the hospitable peasants who refused to accept our money-Nazi bombers strafed villages and roads. Wa arrived In Sarajevo In time to meet another air blitzkrieg. This city, where the assassina tion of Archduke Franz Ferdi nand marked an event leading to tha World war, was blasted and burned to ruins.' Tha flimsy, crowded wooden buildings of Thebazaar In this "most oriental city In Europe" were turned into a flaming mass by the first Incendiaries, and smoke rose toward the towering mountains from the burning minarets of the many Moslem churches. Heading toward the Adriatic from Sarajevo we reached Mon tenegro. Here we found army leaders putting down an abortive fifth column uprising. Traitors were lined up against a wall and shot. By the time we reached the Adriatic coast It was apparent that further Serbian resistance would be confined to guerrilla warfare. FATAL WAGER CREVE COEUR, 111 P) Carl Leslie Stalling! bet (2 with his friend, Lyle Hyneman, that he could swim acrosi the Illinois river. Hyneman accepted the wager, stood on the bank and watched Stalling! plunge In Half way across he sank. Hvneman was one of those who elded In the hunt for his friend's body. Barefoot Boys Mussed Up Musso's Men in East Africa r l Tske Afrtc a look at these members of the King's African Rifles and youll understand why Italian East i has now become plain east Africa. New picture of British colonials from Kenya just arrived In America. w Elsewhere In Oregon By The Associated Press BEND. April 21 iP The army aent pamphlet urging en listment, to Pat Garvey. Bend. Pat's just Ignoring them, though, for Pat u a girl. ASTORIA, April ?! OP) An additional ledrral appropriation of $37,000 for Improvements at Camp ClaWop has Deen authorized. bert, Medfcrd, legally dead. They have been missing since an attempted airplane flight to Portland lust November. LA GRANDE. ApiU 21 OP) Air corps officers will Inspect La Grande's class 3 airport with in the next few days to deter mine Its place In the military preparedners program Dr. C. L. Gtl'trap of -vo aeronaut ical board said here. CONDON. April 21 OP) Twelve centrul Oregon li.fih schools will send bands here May 3 for the annual mid-Columbia band festival. MEDFOPD. April 21 OP) Circuit Jurtre H. K. Hanna sign ed an order here Saturday de claring Mr. and Mr. C. E. WaU BEND. April 21 OP) Mrs. John Matson, known 20 years ago In Alaska as Kl mdike Kate, I said here she has been informed i by a Hollywood movie studio that a film is planned on the 'story of her life. CLIPPED BUCYRUS. Kas. IP) A jar sent a load of heaw sheet steel splintering through the sides of a Missouri Pacific aondola car. In 1? miles, 87010 worth of tracksid s:gnal equ'pment were damaged. Later a fation agent flagged down the train Scientists Study Eyesight For Greater Gun Accuracy Six Escaped Nazi Prisoners at Large PENINSULA. Ont, April 21 CAP) Three escaped German prisoners of war were captured near this Canadian Pacific rail way station house in the night and observers here said they be lieved that only six of the 28 men who broke from the domin ion's most isolated internment camp Friday night were still at large today. Ottawa officials said they had heard of the capture of only 16 of the Germans, three of whom were wounded, but an official of the intern ment operations branch said "information is coming in slowly." The new captures brought to eight the number caught near this wlnd-and-snowwept point between Schreiber and White River and an unofficial list of 19 in custody. Reports here said three others were killed when they fled on being challenged by armed searchers. By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE NEW YORK, April 21 (The Special News Service) Ameri can scientists are coining a new phrase "It's the eye behind the gun that counts." Facta Just coming to light show unexpected dllferenees be tween a man's fighting heart and wha. his eyes can do. Some phases of thu. new study already have passed Into mili tary hands. But the general facta are In the scientific records. They apply to the fire control of big guns, and more particu larly just at present to problems of accuracy in anti-aircraft fire. Aa scientists tell this story, a mystery of the battle of Jut land In the World war was one starting point of the new study In that ea fight the story goes that the Germans used a rather new system of fire control. The system was binocular that is, both eyes were used at once in the sighting of hair lines that finally put the guns on the target. The other, and perhaps older system, uses Just one eye, like the man who sights a pistol. Since Jutland, both systems of fire control have been In use. At the start of this battle, the German gunfire apparently was superior to the British. This waa attributed to the binocular sys tem. But later In the fight the Germans lost their accuracy. Eye fatigue and poor vislbll ity were suggested as explana tions. However, scientists now know there may have been a mixture of other Important rea sons, all connected with the eyes. The amount of sleep the night before the battle, anxiety, fright or other emotions, and possibly even quality of food are Includ ed In the possibilities. Dr. Selig Heeht, Columbia university biophysicist and one of the authorities on eye func tioning. aya that trained eye la sufficiently accurate to sight one line above another so truly that at one mile the shell will not be more than foot and a half either way from the target Some of the work In his lab oratory Involves very accurate sighting. The problems are simi lar to those of the military are) control.- If the scientlflo expert has not selpt well the night be fore he does not even attempt some of these testa Furthermore, on or two hours la the limit of endurance on work requiring accurate sighting. After that, errors creep in The effect of emotions ha baen uncovered scientifically for the first time In a recent report by three members of the department of psychiatry. Col lege of Physicians and Surgeons. Columbia university. They are Drs. E. I. Strongln, N. Bull and B. Korchln. Flf tv Tvniini t r t m A vartAft eye testa, and then repeated mem wnen piacea so inat they had to fear electrical shocks. No one ftctualto was hnHrH tmt the emotions Inspired by the risk resulted in marked changes) In ability to use the eyes. When binocular (both eyes at once) abilities were tested, only six per cent improved under the goad of emotion. Fifty per cent became worse. This may have some bearing on the Jutland mystery. 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