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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1941)
Tee elammh News WEATHER NEWS hewara High Til Lew 44i Midnight M 24 boura to i p. m. Tmtt Baaaoa to data Normal precipitation t.M Laat yea to date 11.2 PICTURESn , ts 1 Associated Press Telemats. MEA Tf lh lot and live local newspleture sta'ea graving stall proTlda Nawa and ttarald laadaia with a comprehensive photograph' lo service. IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND Vol. 1H, No. 18- l'rlco Kivo ConU KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1941 (Every Morning Except Monday)' In The Day's News Br FRANK JtNKINS THE war today la mora or leu a, a standstill whllo tho Ger- mum mop up alter th battle ol Greece, the British (grumbling, alter tha British manner, but dellant In the laca of reverses) plot their next strategy and the government of tho United BUtea prepares a new and probably startling move which will Come soon, unlets all signs fall. So let's go back 24 centuries to the time when ancient Greece waa consolidating her freedom and laying the loundntlun for tho 40 yrnrs of pence that con stituted her golden age. A ITER Ihe full of Athens (re " latrd here yesterday) the Greek fleet guthered at Sulumll There were councils of war. with bitter differences of opinion (as always In democracies.) Some of the allied Greek stutes wanted to fall back and take up a stronger position. Themlstorlea Insisted on fight ing then and there, using all hit great powers of oratory to carry Ills point. Hut he was In the minority. The Pcralaift settled the de bute by soiling In behind the Greeks and aurroundlng them. They had to fight where they ".ere. THE battle raged all day. The Greeks, skilled and disci plined sea fighters, were out numbered three to one. In the end, skill and discipline prevailed. Xerxes, who In the morning had posted himself on a high place on the shore with tablets to mark his successful command ers for reward, taw In the late ..lrt lh titt.v rmit anri tie. - itruction of his navy. . TTirhls armyrha hesitated several days on the shore. Then he began his rotreat. Of the retreat Herodotus says: "Whithersoever they came on the march and to whatever na tion, they seized the crops of that people and used them for nrovislons; and If they found no crops then they took the grass which was growing up from the earth, and stripped on the bark from the trees and plucked down the leaves and devoured them. And they left nothing behind." War and famine, you sec, have always been cousins. A PART of his army Xerxes " left In this same plain of ' Thcssaly we have been watch ing during the past week. A year later It was destroyed by the Greeks In a pitched battle gfcit Platca. Across on the Asiatic main land at Mycalo tho remnant of tho Persian navy, In deadly fear of the Greek seamen, pulled up Its ships on the shore and built a wall around them. On the day of the land battle of Platea, tho Greeks disembarked from their ships, stormed the enclos ure, defeated the Persians and burned their beached vessels. They then sailed on to the Hellespont (now tho Dardanelles) to destroy what remained of Xerxes' bridge of boats. T-HUS ended the twin battles of Platca and Mycale, which broke the back of the Persian invasion. The war dragged on for 40 yenrs, but Persia never again menaced European Greece. tk (VHY did little Greece win against big Persia In her hour of trial 24 centuries ago? ' Aristagoras, speaking to the Spartans, gave the reason. He said (as quoted by Herodotus): "These barbarians (the Per sians) are not valiant in fight. You, on the other hand, have now attained the UTMOST SKILL IN WAR. They (the bar barians) fight with bows and arrows and a short spear; they go into battle wearing trousers and having caps on their heads. "You have PERFECTED YOUR WEAPONS AND YOUR DISCIPLINE." KtARK theso words that have come down to us through 2400 years: "You have per fected your weapons and your discipline." The historical record of these "4 centuries proves over and W.'vcr again that only thus can democracy survive. Because they failed to heed this lesson of history, the democ racies arc now In distress. 1 1 43 REGISTER AS DELEGATES TO CLUB Youth Meet Attended By Members From 1 8 Of State's Unions 'The church doc not need youth as much as youth needs me cnurch; Christ does not need youth as much aa youtn needs Christ." Thus spoke Kev. Chea ter V. Gates at tne Friday morn ing Christian Endeavor conven tion assembly at the high school. "The old covenant waa do or die," said Hev. Gate. "The new covenant Is believe and live. He has mado us able minister of tho new covenant. The Chris tian can be known wherever ha is fuund by the spirit he mani fests." Registration for the conven tion soared to a total of 1143 by Friday night. Of these, 400 were being housed In Klamath Falls homes through the efforts of the housing committee, and 50 or 100 were staying with friends. All IS of the slate CE unions are represented. Red and white banners, capes, pennants, caps and badges, with red and white streamers flying fiom automobiles, made Klam ath Falls residents aware of the Christian Endeavor convention which Friday was successfully bringing a second day to a close. Youth took over the town late Thursday night as the 1000th delegate registered at Christian Endeavor headquarters at 9 p. m. An additional 100 had registered early Friday morning and the convention was the largest brought to Klamath Falls in a number of years. The Friday evening session heard a message, "Believe Also in Me." by Dr. Luther E. Stein. "We are not only saved once," said Dr. Stein. "We need to be saved continually." He pointed out that the successful doctor I concerned not only about health in general, but about health la particular. "So Christ waata to be your savior in' particular needs. Notice way in which Christ has been and can be a savior .' Worsrilp service led by Helen (Continued on Page Two) Beatings On 'Rock' Occur, Says Convict SAN FRANCISCO, April 25 (UP) Beatings are as regular as meals at Alcatraz Island federal prison, Henri Young, Alcatraz convict, testified today at his trial on murder charges. Young's testimony was part of a day-long convict story of bru tality, mistreatment, insanity and -torture" in solitary con finement at the island peniten tiary In San Francisco bay where the nation's worst crim inals are confined. Young was accused of the knifo slaying of a fellow con vict, Rufus McCain. His defense Is that he became "stir-crazy" because of repressive measures at Alcatraz, and was not respon sible for what he did. Other Al catraz prisoners, some sentenced to more than 100 years each, were brought from the cells, heavily guarded, to testify. Young said he spent several months in solitary confinement, "dark, dreary cells that froze your feet when you stood up and iced your seat when you sat down. ' "I didn't think it possible hu mans could treat other humans in the manner we were treated. I was served a meal every five days and then couldn't see what I was eating because it was so dark. Young told his Jury of six men and six women that he was put in solitary many times for viola tion of rules. Once, he said, he was "slammed in the hole" be cause he left some food on his plate. "I thought it was bread pud ding but it was sage dressing, and I'd rather be In solitary than eat sage dressing," said Young. Looking Backward By The Associated Press ' April 25. 1840 - President Roosevel' by proclamation desig nates Norway as a I t 'ligerent in the European wr Allied detach ments withdraw ur"er German pressure in eastern Norway. April 25, 1916 Zi.-ipelfns con tinue raids against England. What's the- Matter, Girls? Tommy Hopkins won the Dollar Dinner contest at the annual 4H spring fair, del sating seven other . contestants -all girls 1 Tommy's dinner, which cost tl, B0YWINS4-H COOK CONTEST Judging Proceeds at Spring Fair; Awards To Be Made Saturday A boy took away a woman's place in the kitchen Thursday when Tammy Hopkins of Henley won the Dollar Dinner contest held at the 4-H annual spring fair. Young Hopkins is the only boy to enter.the contest but won first place after he had served a tomato cocktail, iamb patties. baked potatoes, buttered aspara gus, molded salad, fruit cup and coffee to four guests. This also entitles Hopkins to enter the state-wide contest at the state fair in September. Hopkins' guests were Vern Owens, Mrs. C. S. Masten, M Earl Mack, leader of Tommy's 4-H club and Fred Peterson, county school superintendent. Girls who participated in the Dollar Dinner contest included Elda Ayres, Bonanza, second place; Norma Olson, Fairhaven Helen Sullivan, Henley: Elsie Ruth Schultz, Fairhaven: Lucille Scheisel, Fairhaven; Billie Jean Blaine, Altamont. Forestry exhibits were Judged by John Sarglnson, chief ranger of the Rogue River national for est. Winners in division one forestry were David Henthorne, Altamont, first; Donald Mooney, Chlloquln, second; and four boys each received third placing, Wtl lard Ivie, Keno; Harold Ogle, Keno; Dale Gilson, Altamont; Roy Kephart. Chlloquln. Wln ncrs in division two forestry were Wilson Clark, Bonanza. first; Ellen Romtvedt, Bonanza, second. Winner in division three forestry were Kenneth Bradshaw, Bonanza, first; Gil bert Brown, Bonanza, second; Carl Romtvedt, Bonanza, third. Kelley Robinette, shop In structor at Klamath Union high school and LeRoy Erdmann, manual training Instructor for the city elementary schools, were the judges . of the wood working contest. Winners of the home woodworking division were Bob McClain, Fairhaven, first; Jerry Wation, Chlloquln, and Calvin Worley, Bonanza, second; Billy McClain, Jack Swegle, Jerry Smith, each of Fairhaven, third place. Winner of the machine woodworking division were Wilmer Detwiler, Sprague River, first; James Ru (Continued on rage Two) Draft Refuser Gets Three Years PORTLAND, April 25 (UP) Alexander F. Schneider, 27, to day was sentenced to three years in federal prison after refusing to register for the draft and al legedly saying "I would Just as soon see Hitler in the United States." Schneider told his draft board that threats of fine or imprison ment could not away his atti tude. He was charged with writ ing the board, President Roose velt and congress: "I am not evading military service. I am refusing it." if '. :.; i t ... ..- ., served four people. Lindy Put In 'Copperhead' Class By r. K. WASHINGTON, April 23 Vfi President Roosevelt placed Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, today in the category of Civil war "cop perheads. The president was asked at a pres conference why the army had hot called Lindbergh to ac tive .duty, .Thfamou tuatau who frequently has criticized me administration's foreign policy, if a reserve colonel. The president remarked In the Civil war, both- the confederates and the northerners took on liberty-loving people from other countries, and both let certain people go. " i-- -. The latter, he said, were vai- landlghanu. (Clement L. Vallandtgham was a representative from Ohio who Was arrested by the union mili tary authorities in . 1863 for "treasonable utterances" and was banished to the confederate states.. (He was known as a leader of the "copperheads.") When reporters did not react to the name, Mr. Roosevelt said that Vallandtgham was an ap peaser who wanted to make peace in 1863 because he felt the northerners could not win. Still replying to the question about Lindbergh, Mr. Roosevelt said there also were an awful lot of appease rs at Valley forge (Continued on Page Two) v , v ... i O .1 . - 0 Picture mad from the First Methodist Church balcony Thursday evening as the Christian Endeavor convention chorus lifted voices in song to open the state session here. Charlet Stanf iel d of the local high school is directing the chorus members, who jror whit vestment with red CE Insignia. - British Leaving Athens Amid Bombing, Bouquets Fl DECLARES NO LIMIT FOR DEFENSE LINE Possibility Greenland Partly Occupied by Axis' Told in Talk WASHINGTON, April 25 W A possibility that axis forces partly occupy Greenland, big Danish island In tne western hemisphere now under Ameri can protection, was disclosed by President Roosevelt today in what he frankly termed a sur prising statement. At the same press conference, Mr. Roosevelt said that the United States neutrality patrol would operate as far into the waters of the seven aeas as may be necessary for the defense of the western hemisphere. But emphatically the president said that the administration was not thinking of convoys at this time. He described the task of American patrol ships as the reconnaissance of ocean areas to determine whether an aggressor ship might be coming into the western hemisphere. Convoying, on the other hand, Mr. Hoosevelt said, was escort ing merchant ships in a group to prevent acts of aggression on them. The American neutrality patroL he added, could not be made a convoy by calling it one any more than a cow could be turned into a horse by calling it a horse. Mr. Roosevelt remarks on Greenland, the huge Arctic Is land) off northeastern Canada whkAV the United States has freed to defend, were brief and not elaborated. A reporter asked whether the United States would have a safe sea road to Green land. After saying that he hoped so, and also hoped there would be no more acts of aggression, Mr. Roosevelt went on to say he was not at all satisfied that part of Greenland was not now occu pied by the axis. The president added, however, that he wouldn't say positively that this was so He replied negatively when asked whether the occupants were fifth columnists, replied af firmatively when asked whether the United States was doing any thing to counteract axis moves in Greenland, and a moment later remarked that his Green land statement was surprising. Mr. Roosevelt declined to be drawn into specific comments designed to amplify his views on the convoy situation. But he said that for a year and a half vessels of the neu trality patrol had been operating (Continued on Page Two) . As Christian Endeavorers Opened State Convention v w fj House Tax Experts Suggest Excise Levies for Planes Foods, Autos for Revenue WASHINGTON, April 25 W)i The house ways and means com mittee said today congressional tax experts had suggested levy of excise taxes on several foods, the use of automobiles and aero planes and on insurance prem iums in connection with plans to raise $3,500,000,000 in new revenue. These and other levies, pro posed by the staff of the joint congressional committee on tax ation, would be in addition to a long list of excise taxes proposed by the treasury department and would yield an estimated S661, 000,000. Food Taxes Food taxes proposed by the committee staff were levies of five cents a pound on coffee and cocoa, 10 cents a pound on tea and one cent a pound on sugar. Other taxes in the list in cluded one of S5 each annually Turkey Plans Inspection of German Ships ANKARA, Turkey, April 24 (Delayed) (JP It was unofficial ly reported today that the Turk ish government ha decided to Inspect ' German ships passing from the Black sea through the Dardanelles to determine wheth er they are carrying war mate rials or troops,. - HTs" understood that. eevCraT German " freighters . passed through the Bosporus' recently without halting. There was much speculation in this connection concerning the German occupation of Samo thrace and Lemnos, Greek island in the Aegean near the straits. There was an unconfirmed report that Germany had offered Turkey a strip of Greek territory through which a railway be tween . Istanbul and Edirne passes near the Bulgarian fron tier. Trains to the border cross into Greek territory then return to Turkish territory to make the trip. Turkey was said to have in jected the offer. FIRST GIRL EDITOR . EUGENE. April 25 (AV-Helen L. Angell of Salem was elect ed editor of the University of Oregon Emerald, student daily, Thursday, becoming the first girl to edit the paper. She has been associate editor during the past year. ' i Jssssssss for the use of automobiles, yachts and aeroplanes, exclusive of those operated by state or fed eral governments; an unspecified tax on parimutuels and a cor responding tax on book makers; one cent levy on electric light bulbs and a five per cent tax on the sale price of slot machines and other coin operated devices. . The list also included a sug gestion that second class postage be placed on a paying basis, ex clusive of county free delivery, and it was estimated this would produce $78,000,000 in revenue. The proposal was not further ex plained. The group suggested a five per cent rental tax on motion picture films, an increase in the capital stock tax from $1.10 to $1.50; a levy of two cents a gal lon on fuel oil used for motor fuel and a 3t per cent tax on the production of natural gas. KILLED ON JOB W. H. Hauswirth in Plunge of Big Dirt Carrier Over Bank W. H. Hauswirth. about 35, was killed at the north end of the Wocus highway construction job at noon Friday wbea motor- .ized road equipment, he operating tumbled" down' a "40- ioot enbankment to me botitn- ern Pacific tracks. Hauswirth was employed by the Pene packer Construction company and had given his mother's address as 1047 West Seventh street, Albany, Ore. Witness Plunge Deputy Sheriff Dale Mattoon, who investigated,, said that all ot' er construction employe re ported he turned around just in time to see the machine oper ated by Hauswirth rolling down the steep incline to the railroad tracks. It overturned and when help reached him, Hauswirth was dying. Ward's ambulance was called but he had expired when it reached the scene. His chest had been crushed.- Hauswirth was driving a pow ered dirt-carrying unit when the accident occurred. Invest!- gaturs said he apparently lost control of the guiding apparatus and made a right-angle turn down the embankment. Dr. George H. Adler, coroner, who was called immediately, said he believed Hauswirth's death was instantaneous. Here J r b1L lr)Mt iibi'w-mi J BEATEN FORCE TO JOIN GREEK KI1INCRETE Berlin Admits Army Escapes With Most Tanks and Weapons By HIKOS EYRIAKIDIf '. ATHENS, Saturday, April 29 (UP) (12:30 A. M.) British imperial troops are ' leaving Athens under a constant blasting attack of German bombers after battling gallantly for 20 days against the nazi blitzkrieg which is driving nearer to this ancient city. The British troops, sun witn -thumbs ud." left to a farewell of lusty Greek cheers and with garlands of spring flowers thrust upon them by crowd In the streets as they tramped past. - Athens waited early today in the shadow of approaching doom but her people stood ready to meet their fate proudly and with the conviction echoed by Greek leaders that "what ever happens Greece will live again." '"'-.' Go to Crete With' the departure of the British and last Greek officials were leaving to join King George II and hi government on the British-defended island of Crete about 60 miles south el the Greek mainland. Costis Maniadakis, minister of Interior and public security, left to join the king and government in Crete after issuing a radio ap peal to the people to await the German "with pride and dig. nitjaodJtaiU that greecst W tise again.? y v' ; The - Athens area throughout the day was blasted by' bomb dumped by . squadrons of Ger .- man bombers, aiming their ex plosives at ports, ships, railroad communications and outlying is lands. . , . BERLIN. April 25 (UP The bulk of the British army with its tanks and other weapon has escaped from Greece In "another Dunkerque" despite terrific Ger man bombing attacks that have sunk nearly 250,000 tons of the British evacuation fleet, it was reported in Berlin tonight, German armored force were said to be sweeping down on Athens in a triumphant climax to their 20-day Balkan blitzkrieg after smashing a British last stand at Thermopylae pass in "one of the greatest achieve ment in military history." -Athens Next The occupation of ancient Athens 14th capital falling to Adolf Hitler's conquests "may come at any hour," German spokesmen said, now that the 80 mile route to its gates has been thrown open as result of the three-day battle at Thermopylae. With the swastika flying be neath the shadow of the Acro polis the British will be driven from their only foothold on the (Continued on Page Two) i Matin FFA Wins Parliamentary Finals At Corvallis Meet CORVAIXIS, April 25 ( The state championship in par liamentary finals of the Future Farmers of America was won last night by the Malin chapter, competing with five other dis trict winners. Albany was second and Inde pendence third. Enterprise, Scappoose and Redmond were also rans. The contest ended tho first day of the state convention, at which 516 delegates from 50 to 53 state chapters registered. Donald Rowland, Independ ence, won the alumni publie speaking contest with his speech on "Oregon's Agricultural Mar keting Problem," Gordon Dun ham, Lakeview, was second. Warren Cooley, Albany, third, and Paul Anderson, Cottage Grove, fourth. News Index Church New Pag IS City Briefs . Page 8 Comics and Story ....Page 12 Courthouse Records ... Page 10 Editorials Page 4 High School News Page 16 Information .. Page S Market, Financial ......... Pag 5 Midland Empire News .. Page S Pattern ... .......... Page 6 Sports ........Page 10