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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1941)
ft. The elamatelNews WEATHER NEWS Warn High (li taw 38i Midnight II 24 hours to I p. m. , , ,, .... , , Trite Season to data , 11 Normal pradpitatioa t.M Laat year to date , , , Hit PICTURES! Associated Press Telemats. NCA Telepho to and live tool aewspleture and en graving staff provide Nawa and Harald raadara with a comprehensive photograph la service. IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND Vol. 18. No. laa l'rice Five Conta TWO SECTIONS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SUNDAY. APRIL 27, 1941 ' (Every Morning Except Monday), In, The News By FRANK JENKINS CROM London today comet thia r dlpatch: "Brltnln wrote ofl her defeat In the Balkans today a aide tiuua to the buttles o( the At lantic and the Mediterranean and staked her hopes on U. 8. AID to bridge the danger period until he la atronl enough to turn the tublcs." TIMED accurately with thlf London announcement la a ..dispatch from Wahlngton stat ing that representatives of 21 American rvpubllca have recom mended that their nations take over the more than 160 foreign vessels In their ports and uso them to "promote the peace and security of the continent." Equally accurate In timing is President Roosevelt's press con ference Intimation as to probable extension of the American "neu trality" patrol to cover the west ern half of the Atlantic and "any where else in the seven seas necessary to protect the Western d Hemisphere." 'THAT Is to say (reading be- tween the lines); Foreign shipping lying Idle in American ports will be taken over and put to work carrying U. S. munitions to Britain. . These ships (along with others) will be given added protection by the V. S. navy, thua relieving tha British navy and enabling It to concentrate lta efforts on tha more dangerous areas around tha British Isles. TVJN'T bo misled by the term y "neutrality patrol." If ships of the U. S. navy In , the western Atlantic (and "else where in the aeven seas" aa In timated by tho President) are to give effective aid to tha British, they can't stop with mere "pa. A trolling." If attacked, they must SHOOT BACK. That will be shooting war. COR two days you have been reading of German seizure of Greek islands along the Turk ish coast. If you will get out your map, you will note that these Islands (If made Into Ger man bases) command the ' en trance to the Dardanelles. These island seizures are in tended to say to Turkey: "What re you going to do about it? ' With the example of Greece before her eyes. WHAT IS TUR KEY GOING TO DO ABOUT ITT You can't answer that ques tion, but you can guess. a TODAY'S dispatches tell of more British troops moving afj Into Iraq up through the Per- iaian gulf, which opens into the Indian ocean, beyond tho Medi terranean or its eastern entrance. That situation will bear watching. It looks like Iraq with lta oil) is one of the com ing hot spots. P R O M "informed sources" (meaning, as often pointed out hero,. someone who is in the know but dares not be quoted directly) in Vichy comes this one today: r, "Francois Plctrl, French am bassador to Spain, has been re called to confer with the Pctnin government about tho possibility of a German drive through Spain against Gibraltar." And from London we learn that Lord Gort, former British commander in France, has been 0 ilaccd in charge at the fortress of Gibraltar. That must mean that the British are expecting something hot to happen there soon. roOBODY knows (possibly not A .even he) what Hitler will do next, but tha logic of tho situa tion Indicates that he will move decisively to shut the British fleet out of the Mediterranean. The way to do that by land is to SHUT THE GATES. Gibral tar Is the Mediterranean's west ern gate and Suez the eastern. Looking Backward By The Associated Press April 26, 1940 German forces, led by armored cars and bombing planes, break through A Hied defenses at Rocpas, Nor- 'way April 26, 1918 New contin gent of Russian troops reaches France and is sent to bolster western front. C.E. REELECTS OFFICERS FOR MAJOR POSTS Parade, Big Banquet, Contest Highlight Events of Saturday Christian youth marched on the streets of Klamath Falls Sat urday afternoon, in a colorful public demonstration climaxing the second day of the state Christian Endeavor convention. Banners, capes and streamers in the CE colors of red and white made it a festive spectacle for the thousands In the Saturday afternoon downtown crowds. The 18 unions were arranged in order of their accomplishment in the registration and attend ance contest. The five leading unions winning banners were in order: Tillamook. Yamhill, Polk. Mt. Hood and Washington. A special feature of the pro cession was the Tuituita mis sion delegates In full Indian re galia. The annual convention pa rade followed business sessions at which officers for the com ing year were chosen. Alfred Sulmoncttl, Portland, was the only new state officer named. He succeeds Durald Horlne of Portland as financial secretary. Reelected were State Presi dent Marjory Boon, Portland; vice president, Kenneth Stuart, Dayton regional vice presidents. Mrs. Frank B. Rltchey, Free water (Columbia and Grand Ronde) ; Mrs. Bessie Lakey, Drain (Douglas and Myrtle); Marian Wcidman, Oswego (Clackmas and Washington); Rev, Lawrence Mitchelmore. Merrill (Klamath and Lake); Rev. John Vlslck, Maupln (Mt. Hood). Three new regional vice presl dents were named to tha recently created areas. Including, Rev, Alton Brostrom, Ashland (Cra ter Lake); Rev. Alfred May, Rainier (Wlldwood); Mrs. Affit . ... (Ovittnue4 o--Me Two); Farmers to Show Protest By Stripping By ARNOLD DIBBLE United Press Correspondent DECATUR. Tex.. April 26 (UP) When Lady Godiva made her notable ?ide in protest against high taxes she had nothing on Texas farmers who are going to do some plain' and fancy un dressing themselves in protest against low farm prices. More than 900 bronzed cotton, dairy and grain farmers are planning to reveal themselves in various degrees of undress to show how the American farmer has been "gypped." The stripping was scheduled for May 3 In the town square of this northern Texas community of 3000. R. Cal McCurdy. SS-year-old. bald-headed president of tho Wise county farm bureau, fath ered the stunt which he called a "figurative thing." Not "Plumb Naked" McCurdy said that the men won't go "plumb naked" and their wives and the police said they better hadn't but that they'd try to show how "unpro tected" the American farmer stands In his . present position (Continued on Page Two) Elected for the coming year Boon, Portland, presidenti Aifie " -::! m !L I 1HI.it, a v-l'taWMt. 9., tMaaaaBaaaaal : ! ..Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-aaaaBaaaaaaaBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamaaaaa Drain, regional vice presidents) Alfred Sumonettl, financial secretary. Second rowi Walter L. Myers, Beaverton, pastor counsellor! Nadlne Morton. Portland, recording secretary! Kenneth Stuart. Dayton, vice presidenti Alton Brostrom, Ashland, regional vice president Dorothy KUks. Portland, executive advisor; Lawrence Mitchelmore, Merrill, regional vice president Three Hurt in Crash South, Near Tulelake Howard Mitchell, 40, 2310 Orchard avenue. Is In a serious condition In Hillside hospital, and a son, Raymond, 15, is also receiving treatment at Hillside as the result of an automobile ac cident which occurred at 10:30 p. m. Friday, on mjle north of Tulelake on the Canby-HaUleld road. A third passenger in the car, Leonard C. Mitchell, 29, 1877 Ivory street, is at his home suf fering from a finger injury and bruises. Leonard, brother of Howard Mitchell, driver, was riding In the back seat. Lights of an oncoming car blinded Mitchell and forced him to crash into a cement abuttment of the bridge, passengers stated. The second car did not stop, ac cording to Jack Fensler, Tule lake, who was directly in back of the Mitchell machine. Howard Mitchell suffered a fractured right arm, loss of his lower teeth, several broken ribs, severe facial lacerations and oth er Injuries. Raymond has facial lacerations. The father is an em ploye of the Pelican Bay Lumber company. The two Injured men received treatment in Tulelake and were later brought to Hillside by Frank J. Rhodes. Tulelake chief of police. Officers are attempt ing to locate the driver of the second machine. The Mitchell car was demolished. Patrol Extension of U. S. on Ocean Seen As Reply to Threat WASHINGTON. April 20 Wl Probable Intensification ot Ger man raider operations against rausn-anipatna U,' -,vln and summer was viewed by naval experts today as one of the principal reasons underlying a lar-nung extension oi the Ameri can neutrality patrol. Informed quarters expressed belief that with the arrival of more dependable weather, nazi surface raiders and ocean-going submarines would range ever farther to the west to attack munitions ships from Canada and. the United States at points where England's navy and shore-based aircraft would be least able to protect them. Extension of the lines of the neutrality patrol as disclosed by President Roosevelt at his press conference yesterday was inter preted in some quarters aa indi cating a decision to make vir tually the entire western half of the Atlantic as safe as pos sible for British convoys but (Continued on Page Two) Grants Pass Man Gets New Elbow GREAT FALLS, Mont., April 28 (UP) Dr. Fred H. Albee to day removed bone tissue from the thigh of J. M. Bennette. who hitch-hiked here from Grants Pass, Ore., and constructed a new Joint in Bennett's twisted, stiffened left elbow. Surgeons, here for the Mon tana surgical guild clinic, terrsd the operation "spectacular" but believed It would restore the use of the arm. as Christian Endeavor officials, front row. left to right Marjory McCaulay, Eugenet Effle Rltchey, Freewateri Bessie Lakey. STRIKE TRUCE ATipTS Union 'Agrees' Tie-Up To Be Deferred Till Conference . Held By FRED BAILEY United Press Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 26 (UP) Tha defense mediation board made the unprecedented request tonight for parties in the Gen eral Motors labor controversy to make retroactive the fruits of their mediation conference to be held here in May. President C. E. Wilson of CMC Immediately notified the board and union officials the corpora tion agreed to the retroactive condition. Walter Reuther, head of the United Automobile workers CIO General Motors division, telegraphed the board the union would defer its threatened strike action "for a reasonable period" while the board seeks to settle the dispute. To Meet May 2 Acting swiftly in advance of an actual strike at the 81 plants of General Motors, the board summoned management and la bor representatives to meet here May 2. It asked the union and company to make any agreement reached retroactive to April 28 This step came while a panel of the board under its ace medi ator. Vice Chairman William H Davis, worked throughout the day in an attempt to end the shutdown of soft coal mines now in its 26th day. Monday has been set by government officials as tha deadline (or reopening the mines if a serious shortage of fuel disastrous to defense fac tories is to be avoided. The White House expressed "every hope" an agreement end ing the coal deadlock would be reached. President . Roosevelt cancelled a , trip ; to - Warm Springs, Oa, to remain in Wash. ftnjrUm- u 'handle- any -develop ments In the coal situation. Conunltte Named In another move to keep- de fense labor strife at low level. Associate. Director Sidney Hill- man appointed a committee of Industrial consultants to adjust differences between manage ment and labor ' before strikes are called. He designated E..D. (Continued, on Page Two) Tionesta Woman Dies in Automobile Crash Near Yreka TIONESTA Mrs. H i oo 1 d nuoDS of iionesia, aooui 4U, was instantly suilea aoout mid- nignt rnday. wnen tne automo bile in wmcn sne -was riding crashed near Yreka, according to telephoned reports reaching here. Carl Hegler, also of Tionesta, owner of tne car, la in the hos pital at Yreka with critical in juries. Patty, 12, Mrs. Hubbs daughter, was unscratched, it was reported. The three were on their way to see Mrs. Hegler, who is visit ing in Yreka. Mrs. Hubbs' husband is In Alaska, and employes of the Shaw Lumber company a Tion esta plant are taking up a col lection to charter a plane to bring him back here. . Besides Patty, Mrs. Hubbs leaves two other daughters, Mrs Poole and Mrs. George Schadle, both of Tionesta. To Serve Christian Athens Waits To Swarm PAN-AMERICAN GROUP SEEKS JOINTACTION Republics Consider Grabbing European Boats for Own Use WASHINGTON. Anril 26 W) Representatives of the 21 Amer ican rannhlic recommended to day that their nations take over tho more than 160 European vessels Idle in their ports and use them "to promote x x x the peace and security of the contin ent." Thit recommendation . was by the inter-American financial and amnnmil artvianrv Committee and the action was announced by Sumner Welles, undersecre tary of the United Stales depart ment of state and chairman of tha group. Three points VnMln Minister Gulna of Uruguay originated the proposal. The recommendation, which will now be transmitted to the various American governments, covers three points: . 1. The committee recommends that the governments declare that foreign flag vessels im mobilized in their ports by the war may now be utilized by the American republics in accord ance with the rules of interna tional law and their national lMtftalolinna 4a nrnmnti the de fense of their economies, the peace and security of the. con tinent.. Tho innIs mif ha utilized either, through agreements with owneirur wj rune oniw ii, of each government to take con-t-itt f nvh vMtfli aa "thev mav deem. It convenient to satisfy their own requirements. 2. That Just and adequate com unniinn h mari in accordance with the commonly accepted rules of international law ana (Continued on rage Two) . Moose Lodge 3uys Building On Pine Street The Klamatit Falls Moose lodge on Saturday announced it had purchased the Hirvl build. ing on Pine street between Tenth and Eleventh streets,, from An drew Collier and Lloyd Porter, and will remodel it into a lodge home. This brick building is 30x60 feet in dimensions. The lower floor will be remodeled into club rooms for the Moose, and the upper floor will be one large lodge room. - It is planned to give the build ing a stucco front on the Pine street side. Officers of the lodge said' the entire remodeling pro gram should be completed and the building occupied in six months. The Moose at one time occu pied the building on Klamath avenue now belonging . to the Masonic lodge. Endeavor in 1941-42 ') (A if ' ' in si - II I . Soma of tha department superintendents are. front row, Dallest Lola Messenger, Stanilaldi Rosalie Henry. Eugene, Violette Vhllg, Klamath Falls. Second. rowi Bemlee Gay, Eugenet Marvin Sentar, Silvertonj Dorothy Morrls. Albany; Joyce Dillenger, Where U. S. r-j.-j .n.ir mi 1-1 i Ttzrlf til r w nabeVsaeiJ . , ' UolU. S.I -? TtXAS Vfr H Mipairic 265,896 lLax! BoHin" V ' ' - pLl Sor Vrk y twJrvlz'r3 f ' V-jr jiaal 5trcit Z?" tyevfca.i-sassl 1L . 4 J ! IT. NoV.law Ckfcaob? : A I 800 ml (cseJ r if i uji. U. 1 faaWtelM - . A f a crroi, am Atlantic C - JV vital tv MtMvfoctVfV 'OCCOaV ' - .' Ta Na-ftMiiM). . CepeNrenH rfa IrMal . i ' IoihI. 1000 ail. f . 1 I6Q0 ..IK. I I 1 I Ptnnuu- s vast auuusg uuana of Greenland is mostly ice- co-ered. bnt occupies a strategic position In the north Atlantic. Here U. S. air base and fortifications will be built soon, pre sumably around towns at southern end of island, under new protection agreement. 4-H Spring Fair Closes on .. Saturday; Contest Awards V Given to Various Winners The 4-H snrurB. fair, which at trarted : rmndreaV' atV'bers . and girls, their parents, fcd. a gen erous sprinkling of townspeople to the county fairgrounds, closed late Saturday afternoon and brought to a close one of the most successful 4-H fairs in the history of the club. At S o'clock Saturday after noon chairmen of different events presented awards in spec ial contests, according to C C. Jenkins, 4-H club agent At the same time T. R. Thompsen, man-1 ager of Sears Roebuck company. presented dairy calves to win ners of the Sears essay contest. Thompsen was assisted by C. A. Henderson, Klamath county ag ricultural agent, and T. B. Wat ten, Rotary chairman, of the fall livestock show. - In the track events which were held Saturday morning, Henley students ran off with honors over ether schools in the coun ty. Of special Interest to the boys and girls was Friday night's car nival which was well attended. The style revue presented by 4-H club girls was of special interest. The 4-H club spring fair came to a successful climax Saturday afternoon at the fair grounds with the awarding of premiums in the various cob tests. - The style revue, participated in by girls from all over the county modeling in outfits which they made -themselves, was directed by Mrs. John Hayden and judged by Mrs. Dufur, - , T? 'l awaaai For Nazis Into Capital Eyes Air Bases Scala a MiUs" rlartfc aU, 400 ml J CreenTomi Sea TGrmxrmrmssi mammmm 400 Pemw; AREA: 736.511 iwHet, 95 fmpf4 Mary E. Long and Mrs. Winnl (red .GUlen... First -prize win ners: Division 1, Fernell Hall, dress and apron; division 2, Hel en McGaughey, cotton school dress; division 3, Joyce Kowe, best dress; division 4, Nona Masten, party dress; division S, Eris Fleming, woolen dress; and Nona Masten of Henley took grand championship in her party dress. The health con teat, which was Judged by Dr. Peter Rozen dahl and his, nurses, selected Barbara Homer, from Fair- haven, and ' Howard Collins, from Crystal as the healthiest boy and girl who will repre sent the county in the state health contest at the state fair next falL -Barbara had a score of 514 out of a possible 1000 points. The drop cookie contest. handled by Mrs. Stella Bowne of Altamont and judged by Mrs. C. E. McClellan of Homedale had as its winners Wanda Reed of Malin, Jeanette Coop er of Henley, Alfred Martin son of Fairhaven, and Joyce McDonald, of Malin. first, sec ond, third, and fourth respec tively. ' The demonstration contest judged by Miss Mary Belle Beswick, home supervisor of the farm security administra tion, and directed by Mrs. Oren Storey, was continuous through out the three days of the fair. Over 25 demonstration teams participated in this contest in which Dolores Cody and Verna . (Continued on Page Two) left ta rlghti Fern Knight The Howes. Forest Grove; Edgar Me- mi IK V ! r " 1 BRITISH REAR GUARD FIGHTS OUTSIDE CITY Force Gives Ground; Britain Readies for Mediterranean, War ROME (Sunday). April 27 (UP) The newspaper Measa- gero, quoting Turkish sources. reported today that German fly ing columns had encircled Athena Friday night occupying principal road junctions leading to the city. ATHENS, April 27 (12:10 A. M. Sunday) (UP) The citizens of Athens waited silently this morning, behind locked doors and shuttered windows, for tha first sounds of German troops moving into the capital of Greece For only a few hours more, it seemed this morning, will Athens be the city of the Greeks, for the Germans are known to be pushing rapidly ahead, despite the bitter fighting of a few British rear guards soma miles outside the city. No longer are there gay Brit ish soldiers In Athens. No mora does one see the friendly uni forms of Greece's allies. , Early Curfew As the Athenians walked to their homes Saturday night. driven Indoors by the early cur few, they saw only a few British soldiers. The others have left except for the-small, battle-worn forces that still clung to the rear-guard positions in the hills. I" Tbftind swept gently through me narrow, sexpenune nnra ox Athens the streets where So crates once preached. It was a soft wind, the wind of the Attica spring. When night fell on tha beautiful April day, Athenians went silently to their homes. Few expected to rise Sunday morning and find their capital still their own. Nor was there any word of encouragement in the official an nouncements of Saturday night The ministry of public secur ity reported scattered air raids by the Germans in Attica and the Peloponnesus but it could not obtain details because of the interruption of communications. The press ministry reported that the Germans were moving forward despite tha strong stands made at several points by the British rear guards. Short Struggle But the ministry added that the action is only to protect tha main body of the British forces and that "it is a struggle of lim ited duration." A third announcement was of the retirement of Gen. Alexan der Papagos, the Greek commander-in-chief. Papagos, a royal decree announced, has retired "at his own request." The small, battle-worn force of imperials clung to the 4627 (Continued on Page Two) Tractor Strike In California Ended Saturday ' SAN FRANCISCO, April 26 (UP) Federal Conciliator Omar- Hosklns tonight an nounced settlement of a nine- day-old strike of the machinists . A CI .mln 4K r-4- pillar Tractor company plant at San Leandro. Hoskins said the company, which has been working on de fense orders, and the union signed a new contract and that the plant will be reopened Mon day morning. The union had demanded 8 1.15 hourly wage scale for journeymen, raises for skilled mechanics, a union shop and double pay for overtime. Hos kins did not disclose terms of tha new agreement News Index "' ' Building News Page IS City Briefs Page 4 Comics and Story Page 12 Editorials ..Page 4 High School News .. Page 16 Information ..Page 4 Market, Financial . Page 14 Midland Empire News, Page Pattern . Page 11 Society Pages 5, 6. 7. 8. Sports Pages 10, 11 Weekend Magazine Page S t