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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
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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
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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
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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, - ,
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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
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left ta rlghti Fern Knight The
Howes. Forest Grove; Edgar Me-
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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
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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
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