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The Klamath News WEATHER NEWS Ore roast Klfh 70i Law 31 Midnight 12 24 hour to I p. m. , , , .00 Baaaon to data . mta Normal precipitation mm Laat rear to data 1UI PICTURES! Associated Press TiUmiU, NEA Tolepho toa and live local newaplclure and ea graving Halt provide Nawt and Harald readere with a comprehensive photograph to aarvlca. 0 IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND Vol. 18. No. 134 lYicoKlveCciiU KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. TUESDAY, APRIL 29. 1941 (Every Morning Except Monday), 0! In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINtt ATHENS, the birthplace o! democracy. falls to the Get maiia a It has fallen so ottcn before invaderi In the pant 24 .-enluries. L. Jnm.un.v nerlihed III VI 1 1 V rv uvuim""- the first placo bccuuo the indi vidually admirablo dcmocriicira of ancient Greece- never could get toiiether and STAY TO GLTHtK. LSO because the ancient Greeks got so buy enjoying the truiU ol democracy that they neglected tin the words ot Aria lagoras) to ' keep their weapons and their dUxiplme perlccted." DISTURBING thought: With war Just around the corner Irom u. WE ere insist lng upon enjoyment ot auch Iruita of democracy aa the right to atrlke and hold up produc tion of weapona for our defense. TVHAT la happening to the " British army In Greece la f .-.till tightly cloaked by the cen " eorfhlp. London aaya nothing. In Australia, Army Minister Percy C. Spender auys today: 'Th ufiihrimwul of certain Aus tralian troops from Greeco has begun and as Jar as ll nas pro ceeded" has been successful." He adds: "I am unable to confirm or deny reports that the majority Australians and New Zea- landera have been removed from the Hellenic (Greek) peninsula, along with their weapons." "THE Germans aay British mill tary losses In Greece will far exceed those of uuimcrque. Remember, in this connection, that Hitler la seeking In every possible wny, by propaganda well aa by force, to nesiroy Bru tish Drestliio. . -.. - - V 'Vou'd better take German statements about British losses with, a pinch of suit. KEEP thla In mind today: The iinhineu nf the censorship EVERYWHERE Indicates that big events are In the wind. The present comparative lull won't last long. A NEW development (on a " small scale): General De Gaulle appears with free French In French Somaliland. Your map will show French Somaliland as a postage stamp area at the southern entrance to the Red Sea. iinur h vnt there isn't ex plained, but there la a refer ence to "disembarkation" of free French forces. They must have sailed around Alrlci. aa, ... V rN London (on Sunday) Church- 111 says: 'The war may spread to Spain and Morocco or to Tur key and Russia, but in order to win this war Hitler must either conquer thia island (Brit ain) or he must cut tho ocean lines which Join us to the United States." He adds: "The vital battle of the At lantic has entered a fur more favorable phase because of the , U. S. decision to PATHOL, the waters of the Western Hemi sphere." ... IATROLLlNO alone won't bent 1 the Germans. If and when they start shooting at us SHOOT ING BACK will be required. Nobody will tell us so, but. the decision to shoot back has evl- Alcntly been reached In Wash ''ington. When we start shooting back, we'll be at war. ... INDBERGH today resigns his " commission as colonel In the U. S. air corps reserve. After being called a copperhead by his commander-in-chief, he couldn t very well do otherwise. A prediction: When war actually comes to us, Lindbergh will be found FIGHTING while a lot of his critics will still bo talking in safe places. Looking Backward By The Associated Presa April 28, 1940 German air attacks level Namsos, used by j Hies as troop-landing port In 'Norway. April 28, 11)16 Turks harass besieged British army at Ku-tcl-El-Amara. PISTOL WOUND FATAL TO K. F. TRUCK DRIVER Henry Milot Dies of Accidental Shot by Own Weapon Sunday Henry Hubert Milot, 27, an employe of Sears, Roebuck and comany, was fatally wounded by the accidental discharge ol a .43 Colt automatic pistol as he was getting out of has car Sunday morning about 10:30 o clock on a ridge a mile east of Rabbit flat. Milot wag accompanied on the Sunday morning target practice and squirrel hunt by hia wife, June. Ray Billings. 612 North Eighth street, and Charles Evans, local gunsmith. The party left Rabbit flat, turned left off the highway to hunt on the ridge, when they saw several "diggers" cross the dirt road. Milot and Billings stepped from the car and Milot had the gun In his hand. Just then the gun accidentally dis charged, the bullet burying It self in the dirt close to Milot's foot. The men remarked on the "hair trigger action" of the gun. Billings stated, and after walking up the road about 200 feet, returned to the ear and drove on some 400 or S00 feet until they reached the ridge. Milot was carrying the pistol In a holster- on the right aide He stepped from the car. and with one foot on the running board stood up and shifted the holster from the right to the left side. Apparently the pres sure of his hand caused the gun to discharge a second time, the bullet entering the thigh of the left leg near the groin, emerg ing about eight Inches below. The young man called to Bill ings saying, "Pancho, help me," and then became unconscious The men placed Milot in the rear aeat oU'.hc car, and Mrs Milot- drove the Injured man '" rLlvrr"' where he died few minutes after arrival,. For the past four months, Milot has been employed as a truck driver for Sears. He for merly worked for the Crater Lake florists. His home is at 3110 Summers lane. Hia par ents reside at Wenatchee, Wash ington. Valsetz Star Comments On News of Day VALSETZ, Ore., April 28 (UP) Editor Dorothy Anne Hnbson of the famed Valsetz Star Is taking a new kind ot vitamin. "It has three letters In it and you leel Just terribly militant all at once," she writes in thia month's Issue. Young Dorothy along with Assistant Editor Franklin Thom as is somewhat worried about Hitler, but says in the mimeo graphed newspaper that "Frank lin not Franklin Roosevelt, but the assistant editor is all ready to spring." "We arc moving our office because everything looks seri ous and we only have tar on our roof and everybody aaya the (Continued on Page Two) t Witness in Bridges Case May Face Contempt Charge SAN FRANCISCO, April 28 (UP) The government today In troduced a statement in the Harry Bridges deportation hear ing quoting James O'Neil, for mer CIO pobllcity man, as say ing he once saw Bridges pasting assessment stamps in a com munist party book. But O'Neil, a reluctant witness already adjudged guilty of con tempt ot court for disregarding a subpena, flatty denied he ever made that statement to the fed eral bureau of Investigation, He also denied making numerous other statements about Bridges. As a result of hia denials, Al bert Del Gucrclo, federal attor ney, said the government waa considering filing an accusation of perjury against O'Neil, Intimidated Del Gucrcio said a transcript of O'Ncil'a alleged statements to the FBI will be turned over to the U. S. attorney's office tomor row "as the basis for perjury charges." - O'Neil charged from the wit ness stand he had been "moro or Sparrows Die By Hundreds; Bend Puzzled BEND, Ore., April 28 (P) Hundreds of sparrows Jay In streets and fields aurrounding Bend today while-game officials sought the cause of their myster ious deathi. Thouaandf of the birds flew into the city Friday night, and observers estimated almost a third of them had died by the following morning. They beat against lighted windows and swarmed under street lamps and lights of an athletic field, Some witnessea said the birds spiraled high before dropping to earth dead. Several of the sparrows were sent to a laboratory for study. Heavy Anti-Aircraft Barrage Heard; RAF Hits Nazi Shipping SOUTHWEST COAST TOWN. England. Tuesday, April 29 (UP) German bombers swept over thia town in relays for about four hours last night and early to day, bucking the heaviest anti aircraft barrage heard here throughout the war. The defense fire seemed to turn back many of the enemy planes at the outer fringe of the ' barrage. Nevertheless a formidable number of raiders broke through and poured many thousands of incendiaries and high explosives. In the first quarter-hour of the attack alone. It was estimat ed at least 10,000 fire bombs rained on the town. They were followed by oil bombs. The raiders also used many flares, aa many aa 50 floating over an area at one time. Tentative reports Indicated that the casualties and damage would be fairly light Jn com parison with the acope of the attack. ..' . , V The Incendiaries and oil bombs started several fires, the majority of which were con trolled quickly. Developing report Indicated (Continued on Page Two) $726 in Money Bag Stolen From Market On South Sixth A money bag containing $726 was stolen Sunday from the South Sixth street market, op erated by D. Frazer. according to a report filed with the sher iff's office. Officers said Frazer placed the bag In Its usual hiding place at the close of business Satur day evening. He discovered it was gone on Sunday evening. It is believed the thief entered by the back door and stole the bag In daylight. . There were no clues left, the Investigators said. Thieves also entered ' the Klamath Falls Creamery . on Main street last weekend, break ing glass In a i window. They left with a small amount of change, a few candy and Ice cream bars and two trays of eggs. less" Intimidated by FBI agents and he lost his Job as newscaster at a Marysville radio station be cause of his connection with the Bridges case, O'Neil denied these state ments, read first by Del Guercio and later from Mrs. Segerstrom's shorthand notes: That he had seen Bridges, California CIO director, pasting assessments stamps into a com munist party book. That he had said: "Bridges never told me he was a member of the communist party: It was always tacitly assumed such was the case. That he had said: "Everybody employed In the CIO with one exception Is a member of the communist party and that excep tion Is- Herman Stuydelaar." (Stuydelaar Is an official of the CIO warehousemen's union.) That he had Joined the com munist party through Dave Craig, former director of a fed eral writers project, or that Craig, former director of a fed . (Continued on Page Two) UCLA Peace Rally rr;.-,:,7......,:mn l .: it ir ..PsTr-T-; V? W Net even Theodore Dreiser, famed author, could draw more than a handful ot University of California at Loa Angelas students from their campus to a peace rally across the street. D raiser, shown speaking at the microphone, was heard by 75 students at the meeting sponsored by the American Student Onion. Council Finds No Nuisance In Muskrats Following an opinion of the city attorney that the law does not give the city basis for action in the matter, the South River side muskrat controversy was dismissed from further consider ation by the common council last night City Attorney D. E. Van Vac tor, asked last week to give the council an opinion, said that the facts as given to him show that the muskrats are not now a nuis ance, and "you can't abate some thing that doesn't exist." He said that It had been urged the muskrats are a potential nuis ance, but before action could, be taken there would have to be facts taken from experience with the rats which would prove the animals would eventually be come a nuisance. Petition The council a few weeks ago received a petition signed by 83 people of the South Riverside district, protesting that Oscar Peyton has leased the swamp in that area and is trapping and planting muskrats there. Several South Riversiders were at the meeting last night, with Harry Richardson and Gar rett Van Riper as spokesmen. They argued that the muskrats would become a menace when their value drops and trapping is for that reason discontinued. Damages done by muskrats to dikes and Irrigation structures In this area were cited by the protestants. They said they wanted to know, particularly, who would be responsible if at a later time the rats became troublesome. j Peyton was at the meeting and stated only about 15 acres of his leased swamp is inside the city. "I will trap that section ruth lessly to keep down the rats and prevent any nuisance there," he said. - He added that there was some swamp land there, close to other property, that does not come within his lease. 'The council will have to stand on the law as shown by the city attorney's opinion," said Mayor John Houston. "If we have no basis for action, we can not act." Attorney Van Bactor pointed out that there Is no city ordi nance to prohibit the muskrat - (Continued on Page Two) Californian Irked By Sharpsters at U. S. Army Camps SAN FRANCISCO, April 28 (UP) Attorney General Earl Warren today announced he will open a drive against "crooked gamblers, sharpsters, prostitutes and others of that ilk" swarm ing around army posts In Cali fornia. Charging "vice mongers" were swarming around the state's mili tary stations, Warren said law enforcement conditions were "getting -out of hand." He planned to call a conference of federal, state and local authori ties to decide on repressive meas ures. "The boys in training have conducted themselves admirably so far," Warren said. "But con ditions are developing which threaten their future welfare. The law enforcement problem is becoming acute." 75 Students Attend BRITAIN TALKS AMERICAN AID 'Finis" Written on l Greek Battle; Help From U. S. Important LONDON, April 28 (IP) Writing a tragic "finis" to the battle of Greece, the British press played up today Prime Minister Churchill's emphasis on United States -aid in the bat tle of the Atlantic, but caution ed against expecting too, much comfort from America after the Important Balkan setback. i 'Official quarters declined, to amplify tne announcement oi Australian Army Minister Percy C. Spender in Sydney that Aus tralian troops already had start ed leaving Greece and there was a tendency here to speak of other things. Maw Focus The allied failure in Greece produced less crepe-hanging than the collapse of France last sum mer, and public attention focused on the task of keeping supplies coming across the Atlantic The Manchester Guardian pre dicted that "In the future we shall see something like a di vision of labor between the American and British fleets, but a division of labor that does not (Continued on Page Two) Boy Injured By Jolt from Car Monday Ronald Miller, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Miller, 2148 Hope street, is in Hillside hos pital recovering from serious in juries receiyed about 8 o clock Monday morning when he was struck by a car operated by An drew Kuznlk, 40, 2223 Patter- non street, near Fehlens Meat and Grocery store on South Sixth street. According to state police offi cers who investigated the acci dent, young Miller was standing on the right side of the highway with his sister and another youngster when he dashed across the street to try to catch a school bus and ran into the side of Kuz nik's car. The boy was thrown to the pavement. Examination later re vealed a possible skull fracture. a deep scalp wound on the left side of the head, a badly man gled left ear, and other hurts. Investigating officers said Kuz nik was exonerated of blame. At a late hour Monday night Hillside hospital authorities said Ronald was resting easily and that his condition was satisfac tory. Elephant Unusual Visitor at Chemult CHEMULT, April 28 Che mult had an unusual overnight visitor In the shape of a two ton elephant. The ponderous animal came here with Folack Brothers cir cus, part of which stayed over night at the Shell service sta tion. The elephant was put In one of the sheds for the night. Mediterranean Sea Next, Nazis Claim SOUTH S MINE OPERATORS TO RESUME IRK Coal Miners Accept President's Proposal To Negotiate Later WASHINGTON. April 28 (UP) The White House an nounced tonight that the 13 southern bituminous coal opera tors had accepted President Roosevelt's proposal for reopen ing the mines. , L. Ebersole Gaines, chairman of the southern group, in a tele gram to the president, said the southern operators "which have not yet negotiated a wage agree ment accepted your proposal without equivocation," and add ed that "we are ready to resume work immediately. Mr. Roosevelt's proposal was made just a week ago tonight. He proposed then that all mines northern and southern re open immediately; that negotia tions continue; and that any wage gains be made retroactive The southern operators re jected that proposal last week and again during last weekend when it again was proposed by the national defense mediation board. Shortly after lip. m., tonight, however, the White House called press association offices, notify- (Continued on Page Two) AXISCROSSES; EGYPT BORDER Army Pushes "Across Frontier, But Makes ' No Further Progress CAIRO, Egypt, April 28 UP) Axis forces which have pene trated about five or six mil- inside the Egyptian frontier near Sal urn made "little or no progress" yesterday, the British middle east headquarters com munique said today. It did not mention British forces in Greece, but said "light elements of a well-known Brit ish armored division are once again in contact with the enemy" on the north- African front. Tobruk Holding The axis push, said to extend some IS to 20 miles inland from the coast, recalled the situation of last September when Italian desert forces swept past- Salum to bid! Barrani, 30 miles inside Egypt. Tobruk,-the beleaguered Brit ish garrison on the coast 80 miles inside Libya, still was holding out against repeated German Italian attacks and occasionally the forces there were making some forays of their own. Malay a races Invasion, Reports General By HAROLD GUARD United Press Correspondent SINGAPORE. April 28 (UP) The threat of an attempted inva sion of Malaya, at the tip of which lies Britain's greaj Singa apore base, definitely exists, Lieut. Gen. L. V. Bond said to night In an exclusive interview. . The military chief of the Brit ish empire's far eastern bastion suggested smilingly that the gar rison had strengthened itself suf ficiently since his appointment in July, 1930, to give any would-be invader a tough fight. He said reinforcements still were pour ing in by virtually every arriv ing ship. "Malaya s air forces are infin itely stronger than ever before," Bond said. "That is essential to the defense of this country, be cause the potential invadersmust have bases available from which they could launch large scale air attacks. American Aid Regarding American aid, Bond paid tribute to the United States and added that, other than French Forces Land in East African Port VICHY, France, April 28 lPl The French government an nounced today receipt of in- formatWh ' that De Gaullist ("Free French" forces, support ed by British mechanized units, were Just inside the southern border of French Somaliland, East Africa. The announcement said the colonial ministry had given necessary instructions to the governor of the French pos session to prevent it from go in. over to the De GauUtsta. The De Gaullist troops were said to be concentrated at Daouanleh, just within French Somaliland and a station on the railway which runs from Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, to Jibuti, .French Somaliland port on the Gulf of Aden. Still other followers of Gen eral Charles De Gaulle wt said to have disembarked at Zeila, - in adjoining British Somaliland. . AIR FORCE JOB President's C r i ticism Brings Resignation -From Famous Flier NEW . YORK, April 28 WV Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, "greatly disturbed at implica tions' which he aaisl. .President Roosevelt had ' made" "concern ing my loyalty to my country, today made public a letter to the president resigning his com mission in tne V. s. army air corps reserve.- '. - .to bis letter, the flier referred to remarks made by Mr. Roose velt at. a press conference last Friday in- which the president classed Col. Lindbergh with ap-peasers-who urged peace dur ing the Revolutionary and Civ- 11 wars on the grounds that tbose conflicts could not he won.' - Col. Lindbergh said the re marks had "disturbed me great ly," and that he had "hoped that I might exercise my rights as an American citizen to place my viewpoint before the people of my country In time of peace without giving up the privilege of serving my country as an air corps officer in the event .of war. " : . .... In a speech in New York last Wednesday night. Col. Lind bergh said that "the United States can not win this war for England, -regardless of - how much assistance we extend." He has repeatedly asserted that Germany was almost certain to win and has criticized Ameri can foreign policy. Col. Lindbergh's letter to the president said Mr. Roosevelt had "clearly implied that . I am no longer of use to this country as ' . (Continued on Page Two) I nreatenea planes, Malaya is receiving from America only tommy guns and military trucks. - "It would be foolish to think otherwise," he said after saying that a definite invasion threat existed. While asserting that the penin sula's defenses had been "tre mendously improved and in creased since he came here. Gen eral Bond shunned any compara tive figures. 'Two years ago," he said, "Singapore island only was gar risoned. Now we have troops throughout the peninsula. - We no longer think ot defending the Island alone." ' No Fifth Column -General Bond said any attack ers would face more difficult and unique problems ot land communications from the north than those to be encountered anywhere else. - ... -Also, .tney won't have any lutn .columnists hero to help, he said. He expressed belief that the (Continued on Page Two) BERLIN SAYS BRITISH FLEET TO BE BEATEN Indications Point to Push on Gibraltar Across Spanish Land By UKITED PRESS Signs that Germany may be) about to try to throw Britain out of the Mediterranean appeared in profusion along the war and diplomatic fronts Monday. Even while the Germans were mopping up after the three-week Balkan blitzkrieg, spokesmen In Berlin said they were deter mined to "completely destroy" British power in the Mediter ranean. The nazis said they would not even need to pause after the conquest of Greece and Jugoslavia, but would let the mo mentum of that campaign carry them on against the British. Striking Deep German naval units were re ported already striking deep in to the eastern Mediterranean and bombers were attacking British warships and troop ships between Greece and Crete. Reports circulated in London that indications of a German at tack on Gibraltar through Spain were increasing rapidly. The British said their navy faced the threat of being driven out of the western Mediterranean for the first time in 150 years. Lisbon accounts said that Ra mon Serrano Suner, . Spanish foreign minister, soon would sign an axis pact for his country. They said 'the Arrangements for Spain to become a full-fledged member of the tripartite setup might take three or four weeks, but German troops might cross into Spain any day. -Axis Active The Spanish press predicted that Germany speedily would seize the Dardanelles and win Turkey to the axis viewpoint. Newspapers took pains to ex plain that it was not necessary ff or Spain to sign any new pact. since her orotnernooa witn tne fascist nations was consecrated by the blood spilled in the Span ish civil war. . The axis was active in north ' (Continued on h-age Three) Canada Seizes Coffee Shipment Destined for Nazis VANCOUVER. B. C, April 28 (UP) A government agency haa seized 11,000 bags of coffee, beans, allegedly destined for Germany, aboard a freighter berthed here, it was announced today. The shipment comprised 1,-. 500,000 pounds, originating in Cristobal, Panama. The cargo was to have been trans-shipped at San Francisco for Germany via Japan and Russia, according to reliable information, but the freighter was given radioed in structions at sea to proceed to Vancouver instead of San Fran cisco. - The ship's registry, date of the seizure and origin of the wire lessed instructions were not dis closed. Value of Oregon Farms Shows Rise PORTLAND, April 28 (UP The United States bureau of census today reported that Ore gon farms had a value ot $476, 817,354 on April 1, 1940, com pared with $630,827,927 in 1930. The bureau said there were 61,829 Oregon farms in 1940, and 55,153 in 1930. The farms represented holdings of 17,988, 307 acres in 1940 and 16,548, 679 in 1930. Most of the acreage represent ed hay plantings of 1,057,659. Wheat was planted on 722,460 acres; corn in 67,789 acres; pota toes in 32,229 acres; hops in 18, 649 acres and flax In 5700 acres. News Index City Briefs Page 5 Comics and Story '.... 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