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News WEATHER NEWS Unsettled High ) Lew 37) Midnight 43 24 hour to ft p. m .IT Saaaon to data maa Normal precipitation 1 1 Lilt jrui to data IMS PICTURES! Associated Pimi Talemats. NCA Telepho to end II local nawipletuia and en graving (tat! provlda Nawa and Harald readers with comprehensive photograph le service.' IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND ' ' c Vol. 18, No. 188 Price Five ConU TWO SECTIONS KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 4, 1941 (Every Morning Except Monday )j The Klamath In The Day's News r ' f. By THANK JENKINS FROM Iraq today there la little newa worth reading. The real newa la held up by the . , onion. Whut we are getting 11 ao colored by propaganda a to be of little value. "THE Cermana are hoping for a , "holy war" Molcma killing Chriitiana and Hitler raking In the profits therefrom. Raachld All Al Callanl, who became a big (hot In the audden German-Inspired upheaval, la hoping hli luck will hold and that he will BKMAIN a big ihot. : The Brltlih are hoping (or a miracle. WAR la no trainer to Iraq. Soma 22 centuries ago Alexander the Great, haitcning down the left bank of the Tigris to attack Dariua the Persian at Arbela, not far from the oil llclda where the present ruckus la centering, passed a aeries of grass-grown mounds that were II that remained of the once mighty city of Nineveh. i' Nineveh had been destroyed by warring armies so long be fore his time that Alexander had no faintest Idea what these mounds were. "THIS valley of the Tigris and tha Euphrates that now Is Iraq was once the center of tha world and unbelievably fertile. Today It Is desert. Made so by war. Some aeven centuries ago It was conquered by the Mongols under Hulagu. The Mongols were a simple minded people who lived by their flocks and their herds. Tha crowded civil izations of the great agricultural valley filled them with disgust. These concentrated populations, It seemed to them, were merely spoiling good grazing land. So they sacked and burned the cities, massacred the people. Uestroyed the vast irrigation systems that had endured for some 8000 yeara and made the country over to their own Ilk " ' e a A LITTLE before Jesus was born, Crassus, a bumptious Roman who had got rich lend ing money at atiff rates and buying up mortgaged property, got a yen for military glory and led a Roman army Into the val ley of the Tigris and Euphrates. The hard-riding bow-and-arrow Parthiana out-smarted him, de feated and destroyed his legions and captured old Crassus him self. Being familiar with his repu tation at home, they tied him up and finished him off by pour ing molten gold down his throat. They figured, probably, they'd Jive him enough of It for once Money-lenders, you see, never have been popular. They have nasty habit of wanting their money back. flETTING back to Alexander, . he broke forever the power of Persia at Arbcla. : He Is rather reliably reported to have had an army of 40,000 Toot and 7,000 horse. Darius the Persian Is less reliably said to have had an army of nearly a million. But Alexander's little army wsjs disciplined and ably i led and the vast hords of Fer- I sians was a rabble. I '. The result was a record rout that ended Persia as a world i power. 'THESE are nervous days in 1 Iraq. But It will be hard or ANYTHING to happen there Viow that In one form or another hasn't happened before. Empires i jiave been won and lost so often I there that history has lost track j of the record. Italy Annexes Slice Of Yugoslav Land .. ROME, May 3 (P) Italy made her first formal claim to territor ial spoils in the present war to day, announcing annexation of i Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia, : and surrounding territory occu i pled by Italian troops, i The territory annexed by I Italy, however, constitutes only part of Slovenia, Looking Backward By The Associated Press i May 3, 1940 Allies withdraw "from NamMs, Norwoy. Mijy 3, JI6 G er m an a re lume '; offensive in Argonne; pierce Belgian lines near Dlx i mudc. i i WILLKIE ASKS 0FU1SBIPS Present Patrol Plan For "Safe Channel" Not Adequate, Claim WASHINGTON, May 3 (UP) Wendell L. Wlllkla has Informed President Roosevelt he favors outright U. S. naval convoy of British arms and food shipments rather than the present plan ex tending the neutrality patrol to create a "safe channel" at least half-way to Britain. This became known tonight only a few hours after a usually well-informed official told the United Press the Atlantic patrol has been ordered to "avoid shoot ing at all costs short of getting sunk." An authorized navy spokesman would only say "We have no comment to make on that one." Inadequate Willkle, long a supporter of Mr. Roosevelt's foreign policy, was disclosed to have expressed his views on convoys to presi dential aides. He was reported to have said he feels extension of the Atlantic patrol is inadequate. The 1940 republican presiden tial candidate was said to have told them full-fledged convoys or perhapa some more modern plan of escorting vital consign ments safely to western and northern British porta must be evolved. The navy issued brief state ment denying it has engaged In any convoy work. In connection with reports soma American merchant ships had arrived at Suez under U. S. convoy through the Red sea route recently re opened to American shipping. the navy said: 'The convoy de partment state that no U. S. navy ships are employed in con voy duty." . Serious Battle ' Willkle. who came here for dinner with, newspapermen who covered his campaign last fall. told reporters the battle of the Atlantic is so serious mora steps must be taken to insure that British cargoes reach their des (Continued on Page Two) ' i British Still; Hold Out in Tobruk Seige CAIRO, Egypt. May 3 (Pi Axis assaults on Tobruk, failing at heavy cost to budge that Lib yan port's beleaguered defend ers, have tapered off and Brit ish forces across the border in the Salum area of Egypt have taken prisoners in a surprise foray into the axis lines, the British command reported to day. The day-long attack on To bruk yesterday, its war bul letin said, was made with a large number of tanks but the British troops "held their ground and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy." "Before ' nightfall," the com munique added, " enemy pres sure relaxed and no further efforts were made during last niRht. "In the Salum area one - of our mechanized columns, after making a wide detour, sur prised a considerable body of (Continued on Page Two) More U. S. Planes Can't Help Britain, Lindbergh States ST. LOUIS, May 3 (UP) Charles A. Lindbergh said . to night that "no matter how many planes we build in America and send to England, we cannot make the British isles stronger than Germany in military avia tion." Before Great Britain could gain supremacy in the air, the flier asserted, "either we would have to capture other air bases on the continent by armed in vasion or an internal collapse would have to take place in Ger many." Lindbergh addressed a "rally against war" sponsored by the St. Louis chapter of the America, First committee. Other speakers were Sen. Bennett Champ Clark, (D-Mo.), and Gen. Robert E. Wood of Chicago, national chairman of the committee. . Not Enough Bases "The area and geographical position of the British Isles," Lindbergh continued, "make It Impossible to base enough air- National Shown at the Southern Pacifie depot Saturday morning upon chamber cenvsntien is Mark Matthews, New York City, national center. Left. Truman Runyan. convention committee chairman, state president. Qlack Named State Junior Chamber Prexy; Tillamook Group Voted Outstanding Salem's Don Black won the presidency of the state Junior chamber of commerce organiza tion at Saturday afternoon's ses sion of the state convention here, after a spirited race with Tilla mook's C. F. Stranahan. Other officers elected I n -eluded: Dr. Sanford Wollin, Portland, national director; Hale Thompson, Eugene, first vice president; Joe Bally, Klamath Falls second vice president, and Stranahan, third vice president. Paul Lee of Salem was named secretary-treasurer. Although it lost the bid for the presidency, Tillamook got plenty of satisfaction out of win ning the Henry Giessenbier memorial trophy, awarded an nually to the outstanding Junior chamber In the state. The cheese capital nosed out Klamath Falls by three points. Tillamook has been organized . for only one year. ' The Junior chamber group continued their convention events Saturday night with a banquet and dance at the Wil lard hotel. Speaker of the eve ning was Walter Holman, Port land, former national Junior chamber president. Holman described junior chamber accomplishments in various sections of the country Including tax reductions and civic improvements. Because the groups are made up of young, en thusiastic, vigorous men the Jun ior chamber of commerce can be a most influential group in any community, Holman said. The banquet, at which Malcolm Ep ley was toastmaster, was fol lowed by a dance in the Willard ballroom. "Toughen Up" 'Toughen Up, America" was a slogan proposed In a resolu tion passed by the health com mittee to make Oregon first in physical " fitness for . defense needs. The committee cited the high national draft rejection list In advocating a chamber-sponsored program to build Oregon youth. ' . . A ' statewide expansion pro gram was decided upon by dele gates with special efforts plan ned to organize chambers in Astoria,. ' Silverton,- Newberg, craft within them to equal in strength the aircraft that can be based on the continent of Eur ope. "If you look at the map, you will see the European continent forma almost a scmi-clrclo around the British Isles. British objectives ere now much more accessible to German bombers than German objectives are to British bombers." Lindbergh charged the United States was being led to disaster and asserted the American peo ple "have never been accurately informed about the progress of the war." Claims American and British aircraft production soon will surpass Germany's are not true., he said. Lindbergh aaid that intoler ance, hatred . and confusion of war were creeping steadily closer to the United States. No Alternative ; "I feel this more keenly be (Continued on Page Two) Chamber President Arrives i il 5? (0 Dallas, Lebanon, Bend, Medford, Grants Pass, The Dalle and Hood River. Enthusiastic support was ac corded a proposal for an all Oregon program to make state resident tourist conscious and to make tourists Oregon consci ous at the opening session held thL morning. With well over 100 registered, the junior chamber men greeted their national president, Mark Matthews of New York, Satur day morning, and plunged into a series of conferences on the state projects, in which . tourist guid ance work held a major place, i . Tourist "Be heels'" ' i ! Showing of the film, -.The New Oregon Trail? by Ben . Titus, of the travel and informa tion department of the state highway commission, set off the discussion . of the tourist pro gram.' A major feature is to be a series of "schools" In commun ities of the state, in which people who come in contact with tour ists will be given information on the attractions of their area and will be prepared to answer the questions of visitors. Portland delegates outlined plans for a huge school in that city, stating they had arranged for the Ben son high school auditorium to seat the 1500 or so people ex pected to attend. Ed Eggen of Portland, presi dent of the state chamber, point ed out that every day a tourist remains in Oregon he spends at least $3. Titus told the group that tourists now constitute the (Continued on Page Two) Six Raiders Claimed Shot Down by RAF LONDON, May 4 (Sunday) (UP) Royal air force night fighters, aided by a bright moon, were reported early today to have shot down six raiders as German planes ranged over Brit ain. The bright moonlight Satur day-night aided in resumption of the "battle of the moon" the monthly period of the moon's greatest brilliance when RAF night fighters are unusually effective. German raiders were over the west Midlands and the north of England and London had a little action. One German plane was seen to explode in mid-air, causing a great flash that illuminated the countryside. German raiders appeared over the Liverpool and Merseyside area for the third successive night. They dropped no incendi aries but sent down high explo sives for some time. LIVERPOOL, May 3 m German raiders, showering bombs by the thousands, batter ed this vast Merseyside indus trial and shipping center last night and early today in the severest attack here in months an attack from which casualties and destruction were feared heavy. The luftwaffe struck, too, along the east coast, smashing dwellings and taking lives in an east Anglian town, but Liver pool for the second successive night was target No. 1. I' 6 his arrival for the state junior Junior chamber president at and. right, Ed Eggen. Portland, KILLING FOUR Train Wreck Results From Blast; 19 Cars Of Army Goods Lost SALINAS, Calif., May 3 (UP) The locomotive of a Southern Pacific freight train exploded with terrific force today and killed four members of the crew, demolished two houses, and de railed and wrecked 19 freight cars loaded with supplies con signed to the army. At least two persons were injured. The blast scattered wreckage over a half-mile - area . and smashed the big engine to bita. The accident occurred just as the train reached Cooper, a small station on the main coastal rail route near the CastrovUle highway six miles northwest of Salinas. The 94-car train was en route to Camp Roberts, army replacement center at Naeie- miento, Calif. - Coroner J. A. Cornett said the dead were: Philip Y. Jolly, San Luis Obis po, the engineer. Jolly was thrown 200 yards from the cat) Floyd McKean, 36, 115 Calvert street, San Francisco, the fire man. Herb Horan, San Francisco, brakeman. A student brakeman named Schoendah'.er. A Southern Pacific spokesman said the accident apparently was caused by a boiler explosion and that there was no suggestion of sabotage. Nineteen of the 94 cars, sev ered from the engine when it ex ploded, caromed wildly off the tracks and were smashed.- Their freight of oil, coal, lumber and tractors assigned to the army were spilled along the tracks. Two cars loaded with coal over turned. Approximately 75 of the remaining freight cars remained on the tracks. The careening freight cars smashed two three-room frame (Continued on Page Two) Tillamook delegates to the state Junior chamber of commerce convention brought a 25-pound cheese with thtm. In the picture, latt to right! Robert Thornton, president of the Tillamook club; Mrs. Chat Xnowlten. Tillamook) Mrs. Thornton, holding the cheese) Joe Bally, president of the Klamath Falls club, and Howard Smith, local publicity chairman, -f Iraqi Clash With British At Basra SENATOR SAYS F.R. Request to Be Made By Senator . Pepper Monday, Friends Say WASHINGTON, May 3 & A charge that the administra tion "wants to use convoys" but is being deterred by public opinion was voiced today by Senator Tobey (R-N. H.) as friends disclosed that . Senator Pepper (D-Fla.) would advocate in the senate Monday that the navy guard war shipments to Britain. Pepper's projected speech, fol lowing closely a plea for con voys delivered in the senate Thursday by Senator Guffey (D-Pa ), led Tobey to observe to reporters that the administra tion appeared to be attempting to - pave the way for such a program. Trial Balloon' "All this," said Tobey, "lends additional support to my thesis that the administration wants to use convoys but is being pre vented from doing so because of public opinion." - - He said he regarded Guffey's speech as a "trial balloon," likely to be followed by even more aggressive utterances from Pepper. . . Both Pepper and Guffey have been' supporters- of President Roosevelt's program of - aiding Britain,- .but administration leaders denied they had any advance knowledge pt Guffey's speech.' . - T- . LONDON, May 3 (Pi Brit ain and the United States were said reliably today to be easing pressure on Eire for bases and to be concentrating on a new plan of streamlined convoys to win the battle of the Atlantic. An American source with good opportunities for an ob jective picture of the whole war situation described the British position at the moment as "pretty grim.". Two Portland Men Held for Daylight Holdup in 1939 PORTLAND, Ore., May 3 CUP) Ervin A. Rank and Howard L. Snode of Portland, both 23, were arrested late today and charged with staging the daring daylight robbery of a Portland bank No vember 13, 1939, in which $18,- 805 was taken. J. Douglas Swenson, special agen.t of the federal bureau of investigation, whose men made the arrests, said both Rank and Snode had confessed. They were held under $25,000 ball each af ter waiving preliminary hearing Swenson said none of the loot was recovered. He said the men had divided it evenly between them. Tillamook Brings Cheese to Convention & - gp X';;) S Appointed w J. T. C. Moore-BrabasoB (above), former minister oi transport, has been named to succeed Lord Beaverbrook a minister of aircraft produc tion in the cabinet shift which saw Beaverbrook appointed to the newly created post of min ister of state. TENEMENTS IN MANILA RAZED Thqusaj nds, ,of Pe rs,oas. ; Driven ,nfv. Bay ' by " Fire; Many rorrieless MANILA, May 3 V-Driv-ing thousands of refugees be fore it into Manila bay, a rag ing fire swept through three square miles of tenements in the thickly populated Tondo district of Manila today. At least three persons were killed and 25,000 left homeless. Authorities reported property damage exceeded $250,000. Three thousand homes were de stroyed by flames which burned themselves out on the edge of the bay. 100.000 Watch Firemen and troops fought the blaze for nine hours while other soldiers and police con trolled an estimated 100,000 on lookers and relatives. The blaze was visible over the entire city. The flames, whipped by a strong wind, drove thousands of the city's poorer residents and their cattle into the bay and mud flats nearby. Not until it reached the bay did the fire burn itself out. Firemen answered' an alarm at 2 p. m. (Manila time) and found a sizeable blaze going. The wind fanned the flames and it was soon out of control of firemen, who were hampered by lack of water. CASUALTIES IN IRAQ WAR FE7, Nazis Suggest- Arab Rising May Coincide With German Drive LONDON, May 4 (Sunday) (UJ0 -British and Iraqi forces have clashed at Basra, Iraqi port on the Persian gulf, it was learned early today. Iraqi forces were said to have been driven off by British air bombing and artillery fire. Basra, Iraq's only sea outlet, has been used by the British to land troops and war materials. . Fighting was said by an offi cial report to be still in progress at the Habbaniya airdrome, where a number of royal air force planes were destroyed and some British casualties were suf fered. Surrender Denied ' Reliable informants denied German, radio reports that In dian troops had surrendered to Iraqi forces. The clash in the Basra area, presumably occurred in. the vi cinity of the royal air force' Shaiba airdrome Saturday. Mili tary quarters decliner to amplify information about the clash made available to newspaper men. ' " '( - The ministry . of information reported the Iraqi artillery bom bardment of Habbaniya waa re sumed this morning despite an RAF attack which silenced some of the .Iraqi guns.-.- - : . The Britisn were residing strongly,' hoping to reduce: !W threat to 'the rich Mosul oil fields before German aid can . build up a new major fighting front in the Middle East. . The ministry of information reported the Iraqi air force made an unsuccessful attempt to raid the British airdrome and said there was no information in Lon don to justify the Iraqi claim the British have attacked Rutbah, an important airdrome in western Iraq. ' Reports British tanks were de stroyed in action around Rutbah were characterized as untrue. Baghdad Report A report that 3000 or more British troops had been dis patched from Transjordania across the' Iraq frontier in the , direction of Rutbah was heard here tonight in a- radio Berlin ' broadcast which quoted '.radio Baghdad its source. The Berlin report claimed that 1000 British troops from Haifa and other forces in Transjordania had been moved into Iraq. A report by radio Berlin waa - (Continued on Page Two) . Cousin of Senator , McNary Shot in . -Quarrel Over Girl SAN MATEO, Calif., May . 3 fUP Wilson Davis McNary Jr., 26, Portland, Ore., second cousin of U. S. Sen. Charles McNary, republican vice presidential can didate of 1940, was shot and killed today- by John Holmes, 37, at the fashionable. Benjamin Franklin hotel in a climax to what police said appeared to be a quarrel over a woman.. After shooting McNary in the abdomen and the head. Holmes fired a bullet into his own head, critically wounding himself. Holmes wrote four notes, includ ing one which said: "McNary tried to steal my girl and so he goes with me an exam ple by which others may bene fit." Identity of "my girl" to whom Holmes referred was unexplaln ed.Both McNary and Holmes were married. McNary wife and 14-months-old son were at Port land, Ore. Holmes' wife was in the east. ,- - - News Index Building News ...Page 10, 11 City Briefs Page 3 Comics and Story Page 12 Editorials : Page 4 High School News :..Page 3 Information Page '3 Market, Financial ........Page 11 Pattern ...i Page 16 Society Pages B, 6, 7, 8, Sport .. Page 13 Weekend Magazine ...u. Page 14