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IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
Vol. 18. No. 141 Price Flva CanU
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1941
(Every Morning Except Monday),
In The
Day's
' 'News
By THANK JENKINS
TODAV S bin new:
Tho huu) of common, by
J vote of 447 tu 3, declares IU
( fonfldenco In Cliurchlll'i con
duct of tho war.
DEFENDING lili atcwardihlp,
Churchill asserts:
; 1. Britain Ims nciirly hulf a
million aoltllcra in tho Mlddlo
East (Egypt, lra, etc.)
2. Thrre will be no more re
trratlng In the Mediterranean.
"We Intend," he aaya, "to de
fend to the death and without
thouuht o( retirement CRETE
and Tobruk."
' 3. Britain expects enough new
American MERCHANT SHIPS
to ace her through 1942 In the
battle ol the Atluntlc.
(
BOTH Crete and Tobruk are
British threats to the flank
of German advances toward the
mouth of the Nile Crete on the
water and Tobruk on the land.
Churchill declare confident
ly: "We have every reuaon to be
eve we ahull be aucceasful in
folding- the valley of the Nile.
Suet and tlie mid-Mediterranean
baition of Malta."
-. An army uf half a million. If
properly supplied, at least In
aurra a good fight.
LLOYD GEORGE. Britain-
leader in World War No. 1.
heading up the attack on Church
Ill, criticise War Minister Eden
for holding back the news that
Turkey allowed German troop
hips to pas through the Dard
anelles to aeize Greek island
along the Turkish coast.
(So that's how the German
got there. It ha been up posed
hitherto that they aelzcd these
liland by means of parachute
troopi.)
Churchill retorts that Turkey,
not being belligerent, had no
, right to atop German ships or
J',erman troops- from going
uuough the Dardanelles.
(Britain, you see, Is handling
Turkey with kid glove like
the Arabs of Iraq. She can't
afford to make cither of them
mad.)
a
T LOYD GEORGE, speaking in
the commons, is critical of
the United States. He say:
"America has got to DO MORE
if she is to enable Britain to beat
Germany."
"American war organization
is traditionally full of DISAP
POINTMENTS for the British."
. To this Churchill replies:
"We need a great deal more
help from the United Slates and
1 EXPECT that we shall get it."
LLOYD GEORGE then say:
"I thank God for (War)
Secretary Stimson's speech of
'St night. It is clear that Roose
velt and Stimson both recognize
the gravity of Britain's position."
; He characterize Stimson's
speech as remarkable an
EPOCH MAKING deliverance
CECRETARY OF WAR ST1M
V1"3 SON on Tuesday night
made a speech urging use of the
U. S. navy in the Atlantic. This
prompted Navy Secretory Knox
to say: 'The navy is readier now
than ever to undertake the Job
of assuring wur supplies to Brit
ain if and when assigned such
a duty.")
a a a a
TT Is a fair guess that use of
the navy has been practically
decided on at Washington and
that Stimson's and Knox's state
ments arc intended as trial bal-
tnns to sec how the public will
act to the idea.
a a a
TN this history-making house of
commons debate, the British
wash their linen In public. One
gathers plainly from the dis
patches that there was heat be
tween Lloyd George and Church
ill. There was sharp criticism
of the government.
You will sec no such demon
strations In Germany, Italy or
Russia. There the will of the
boss is LAW, and the public
lumps what it doesn't like.
For FREE PEOPLE the Brit
ish wny is infinitely the better
way. Patriotic FREE critics feel
better after they get it out of
their systems.
If and when we get Into It,
this writer hopes our own con
gress retains its constitutional
right to criticise.
1 BERMUDA GUEST
-HAMILTON, Bermuda, May
7 (UP) Government officials
announced tonight that former
King Carol of Rumania will de
bark here probably Friday eve
ning from the S. S. Excamblon.
KALP1NE MILL
SECOND TIE-UP
SOON SETTLED
Recognition of AFL
Granted to Plywood
Workers Wednesday
A second labor strlko hit the
Kalplne Plywood company's
Weed highway plant early Wed
nesday morning but was soon
settled with the Lumber and
Sawmill Workers union (AFL)
recognized by the Kalplne man
agement as sole bargaining
agent for employes.
Work was resumed shortly be
fore 8:30 a. m. after a little
over an hour of peaceful picket
ing by AFL employes, who at
7 o'clock had struck for union
recognition.
Contract Slgntd
A contract signed on tho spot
by a union committee and com
pany representatives was under
stood to call for recognition and
tlie opening of negotiations tow
ard an agreement which would
involve union shop.
According to Joe Boyd, AFL
organizer, the witire crew re-
: fused to enter the mill at the
I seven o'clock whistle and be-
gun peaceful picketing which
I was respected by all workers.
Upon arrival of the firm's man
agcment, parleys between the
company and a seven-man union
committee were started which
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House Passes
Ship Transfer
Defense Bill
WASHINGTON. May 7 ()
Legislation to permit President
Roosevelt U requisition Idle for
Vlgh anips-in United States ports
for national defense was passed
by the house today and sent to
the senate.
Approval came on a roll call
vote after the members had de
feated two attempts to prohibit
the president from transferring
any ship taken over from one
belligerent to another.
The vote on passage was an
nounced as 286 to 120.
The legislation specifically
would authorize the president to
purchase, requisition or take title
to any idle foreign merchant ship
deemed necessary for national
defense "for such use or disposi
tion as he shall direct."
It would apply to 83 foreign
ships, including two German and
28 Italian vessels, and would ex
pire June 30. 1942 unless the
present emergency ended before
that date.
The maritime commission
would be given authority to pur
chase or charter foreign-owned
ships a power It dos not now
have.
At the last minute, the house
approved provisions to permit
the government to waive any ex
isting laws relating to masters,
officers and crew and crew
quarters. Two attempts were
made and were defeated to
make certain that those sections
would not lead to changes In
wages, hours and working con
ditions that might be detrimental
to labor.
While the legislation still was
before tho house reconditioning
of 28 axis ships found damaged
when taken into custody contin
ued apace.
' Britain-Can' t-W in' Siand
Draws Attack by Willkie
NEW YORK, May 7 (UP
Wendell L. Willkio tonight call
ed for "less talk and more ac
tion" in providing effective aid
to Britain, regardless of whether
It means convoys. He attacked
the "Britain-can't-win" attitude
of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and
other non-interventionists.
"The struggle is already upon
," the 1940 republican presi
dential candidate said. "We can
not shut our eyes to it."
Lindy Booed
An audience of 25,000 persons
which jammed Madison Square
garden for a "freedom rally" of
the Committee to Defend Amer
ica by Aiding the Allies, booed
every reference to Lindbergh by
Winkle and other speakers.
Willkie did not mention the
aviator by name but attacked as
unfounded his theory that aid to
Britain is useless and the war
already lost.
"Such conclusions," Willkie
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The Lockheed Airport company at Burbank, Calif., called its "Lightning" P-38 Intercsptor
combat plan (above), now in production for th U. S. army, tha world's fastest fighting plant.
Test Pilot Mllo Burcham said it traveled 4S8 miles per hour.
U.S. PURSUES
FIFTH COLUMN
Swift Move Made To
Forestall Movement
Of "Secret Weapon"
By ERNEST BARCELLA
United Press Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 7 (UP)
The United States moved swiftly
today to forestall a "non-military
invasion" by fifth column agents
masquerading aa tourists, refu
gees and seamen the secret
weapon that has hastened the
downfall of many European na
tions. Action came on these fronts:
1 The Immigration and natu
ralization service, on direct
orders of Attorney General Rob
ert H. Jackson, began nation
wide roundup of German seamen
at dawn. By midday, 160 had
been seized in seven states.
2 Jackson ordered Manfred
Zapp and Gunthcr Tonn, Ger
man newspapermen, arrested
and held without bail at Ellis
island immigration station for
deportation. They previously had
been indicted by a District of
Columbia grand Jury on charges
of falling to register with the
state department as foreign
agents. Jackson's action was
based on grounds that Zapp and
I Tonn. who were connected with
the Tronsocean news service
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Blohm Named New
Chamber President
Godfrey Blohm, manager of
the Klamath branch of the Unit
ed States National bank, was
elected president of the Klamath
county chamber of commerce at
Wednesday's luncheon meeting
of the board of directors.
Blohm served as vice president
of the chamber last year when
H. P. Bosworth was president.
He has been head of the bank
here since the United States Na
tional entered the Klamath field.
Other new officers arc: Wil
liam Ganong, vice president, and
George Myers, treasurer. Earl
C. Reynolds was reelected execu
tive secretary.
Tho chamber adopted o reso
lution expressing appreciation
for the services of Ed Chilcotc,
who has been treasurer of the
chamber but stated he could not
accept reelection this year.
said, "run afoul of the opinions
of experts, the understanding of
reasonable men, and the experi
ence of history. To think of Eng
land's airpowcr as limited by the
number of planes that can be
based in the British Isles, while
the airforcc of the axis powers,
with all Europe as a base, con
trol the situation, is like looking
into the small end of a telescope
Planes Needed
'This war is being fought in
the Middle East, in northern
Africa and in the Far East.
Planes are needed throughout
that whole area as recent events
around the Mediterranean have
made tragically clear. Look at
the map. Europe docs not sur
round the British common
wealth of nations, the British
commonwealth surrounds Eur
ope. And all that far-flung com
monwealth and associated peo
ples, provide bases for airplanes.
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New Fighter It Claimed the World's Fastest
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Board Seeks
Quick End of
Four Disputes
By Th Associated Press
The defense mediation board
rushed Wednesday for settlement
of four labor disputes threaten
ing to impede the defense effort
as CIO President Philip Murray
Joined the group seeking to
avert a tie-up In General Motors
company plants.
Murray joined the United CIO
Auto Workers union representa
tives shortly after Walter P.
Rcuther, in charge of the union's
activities in 'CM plants, said
union leaders from the 60 scat
tered units would meet in De
troit Saturday to hear a report
on the situation.
A GM strike would affect 163,
000 workers. The firm has mil
lions of dollars worth of defense
contracts and union leaders said
no workers engaged on such
work would be called out.
The union asks wage increases
of 10 cents an hour, and the com
pany Is reported to have offered
a two-cent boost. No estimate
was available of the present wage
average.
Negotiations opened this morn
ing to try to settle a dispute be
tween the CIO United Electrical.
Radio and Machine Workers
union and tlie Allis-Chaimers
company at Its Pittsburgh plant.
The union threatened to strike
Monday for higher wages and
renewal of a contract agreement
but postponed the walkout at
request of the mediation board
Officials of the Continental
Rubber Works, Erie, fa., and of
United Rubber Workers (CIO)
union were asked to meet a
mediation board panel here Fri
day to try to end the five-week
old tie-up of the plant, which
was making synthetic rubber for
airplane engines. The union
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Body of Former
OSC Student Found
In Columbia River
VANCOUVER. Wash., May 7
(UP) The body of Robert L.
Rugh, 23, former Oregon State
college student and resident of
Eugene, Ore., was found in the
Columbia river two miles below
here last night.
Rugh had been missing from
him home since January 22. Cor
oner Ronald E. Dufresne said the
body had been in the water for
several weeks. Identification was
made from credentials in a bill
fold found on the body.
A missing persons advertise
ment run by the Rugh's father
said his son had been ill for
some time before the disappear
ance. Blackmore Draws
5-Year Sentence
George Edwin Blackmore was
sentenced to spend five years in
the Oregon state penitentiary af
ter he was found guilty by Cir
cuit Judge David R. Vandenberg
on a charge of larceny Wednes
day. Blackmore was arrested
here April 30 a few minutes af
ter theft of a 1941 Ford pickup
truck belonging to William E.
Titus, Bly, was reported and was
charged with stealing the car.
AIR LINE EYED
WASHINGTON, May 7 (UP)
Federal Loan Administrator
Jesse Jones said today the gov
ernment 's considering a plan to
establish an air line, which
might serve Latin America and
other western hemisphere points
such as the West Indies and even
Greenland. i
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BRITISH CLAIM
SIEGEBROKEN
Air-Borne Howitzers
And Troops "Eject"
Besiegers in Iraq
LONDON. May 7 (UP Brit
ish troops and planes struggling
to crush the Iraq revolt "before
the Germans can arrive" have
broken the five-day siege of Hab
banlya air base.
British reinforcements flown
from Basra at the top of the Per
sian gulf aboard troop-carrying
planes broke the siege on Tues
day. Other Imperial troops re
captured a key pumping station
along the Kirkuk-to-Haifa pipe
line which supplies oil to the
British Jloet - and mechanized
lorces. - ...
Both troops and howitzers
were flown to Habbaniya aboard
the big planes from Basra, 3S0
miles away. It was stated in a
Cairo RAF communique.
CAIRO. Egypt, May 7 W)
Backed up by Howitzers flown
in by the RAF, British imperial
forces have "ejected the enemy"
from dominating positions at
Habbaniyah airdrome In Iraq,
official reports said today.
The RAF communique, telling
how the light artillery pieces
iwere carried over the heads of
the Iraq besiegers later to be set
up and turned on their plateau
positions, said that more than
300 prisoners were taken.
The assault to break the siege
was staged yesterday.
Aid Doubted
In Cairo military quarters the
premier of Iraq, Rashid Ali Al
Gailani, and his following were
said to have been placed in a
vulnerable position by British
attacks and failure to rally his
whole nation to the "sacred
struggle" he proclaimed.
These sources declared that if
Rashid Ali had been expecting
German aid he had been disap
pointed so far for, they asserted,
no German planes or troops had
yet appeared in Iraq and it was
difficult to see how they could
arrive in time for effective as
sistance. Oil Recovered
(It was authoritatively report
ed in London that 26 Iraq of
ficers and 408 men had been
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Indian Gets 60
Days in Jail for
Drunken Driving
Joseph Johnson, Indian, was
arrested fnllnurint m,tn
dent at 2:40 a. m. Wednesday on
mgmvay y north of Modoc
Point and charged with drunken
driving. Accorriins- tn atnt miiM
Johnson's car sideswiped one
anven oy Barney Barton, who
Was the COmnlninlntr u,ltn,M In
justice court later in the day.
jonnson was fined $100 and
sentenced to five days in jail by
Justice of the Peace J. A. Ma
honey. Unable to pay tho fine.
ne was commuted to county Jail
for 60 days.
Looking Backward
By The Associated Press
May 7, 1940 Winston Chur
chill named British war coordi
nator by Prime Minister Cham
berlain. May 7, 1916 Germans get
foothold between Haudromont
Wood and Douaumont, northeast
of Verdun,
Hitler Fears U. S.,
Churchill Asserts
SEAPOWER OF
T
HOLD, CLAIM
Secretary Knox Says
U. S. Committed To
Prevent Navy's Fall
WASHINGTON, May 7 (UP)
Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox said tonight that "all the
great resources of this nation,"
including manpower, are com
mitted "to one supreme purpose
to ee that British seapower
shall not be destroyed."
He said that if Britain should
be defeated the United States
would face in the Atlantic the
victorious navies of "Germany,
Italy and France."
The secretary spoke extem
poraneously before the annual
banquet of the annual conven
tion of the American Book
sellers' association. Another
speaker was British Ambassador
Lord Halifax.
War Jitters
The speeches climaxed a day
in which the convoy issue ex
ploded in congress again and a
war-jittery capital awaited Presi
dent Roosevelt's next move in
the "battle of the Atlantic."
Knox said that for many years
"we had what we are now spend
ing millions to create a two
ocean navy." He explained that
one of them was the friendly
British navy which has served
as this country's guardian In the
Atlantic: The, U. S. navy, he
added, stood 'guard In the -Pacific.
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Now, he continued, one of
those navies "is in deadly peril"
and the danger directly affects
"every one of you."
"That is why all the great
sources of this nation finance
and industry, trade and com
merce, manpower and produc
tion, are all committed to one
supreme purpose to see that
British seapower shall not be
destroyed by a power that open
ly admits ..."
His last words were drowned
out by applause.
Open Enemy
Later, however, a United
Press stenographic transcript
showed that his exact words
were "British seapower which
has been our guardian for a cen
tury on the Atlantic shall not be
destroyed by a power that open
ly admits it is an enemy of
ours."
He warned of "the perils fac
ing this country if the bridge of
ships is not maintained" and if
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Mercury Soars
In West States
PHOENIX, Ariz., May 7 (UP)
A 100-degree temperature read
ing registered in Phoenix today
tied the 45-year-old mark for
May 7, according to weather
bureau officials.
Blythe, Calif., reported one of
the highest readings in the
southwest with a temperature of
104. Tucson had a high of 97
while in Yuma the mercury
soared to 107.
Commencement N earing for
Schools of Klamath County
Several hundred boys and
girls in Klamath county will
receive diplomas from either
high school or the eighth grade,
as commencement week draws
near. Throughout the city
schools exercises will be ob
served at various hours Thurs
day, May 22, while at Klamath
Union high school senior stu-
dents will finish their four years
of study when they are handed
diplomas May 23.
At Sacred Heart academy
there will be commencement
exercises May 23, however the
eighth graders will not take part
in a program but will receive
diplomas.
In the county schools the
dates vary from May 14 to 16.
Names of graduating students
will be available a week prior
to commencement, school heads
stated.
Dr. Bruca Baxter, president
Pulitzer Winners
FT
r ial
Robert E. Sherwood, upper.
winner of the Pulitsar prise for
his original American play'
"There Shall Be No Night."
Westbrook Pegler. lower, of tha
New York World Telegram won
top honors for a distinguished
example of a reporters work
for bis articles on scandal of
the ranks of organised labor.
PLANES FIGHT
RAF Claims 9 Nazi
Ships Shot Down in
Brilliant Moonlight
LONDON, Thursday, May 8
(UP) Seventeen German raid
ers were destroyed lost night and
early today by British night
fighters, it was learned.
LONDON, Thursday, May 8
(UP) British night fighters and
German raiders battled furi
ously in brilliant moonlight over
Britain last night and early to
day as the nazis waged a double
barreled attack on the Liver-pool-Merseyside
area and a town
in northwest England.
At least nine German planes
were shot down, but early re
ports did not reveal whether all
were the victims of the royal air
force night fighters, who have
been more successful In this
"battle of the moon" than in any
since the opening of the spring
offensive.
Anti-aircraft defenses threw
up thunderous barrages, possibly
accounting for some of the
night's bag.
Seventh Night
The rich Mersey valley of
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of Willamette university, will
deliver the commencement ad
dress to graduates of Klamath
Union high school in a Friday
afternoon program, May 23. in
the new boys' gymnasium. Bac
calaureate services are sched
uled for Sunday, May 18, at 8
p. m. in the high school auditor
ium with the Rev. L. K. Johnson
of the Klamath Lutheran church
as the principal speaker.
Valedictorian of Klamath
Union high school is Helen Cox;
salutatorian, Virginia Ellen
Smith.
Programs have been planned
in the various city schools with
the exception of Joseph Conger
where only the first six grades
are taught. At Riverside com
mencement exercises will be
held May 22 at 10:43 a. m. with
R. C. Groesbeck, Klamath Falls
attorney and member of the
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M
A J " LA
BRITONS GIVE
LEADER VOTE
OF CONFIDENCE
Commons Hears Talk
Promising Increased
United States Help"
LONDON, May 7 (UP) As
serting Adolf Hitler is "afraid"
to go to war against the United
States, Prime Minister Winston
Churchill today told the house
of commons Britain expects "a
great deal more help from the
United States" . to carry her
through to victory.
He pledged the British Empire
to "a fight to the death" on all
fronts, and won a 447-to-3 vote
of confidence from commons af
ter angry clashes with David
Lloyd George, World war pre
mier, and Former War Minister
Leslie Hore-Belisha.
The three votes against
Churchill's conduct of the war,
at the conclusion of a wide-open
two-day debate, were cast by a
communist, a socialist and
laborite.
Even the venerable Lloyd
George, who only a few minutes
earlier had heard Churchill liken
him to the despairing Marshal
Henri Philippe Petain just be
fore the collapse of France, re
frained from voting against
Churchill.
The house of lords yesterday
gave Churchill's war govern
mult a unanimous vote oi con. 1
f idence. . X
i- -Churchllf asserted" United "
States construction of ships
would see Britain safely through
1942 and "it may be that 1943,
if we have to endure it as a year
oi war, will present easier prob
lems." Answering Lloyd George's as
sertions the United States is giv
ing only 12 per cent of her na
tional income toward war prep
arations and "has got to do defi
nitely more" if Britain is to over
take Germany, the prime minis
ter assured the members of coiv
mons:
"The United States patrol an
nounced by President Roosevelt
on which the American navy
and air force already are en
gaged takes in a considerable
part of the Atlantic ocean and
in a certain degree takes it off
our hands.
"But we need a good deal
more help and I expect that we
shall jet a good deal more.
"Anyone can see Hitler's fear
of the United States by the fact
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County School
Board To Appoint
Budget Committee
Action was taken by the Klam
ath county school board Wed
nesday toward appointment of a
budget committee for the county
school district, according to Fred
Peterson, superintendent. Names
of those selected for the com
mittee will be announced later,
he said.
The board also delved into
preliminary consideration of a
building program for county
schools, but no definite projects
were decided upon, inasmuch as
the board must first have the ap
proval of the budget committee
en proposed building. The group,
meeting in its next to last ses
sion for the school year, auth
orized calling for bids on two
new school buses, discussed wood
contracts, and authorized sale
of the old school cottage at Cres
cent lake.
A 150-foot of land adjacent to
South Sixth street in front of the
Altamont school will be sold,
Peterson announced. The school
was built far back from the
street to avoid noises of traffic,
and the property is not needed.
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