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IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
''' Vol. J, No. 147 Price Kivo (Junta
TWO SKCTIONS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1941
(Every Morning Except Monday);
3
In Th e
Day's
News
By FRANK JENKINS
TODAY aobsrer second
thoughts on Hess' fantaitlc
dvantura an bobbing up in
k people's mindi and ara being
' pa Had by tha British cenaor.
, -t
TN London, Churchill postpones
for a day hla promised
Statement to parhanirnt on the
Hess affair.
- Ernest Bcvln. hard-headed
British mlnlitrr of labor aayi:
"I believe lli-sa fk'W to Scotland
with the full knowledge of Hit
ler. I'm not going to be deceived
by hli flight, which ii the sort
of atunt I've seen tried over and
over again by totalitarian gentle
men and communists.
"Mesa Is not a man 1 would
EVEK negotiate with."
TN Los Angeles (not subject to
censorship) Randolph Leigh,
war correspondent and author.
Who was a guest of Hess in
Munich In 1836, says Hess told
him then that "either England
. or tha United States could be
i stopped at a critical moment by
QUIXOTIC gesture."
Leigh adds:
"Hess told ma that if England
and America ever lost world
leadership it would be through
an excess of SENTIMENTAL
ISM. If. by creating the impres
sion there is a crack-up witnin
Germany, he can soften Ameri
can sentiment so as to retard ac
tion only a tew weeks, it might
be a high service."
TN London (passed by the cen-
sor) a "high American source"
(one of these big boys who is
willing to talk but unwilling to
put his name to it) blames the
British for casting too rosy a
glow on the incident.
He thinks the British are run-
nine tha risk of lulling them
l aelvcl with false hopes aiui-llius
getting softened up for new
blows by Germany.
THIS writer's advice:
1 Do no wishful thinking
about Hess. Do no wishful
thinking about ANYTHING. In
critical times, wishful thinking
Is a dangerous habit.
IF you are historically minded
mnA l,n t th thenrv thnt
what has happened once can
happen again, you recau mc sun
. fate of the Trojans when they
took the Greek horse unsuspect
ingly into their walls.
XJEANWHILE. the new war
storm thnt has been gath
ering seems about ready to
break today.
London announces that Ger
k many is moving Into Iraq ' by
f way of French-mandated Syria
-apparently with French per
mission. According to the cen'
sored London announcement
'they are using Syrian airfields
for Luftwaffe (German air force)
stopovers.
That indicates they are send
ing in heavy air forces and arc
probably ferrying in troops by
means of transport planqs.
. Eden, British war minister,
says full authority has been
given to British forces to attack
German planes in Syria (which
Is French territory.)
A XIS planes are reported to
day as having been bomb
ing Crete heavily for two days.
The nazis report air attacks on
Hied (British and maybe Greek)
troops landing in Suda Bay (in
. Crete.)
) ; '
fLD Marshal Pctain, in a
.short speech to the French
people says "Hitler and Darlan
have lighted the road to the fut
ure." (Indicating some sort of
German-French deal.)
He warns the French "not to
draw conclusions from what
is going on and stresses the "con
tinuing power of France and the
future of her colonial empire."
More advice:
Do no wishful thinking about
France. France appears to be
decayed and impotent.
Looking Backward
By The Associated Prass
May IS, 1040 German tanks
tear gaps In allied positions on
i Meuse; French admit situation Is
' serious. British dig in at Lou
vain. , May 15, 1916 Germans shift
attacks to Champagne front af
ter fire wanes against Verdun.
CHURCHILL TO
CONFER WITH
DUKE ON HESS
Bevin Doubts Plans
Of German, Visions
Threat To Britain
LONDON, Friday, May 16
(UP) Tha Duke of Hamilton
and Ivone Klrkpatrlck, fresh
from questioning R jdolf Hess in
the Scottish hospital where the
former nail deputy fuehrer is
being held, flew to London last
night for a conference of the
duke and Prime Minister Win
ston Churchill.
The duke is the man Hess
flew to Britain to see presum
ably in hope of ending the war.
Klrkpatrlck. a foreign office of
ficial, knew Hess In Berlin be
fore the war and has spent
hours questioning him. They
saw Hess together Just before
they took off for London, carry
ing a pair of bulky, locked dis
patch cases.
Second Visit
It was learned this was the
aecond time the duke had flown
to London since Hess dropped
! mi nf fh kv nn the duke's
estate near Glasgow. On the
previous occasion, the date of
which was not dlclosed, he con
ferred with Churchill and gave
the prime minister details of his
first talks with the former No. 3
nazi.
The pair arrived at a London
airfield at 8 30 p. m. Thursday
and went to the air ministry
and the ministry of information.
They conferred for an hour with
Alfred Duff Cooper, minister of
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AIRMEN MAKE
Small Plane Releases
'Chutist Dangling in
Air From Transport
SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 15
iP Lieut. Walter S. Osipoff, 23.
Akron. O., dangling for 30 min
utes from a parachute caught in
the tall assembly of a marine
transport plane, was released
head first Into a navy "hell
diver" craft in a mid-air rescue
today over the ocean off Point
Loma.
The rescue plane was piloted
by Lieut. W. W. Lowrcy, 34,
Dallas, Texas, and J. R. Mc
Cants, 40. aviation machinist's
mate, Jordan, Mont.
Propeller Cuts Cords
Both fliers in the rescue plane
arc test pilots attached to the
navy air station. Osipoff was un
conscious when the two-seater
"hell diver" type diver landed on
North Island.
To effect the rescue the navy
said the pilot of the rescue ship
cut the shroud cords of the para
chute with the propeller. The
rescue ship came so close to the
transport in effecting Osipoff's
release, that the propeller also
cut off a piece of metal under
the tail of the larger ship.
Involuntary Jump
The navy disclosed Osipoff's
leap from the transport, which
(Continued on Page Two)
German-French
Plea From
VICHY, France, May 15 Wl
Chief of State Marshal Petaln
told the French people tonight
"It Is up to you .... to follow
me without mental reservations"
after he had informed them the
German-French negotiations have
lighted "the pathway to the fu
ture." Tho marshal assured the na
tion If, "In the strict discipline
of our public mentality," France
is ablo successfully to carry on
tho negotiations with Germany
she "will be able to rise above
ilier defeat and maintain her
world rank as a European and
colonial power."
This Is the whole text of Pc
tain's two-minute suddenly-announced
radio message on the
negotiations still continuing be
tween Adolf Hitler and Admiral
Jean Darlan, the French vice
premier and foreign minister:
"Frenchmen!
"You have learned that Ad
miral Darlan recently had an in
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Newaat wrinkle in picketing was developed in San Fran
cisco whan pickets of the AFL Laundry Drivers' union wars
equipped with cameras to take pictures of persons entering a
cleaning establishment being picketed by tha union.
STRIKE THREAT
OVERFOR GMC
Company Promises
1 0-Cent Pay Boost
To 250,000 Workers
WASHINGTON. Friday, May
16 (UP) A strike of 160.000
workers in the far-flung General
Motors corporation empire was
averted early today when the
company accepted a defense
mediation board peace formula
providing a 10-cents an hour in
crease. ,
The United Automobile Work
era (CIO) had accepted the form
ula 24 hours earlier.
Tho agreement constituted a
compromise under which the
union forfeited its right to a
closed shop in exchange for the
wage hike. The poet does not
become effective until rotuiea
by the union local. This is ex
pected to be a mere formality.
Up S50.000.000
Company officials said the
wage increase would be spread
out to affect a total of 250,000
employes in 89 plants and would
increase their annual payroll by
$50,000,000.
Company acceptance was an
nounced by Vice Chairman Wil
liam H. Davis of the mediation
board only a few hours before
a strike of 61 GMC plants was
to have become effective at 7
a. m. (EST).
A walkout would have af
fected work on $750,000,000
worth of defense orders.
The board recommended that
the 10-cent wage increase be in
cluded in a contract covering a
period of one year from April
28. the date the dispute was
certified to the mediation board.
The increase will be retroac
tive to that date.
Acceptance by the company
was announced by C. E. Wilson,
president, in a letter to Davis.
Best Thing
"After a very careful con
slderation and review of the
(Continued on Poge Two)
Talks Bring
Marshal Petain
terview with the chancellor In
Germany. I had approved the
idea of such a meeting.
"This new Interview permits
us to light up the pathway to
the future and continue discus
sions undertaken with the Ger
man government.
"Today it is no longer up to
public opinion, often worried
because ill-Informed, to weigh
our chances, measure our risks,
Judge our actions.
"It Is up to you, the French,
to follow me without mental
reservations on the road of honor
and of national Interest.
"If in the strict discipline of
our public mentality we are
ablo successfully to carry on ne
gotiations under way, France
will be able to rise above her
defeat and maintain her world
rank as a European and colonial
power.
"That, my friends, Is all I have
to tell you today." ,
Hess Affair
Sparks U. S.
Peace Talk
WASHINGTON, May 15 P)
Citing the flight of Rudolf Hess
as indication the time may be
propitious, senatorial critics of
administration foreign policy
made suggestions today that
President Roosevelt use his good
offices now to bring about
peace between Great Britain
and Germany.
Senator Wheeler (D-Mont.)
said -that the escape of the No
a man in the nazi helrarchy Je
Scotland "Is bound to have a
profoundly . adverse effect on
the morale of the German peo
ple.
Opportunity
Moreover, he told reporters.
the incident seemed to have
created "an opportunity for the
president of the United States
to step out and try to prevent
the further slaughter of human
beings."
Pepper Disagrees
On the other hand. Senator
Pepper (D-Fla.) said he believed
Hess' landing in Scotland might
be part of a preconceived plan
by Hitler to bring peace terms
to the attention of the English
without personally appearing to
oner me olive branch.
Battleship
'Washington'
Commissioned
PHILADELPHIA, May 15 (P)
As bugles sounded "to the col
ors" and her crew stood smartly
to attention, the 35.000-ton bat
tleship Washington was commis
sioned today a full-fledged mem
ber of the US fleet and the navy
promptly labeled her "the finest
man-of-war" on the uvn n
Built at a cost of $70,000,000
ana completed six months ahead
of schedule, the powerful dread
naught raises the American bat
tleship si ngth to 17.
With Secretary of the Navy
Knox rjartieinntinff nnH Hm.1oi.
ing "the US navy should insure
aeuvery oi the goods we are
making for England," the secre
tary's four-Starred nennnnt w
flown to the main truck as the
giant ships commission flag.
Rear Admiral A. E. Watson,
commandant of the navy yard,
announced to the assembled
throng the Washington would be
"ready to Join the fleet by July
1" after minor details are com
pleted. Just a month ago the Wash
ington's sister shin Nnrlh ram.
Una was commissioner at Brook
lyn navy yard. They are the
first battleships built by this
county in 18 years and are the
first of 17 ordered in the de
fense epanslon program to give
tho nation a two-ocean navy.
GERMANY RAIDED
BERLIN. Frirlnv Msv 1A mm
British planes bombed several
uerman cities last night, caus
ing some damaffe. Thv flw
against Berlin only to be turned
Deck at the suburbs by anti
aircraft fire, a communique re
ported today.
FINAL SOUTH
SIXTH STREET
PLANS READY
Engineer To Present
Three-lane Plan To
Commission May 22
Final recommendation for a
three-lane highway on South
Sixth street will be made to the
highway commission on May
22, it was announced by R. H.
Baldock, state highway engi
neer, on a brief stop in Klamath
Falls Thursday.
Baldock stated the engineer
ing plan for South Sixth's Im
provement is to construct three
travel lanes, two 8-foot parking
strips and provide space for two
6-foot sidewalks. No right-of-way
acquisition will be neces
sary under this program.
Starts From Viaduct
The improvement will start
from the viaduct. The first unit
will carry to the Midland road,
and the second will carry to Al
tamont drive or a short distance
beyond that point.
The highway engineer said
that because of the cost of right-of-way
acquisition, the construc
tion will proceed on the 60-foot
right-of-way now established
instead of an 80-foot strip.
Action Sought
Baldock said that his business
is to present the engineering
plan to the commission and the
latter body must decide when
the work will be done. The
Klamath chamber of commerce
immediately announced it would
be represented at the May 22
meeting to press for immediate
action on Baldock s recommen
dations. The engineer said that the
commission is already aware of
the . seriousness of the traffic
problem on South Sixth street
and the commissioners have
personally viewed the street and
surrounding territory. . ; ,
i Sidewalk Space
Asked atfout sidewalks "Ton
South Sixth,- he said the high
way department will provide the
space but that construction must
be done t by abutting property
owners as is the case with all
sidewalk, construction.
Baldock also. announced while
here that further work is to -be
contracted for In the early sum'
mer on The Dalles -California
. (Continued on Page Two).
Band to Play
First Concert
Friday Night
The city band, spic and span
in new uniforms, will present its
first concert of the season at 7
o'clock Friday night on the big
lawn on Conger avenue. Charles
Stanfield, director, has planned
an interesting program for his
initial appearance as head of the
city band.
The concert is being given In
connection with the annual May
festival of the Riverside PTA.
Supper will be served from 5
p. m. until all are accommodat
ed. Crowning of the May queen
will take place at 7 o'clock with
two numbers played by the
band, one to accompany the first
graders in a military march in
costume.
The public is invited to attend
the supper which will include
everything from hamburgers
and pies to chicken and noodles.
A fish dish will also be served.
Tables will be set under the
trees for the several hundred
persons expected to attend. Mrs.
C. S. Elliot is in charge of the
supper, Mrs. Harlan P. Bos
worth, entertainment.
Following is the band pro
gram as announced by Stan
field:
March, "Invincible America,"
Losey.
Concert Spanish march, "Am-
panto Roca, Lexidor.
Overture, "Daphins," Holmes.
March, . "Washington Post,"
Sousa.
Oriental fantasy, "In a Chi
nese Temple Garden," Ketelbey
Grand march, "Nordic
March," Leidzen.
March, "Heart of America,'
Pryor.
Finale, "The Star Spangled
Banner, Key.
Through the courtesy of
George F. Conners Radio Serv
ice company, a public address
system will be installed so that
all can hear the program. Con
ners has kindly donated his serv
ices in the -past and Riverside
PTA appreciates his efforts in
its behalf. Children as well as
grownups are invited to the fes
tivities and to hear the concert.
France Urged
LONDON ACTS
TO HALT NAZI
IRAQFLIGHTS
France Lets Planes
Use Base En Route,
Says Anthony Eden
LONDON, May 15 (UP) The
British government announced
today it has ordered "full ac
tion" against French air bases In
Syria which are being used by
German planes en route to Iraq
There were reports of nazi de
mands for the right to move war
materials across Turkey.
Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden told the house of com
mons France in a "clear breach"
of her neutrality is permitting
German planes to use Syrian air
dromes en route to aid the Ira
qis in their revolt against the
British.
The United States has been
kept "fully informed" of the
new nazi menace In the Near
East and "full action" has been
ordered, presumably by the
royal air force which stands
ready to bomb and machine-gun
the German planes at the Syrian
air bases.
New War Phases
Imminent and major war de
velopments in the Near East
were anticipated as result of
Eden's disclosure, perhaps
launching the third phase of the
Germans' 1941 campaign as a
sequel to - the conquests in the
Balkans and. eastern Libya. -
Foreign embassies in London
received reports'- German Am
bassador Baron - i-Frenz jv on
Papen returned to 'Ankara from
Berlin with Adolf Hitler's
orders to seek Turkey's consent
for the passage of German
heavy --mechanized equipment
across Turkish -territory.
"The Germans, according . to
these, unconfirmed reports, are'
seeking the use of the railroad
from. Smyrna to -Aleppo which
branches out to- the Mosul oil
fields of Iraq- and also to Palestine.-
CAIRO, Egypt, May 15 (P
German bombers and fighting
planes, carrying- a few techni
cians, have landed in Iraq, in
formed quarters said today, but
no troop-carrying transports
have yet arrived.
Italian and German staff offi
cers, including two generals, also
have arrived by plane at Bagh
dad, going by way of Syria, it
was said in unconfirmed reports.
No Opposition
' The German planes were re
ported to have flown to Iraq
from the Italians' Dodecanese
islands and landed at Aleppo, in
north Syria. From there they
were reputedly distributed to va
rious airfields in Iraq.
It was reported here that
French authorities in Syria did
(Continued on Page Two)
Work Halted
On Honolulu
Defense Jobs
HONOLULU, May 15 (jP)-!
Members of all construction
crafts except structural iron
workers halted work today on
defense projects at Pearl Harbor
naval base. Hick am field and
projects outside Pearl Harbor's
gates.
H. C. Skeels. union official,
said the work stoppages were a
demonstration while conferences
were bing held with employers
over wages and working condi
tions, "definitely" were not
strikes and would be temporary.
By The Associated Press
The United Automobile Work
ers (CIO) union called a strike
against three Hudson Motor
company plants in Detroit to
day and General Motors corpor
ation reported a walkout at Its
Flint, Mich.. Chevrolet works de
spite agreement to postpone a
strike against GM until Friday.
The defense mediation board
early this morning, only a few
hours before a strike was set for
60 plants of General Motors In
22 states, announced a postpone
ment for one day In the walkout.
The stoppage at General Mo
tors also, spread to the Bulck
plant and two Fisher body
plants, with company officials
estimating that upwards of 35,
000 workerg were Idle.
Resist AlliaMj
Talks To Hess
vA'' ' 4
Mil
German source reported Ru
dolf Hess, who flew to Scotland
aad bailed out Item army plane,
made the trip in an effort to
contact the Duke oi Hamil
ton -(above). Informed British
sources said Hess actually land
ed a few miles from the duke's
estate. . The duke and Iron
Klrkpatrlck are reported to have
had a recent talk with Hess
EASTERN FIRE
Philadelphia Blaze
' Destroys Lumber in
Block-square Area
PHILADELPHIA, May 15
(A3) Philadelphia's most disast
rous fire in a decade today des
troyed a block-square . Port
Richmond lumber yard, half a
dozen neighboring homes, and
ate its way into the newly-rehabilitated
Cramps shipyard be
fore being brought under con
trol. Loss to the lumber yard alone
was estimated by firemen at well
over a million dollars.
A physician was killed in a
traffic accident while hurrying
to the scene. A score of persons
firemen, spectators, and i oc
cupants of the burned homes
were injured, but none seriously-
Michael Regan, night watch
man at the lumber yard, was
missing, and his employers
said they believed that if he had
gotten out alive he would have
reported to them.
' Destroyed in the lumber yard
were 22,000,000 feet of lumber
all consigned to defense in
dustries. The fire started in the
yard.
Agents of the federal bureau
of investigation were dispatch
ed to the scene and a spokesman
said "we believe there is a pos
sibility of sabotage."
California Bid
Low on Klamath
Airport Job
PORTLAND, May 15 (P)
Bids for construction on tho
Klamath Falls airport were
opened by U. S. engineers with
that of Jones and King, Hay
ward. Calif., low at $279.
356.50. subject to engineers'
checking.
Second low among the four
bids was that of Clifford A.
Dunn, Klamath Falls at $339.
- 339.50.
To
U.S. GUARDS 13
FRENCH SHIPS
INEASTPORTS
Liner Normandie in
Group Boarded as
Bill Passage Nears
WASHINGTON, May 15 (UP)
President Roosevelt, in an ap
parent eleventh-hour attempt to
forestall France-German collab
oration, tonight appealed to the
French people over the heads of
their leaders. He asked them to
resist an alliance with a power
whose policy calls for "utter de
struction of liberty, freedom and
popular institutions' every
where."
He issued a formal statement
only a few hours after Marshal
Henri Philippe Petain, head of
the French Vichy government,
said that France must collabor
ate with Germany in Europe
and Africa and called upon the
French people to follow him
"without questioning" in his
negotiations with Adolf Hitler.
The statement was broadcast
almost immediately by short
wave to the French people.
Hint Word Broken
Mr. Roosevelt said that such
collaboration would mean that
the French . government had
gone back on its word to the
United States, given after the
Franco-German armistice, and
hinted that relations between
the two governments would b
jeopardized.
Almost simultaneous with his
statement,') the - treasury" 6prt
ment ordered the coast guard to
place armed guards aboard 13
French ships tied up in U. S.
ports, including the $80,000,000
luxury liner Normandie at New
York, and two at St. Thomas.
Virgin Islands. The order pre
sumably was Inspired by the
White House.
The boarding of the French
ships and the president's state
ment emphasized again the
close collaboration between the
United States and Great Britain.
WASHINGTON, May 15 (UP)
Coastguardsmen boarded French
ships in United States harbors
tonight under an order from the
treasury as congressional circles
predicted final passage tomor
row for the bill authorizing
President Roosevelt to requisi
tion and use as he sees fit the
more than 100 foreign ships im
mobilized in U. S. ports.
The senate cleared the way
for the legislation today when
it approved it 59 to 20 after
non-interventionists abandoned
plans for a showdown fight
with the administration on the
explosive convoy issue.
The house already has ap
proved the measure and only ac
ceptance of senate amendments
stands in the way of final en
actment. F. R. Will Sign
Word from the White House
is that Mr. Roosevelt will sign
it the moment it is received. It
would affect German, Italian
and Danish ships along with 13
French vessels which armed
coast guardsmen boarded to
night. The French ships include
the $80,000,000 luxury liner
Normandie.
Eleven of the French vessels
were in mainland ports. Two.
the Fame and Bernadett, small
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Judge Brand To
Move to Salem
SALEM, Ore., May 15 (UP)
Justice James T. Brand said to
day he will take his new post
on the state supreme court with
in the next ten days.
Justice Brand said he plans
to have Mrs. Brand and his son
move to Salem as soon as the
Marshfield schools close for the
summer vacation.
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