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IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
Vol. 18. No. 148 Price Five Cents
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1941
(Every Morning Except Monday)
0
: In The
Day's
News
By FRANK JENKINS
"THE wires today are practical-
ly silent an to Hon. They are
CRACKLING with develop
ments Indicating that what li
left of France hat gone over to
) Germany.
'THE Immedlato development
li In Syria, whero German
warplanes and PANZER
FORCES (Including tanks! are
reported at advancing toward
Iraq. There are rumora (no
where flatly confirmed) that
these forrea are accompanied by
French planea.
British planea are reported to
have attacked German planea at
three placea Damascus, Rayak
and Palmyra.
The significance of these re
ports Ilea in the fact that Brit
ish are fighting Germans on
FRENCH soil with French help
ing Germans.
F you will get out your map.
you will see readily enough
that the REAL menace of French
collaboration with Germany Ilea
f at Dakar (French), where Africa
- Juts out In a great bulge Into
the south Atlantic.
The British supply line through
'the Mediterranean and Suez Is
already broken, and for some
time British commerce haa been
going around Africa by the Cape
of Good Hope.
German planes and submar
ines based at Dakar could play
hob with this vital commerce,
which includes supply for the
British forces In Iraq and the
Eastern Mediterranean.
ANOTHER troubleaome
" thought: Our own lend-lease
aid for the British In these areas
will have to run the gauntlet of
Dakar-based German planes and
tubs.
realistic thinker has
be-
llcved In roctnt monibfc UfrT
n n. mt nil.. 4A
vJ Germany whenever the neces
sary pressure waa applied by
Hitler.
. Resisting German demands
would require exceptional forti
tude on the part of what remains
of France. It haa long been ap
parent that French morale is in
a state of decay.
WHILE you have your map
out. take a look at Syria.
You will noto that without
Turkish permission German mil
itary forces can be got into
Syria only by water through the
eastern. Mediterranean or by air
transport. The navy at Alexan
dria, at Crete and at Cyprus
out to be able to blast German
water communications and it is
Improbable that sufficient forces
for successful attack on either
Iraq or Suez could be ferried In
by air.
Then take a look at Turkey.
You will find an important rail
line leading down from Istanbul
Jo the very places Germany
wants to go.
FR months Franz von Papen,
Gcrmsny's diplomatic
trouble-shooter in the Balkans,
has been hanging around An
kara (Turkish capital), vibrating
back and forth between there
and Berlin.
Every time the pinch comes,
Russia knuckles under to Ger
many. Turkey's fate, by her own
frequent admission, lies in Rus
sia's hands. A flat order from
Stalin would be pretty sure to
result In Turkish permission for
the passage of German armies.
So keep your eyes on Turkey
In these days when big events
are in the making.
AS for Hess, the real inside
story of this weird advent
ure will probably not be told
until the historians are permit
ted to dig Into the secret files of
the governments concerned after
the war.
The present British propa
ganda line is that he was escap
ing from Germany to the coun
try offering safest sanctuary and
that his escape must embarrass
the nazl tremendously. The Ger
man line la that he blew his top
and went off on his own on a
crazy one-man peace mission.
If you are wise, you will
keep your fingers strictly cross
ed as to both stories and will
do no wishful thinking.
KEELS LAID
NORTH BEND, Ore., May 16
(VP) Koels of two naval pursuit
craft each a 107-foot douglas
fir were laid at the Kruse and
Banks shipyard here yesterday.
Dawn finds these Philadelphia fireman still pouring water Into the flaming ruins of the Wilson H. Lear Lumbar yard, hours
after the blase waa first discovered. The flra destroyed the block-square yard, including 22.000.000 feet of lumber, causing a loss
estimated by firemen at f 1.000.000, raced through six nearby houses and ate into one building oi the newly rehabilitated Cramp's
shipyard. FBI agents investigating the cause of the fire said there was a possibility of sabotage.
KUHSELECTION
Landslide Vote Given
Next President for
Coming School Year
By a landslide vote Friday
Frank Canons; was awept Into
next year's student body presi-
darihy of Klamath Union -high
school i Gsnorif polled 704 of a
total of 1044 votes in the elec
tion, while two other nominees.
Bill King and Wayne Chase,
drew 134 and 186 votes respec
tively. Jim Bocchl won the office of
first vice president with 448
votes; Phil Blohm received 367
votes, Fred Floetke. 1S7, and
Earl Blankenshlp, 58.
Donald Robin was elected sec
ond vice president, polling a
vote of 374. Other candidates
for Uie office were Donald Big
ger, 232, Charles Mctz, 228, and
Angclo Giovar.nini, 189. Mary
Lou Johnson became student
body secretary, receiving 3S9
votes. Marion Johnson received
106, Mnrcille Reynolds. 187,
Ann Carstcnscn, 180, and Aud
rey Reed, 174.
Steve Stewart received tre
mendous support to win the yell
king's job. He secured 737 votes,
the largest number cast for any
candidate in the elections. Peggy
Bishop was Stewart's nearest
threat, polling 145. Bernice Bir
nio received 85 votes, and Marie
Jones, 82.
Doctors Elect
Rose burg Man
Head of Group
Dr. James E. Campbell of
Roseburg was elected president
of the Southern Oregon Medical
society Friday morning at the
golden anniversary meeting of
the association held at the Elk
hotel. Dr. Campbell served as
vice president last year and now
takes over the position held this
past year by Dr. Ralph W.
Stearns of this city. ,
Elected vice president was
Dr. E. D. Everett of Lakeview;
Dr. F. Cecil Adams, secretary
and treasurer; Dr. Harvey Woods
of Ashland, board of censors for
three years, two year periods
held by Dr. E. Dietsche of Klam
ath Falls, and Dr. A. C. Secly,
Roseburg.
The society will hold its 1942
meeting in Roseburg, it was an
nounced. At a meeting held In the Pell
can cafe at 1 o'clock, guest of
honor was E. A. Geary, Klam
ath county rancher, whose fath
er, Dr. E. P. Geary of Medford,
was the first president of the so
ciety elected in 1892.
An interesting address was
given by Dr. H. Brodie Stephens
of San Francisco, well known
bay surgeon, and an interesting
talk on Internal medicine was
presented by Dr. Homer P. Rush
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Lumber Yard Fire Rages
U. S. Seen Ready to Take
Action on German Threat;
Red Sea Blockade Doubted
By ARTHUR T. DEGREVE
United Press Correspondent
WASHINGTON. May 16 (UP)
President Roosevelt, questioning
Germany's ability to enforce a
blockade of the Red sea, point
edly recalled toda. the United
States has fought two unde
clared ware to preserve the free
dom of the nn---
y rjaj y WhTAHsrfnT1T"iratHfrp'
successfully overcame barbary
pirates who sought to bar this
country's merchantmen from
the Mediterranean, and later
subdued British, French and
Spanish privateers preying on
United States ships in the West
Indies.
Ships Will Sail
The president left the impres
sion this government's determin
ation to send into the Red sea
area ships loaded with war sup-
Portland Ex-Mayor
George Baker Dies
PORTLAND, Ore., May 16
(UP) George L. Baker, 72,
mayor of Portland for 16 years,
died here tonight shortly after
being rushed from Seaside, Ore.,
where he was stricken ill.
The former mayor had lived
in his Seaside home. The Tides,
since his retirement from poli
tics in 1933. He inaugurated
many improvements in the city
during his mayoralty, including
tho waterfront development and
the present water system.
In 1924 he was a candidate
for nomination for U. S. senator
from Oregon but was defeated
by Sen. Charles L. McNary. He
was perhaps best known for
leading tho conference of Amer
ican mayors on its trip to Paris,
France, In 1927.
Former Mayor Baker was
born in The Dalles, Ore., August
23, 1868. After a childhood
spent helping to support his fam
ily in San Francisco, Seattle and
other coast points he settled in
Portland where he entered the
theatrical business. He served on
the city council for 13 years be
fore being elected mayor in
1917. . . ,
The widow and his daughter
survive him.
AFL Wins Poll
At Canby Mill
AFL sawmill workers scored
a victory at the Big Lakes Lum
ber company mill at Canby Fri
day when the union won an
NLRB ordered election 64 to 7,
according to Joe Boyd, AFL
organizer.
The vote was between AFL
and "no union." Of a total of 75
eligible to vote, 71 cast ballots.
The election was ordered as a
result of a recent NLRB hearing.
E. S. Ncal, NLRB field exam
iner, conducted the poll at the
Big Lakes mill.
Boyd announced that tenta
tive stipulation for a consent
election has been arranged at
the Long Bell mill at Dorris for
June 5. The vote will decide be
tween AFL or no union.
Hours After First Alarm
plies for Great Britain will not
be weakened by axis threats.
Twenty-seven ships already
have been assigned to this mis
sion. Some reportedly have been
en route for several days. Dis
patches from Nicosia, Cyprus,
quoted a royal air force pilot as
anticipating momentary- deliv
ery of American plane "from
arrived in the Red sea."
By LLOYD LEHRBAS
WASHINGTON, May 16 (JPh
The threat of a Franco-German
"collaboration" alliance which
President Roosevelt believes can
jeopardize western hemisphere
"peace and security" found the
United States prepared today for
any action needed to safeguard
American interests.
Mr. Roosevelt, it was said in
informed quarters, possesses suf
ficient authority without going
to congress to take whatever
steps are necessary to counter
any joint nazi-Vichy action en
dangering the interests of the
United States and the other 20
American republics.
The gravest threat to the
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Chinese Claim New
Victory as Japs
Bomb Chungking
CHUNGKING, May 16 (P)
More than 50 Japanese planes
attacked this Chinese capital to
day in the fourth raid of the
bombing season which opened
May 3.
Attacking after a four-day
respite brought by unfavorable
weather, the Japanese bombers
rocked a press hotel, extending
damage inflicted by the last
previous raid. All the press of
fices, including that of the As
sociated Press, suffered damage.
The government news agency.
Central News, reported that the
Japanese hsd suffered a disas
trous defeat in Hupeh province,
with 10,000 killed or captured
in various sectors during 10
days of fighting. It said the
Japanese had been driven back
to their bases in north, central
and western Hupeh, from which
they - - began their offensive
against Chinese forces May 5.
It described the alleged Japa
nese reverse as the second big
gest of the war, recalling the
Chinese claim that 20,000 out
of a force of 100,000 Japanese
were killed or captured in
southern Honan province lest
February.
Looking Backward
By The Associated Press
May 16. 1940 British, Ger
mans engage in hand-to-hand
fighting in Louvain, French
place Paris in army zone; Ger
man, French struggle continues
northwest of Sedan.
May 16, 1916 Austrlans at
tack train carrying Italian royal
family. British capture German
trenches on Vlmy ridge.
OLSON ENTERS
Governor Leads Drive
To End Machinists
Tie-ups in Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1
(UP) John P. Frey. head of
-LU AFL. snots -trad .uHLTJT
announced tonight Acting
Secretary of the Navy Jimu
V, Forrestal has offered him
the assistance of the 12th
naval district headquarters in
ending a strike of AFL ma
chinists against San Francisco
shipyards working on naval
and merchant vessels.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16
(UP) Gov. Culbert Olson as
sumed leadership today in a
drive to end the AFL-CIO ma
chinists tie-up of $500,000,000
defense contracts at 11 San
Francisco bay area shipyards
and strongly urged strikers to
return to work immediately.
Olson conferred four hours in
a closed session at Sacramento
with Eli Oliver of the office of
production management and
representatives of both striking
unions. Although little progress
was made, a conferee said Olson
"laid it on the line" that the
unions should send their men
back to work under terms of a
master no-strike agreement
reached last month in Seattle.
To Meet Saturday
The governor issued no state
ment at the end of the confer
ence, and left the meeting
through a back door of his of
fice, but it was reported he will
meet again tomorrow at the San
Francisco Labor temple with a
13-man joint strike committee.
Whether or not Olson sug
gested specific terms for a back-to-work
movement was not
known. .
By The Associated Press
A senate defense investigat
ing committee called Friday for
immediate settlement of the
strike of AFL and CIO machin
ists at San Francisco, which is
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Aerial Patrols to
Accompany Troops
South' on Highways
FORT LEWIS, May 16 W)
Aerial traffic patrols will make
their army debut during the big
troop movement south from Fort
Lewis and Camp Murray next
week.
Army officers said today that
aviators of the 91st and 116th
observation squadrons would fly
over the lines of march south
ward on highways 97 and 99,
keeping a check on any lagging
trucks, traffic problems ahead
and proper spacing.
The movement of the 3rd and
41st divisions will involve 3400
army trucks. The plane patrols
will be in radio communication
with the column commanders.
They will base nightly near the
camps of the truck columns.
RAF Bombers
Airports In
F. R. SIDESTEPS
FRANCE TALK
Conditions Held Too
Serious for Answer
At Present, Claim
WASHINGTON, May 16 (P
President Roosevelt said today
that international conditions
were too serious for him to in
terpret or comment further on
the implications of his appeal
last night to the French people
to turn down collaboration with
Germany.
He dismissed a barrage of
press conference questions seek
ing to draw him out as too hypo
thetical. Among the queries he
put in that category were these:
No Answers
Is there likely to be a change
in vie status of Martinique, the
strategic French island at the
eastern end of the Caribbean?
Will Admiral William D.
Leahy, American ambassador at
Vichy, be asked to come back to
Washington to report?
Would any additional steps
be taken in the French situa
tion?
To a remark that he had nude
his appeal to the French people,
over the heads of the French
government, Mr. Roosevelt said
his statement last night would
have to speak for itself.
He suggested that the state
department be asked whether
the United States might take ac
tion, under its agreement with
other Latin American nations.
toward taking, over some.
pean colonies in the. western
hemisphere if they were threat
ened with a change of sover
eignty.
Aid Undecided
Mr. Roosevelt said, too, he
did not know whether France
would continue to get two ship
loads of American wheat
month now that there were indi
cations of closer cooperation
with the nazis.
Asked whether he intended to
send a representative to the
De Gaulle free French govern
ment in London, Mr. Roosevelt
said it was not a subject for dis
cussion and he never before had
heard of it
"Do your dispatches from
Vichy," a reporter inquired, "in
dicate the degree of collabora
tion to which France has
agreed?"
Mr. Roosevelt suggested that
the inquiry be placed with the
state department and then, with
a grin, advised his questioner
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Hollywood Woman
Given Jail Term
HOLLYWOOD, May 16 (UP)
Virginia Lopez, in whose apart
ment 16-year-old Sylvia Hama-
laine had an affair with at least
one man, today was sentenced
to a year in jail for contributing
to the delinquency of the movie-
struck Hibbing, Minn., girl
The 32-year-old Cuban dress
designer, whose testimony be
fore the county grand jury
opened an investigation of al
leged Hollywood parties, re
mained at liberty on $1000 bond
pending an appeal of the verdict.
questions on
Stand on 'Peace Journey
Sought by
LONDON. May 18 (IP) Out
of the welter of controversy
and speculation about Rudolf
Hess' flight to Britain came the
announcement from Major Vyv
yan Adams today that he would
seek to learn whether the deputy
fuehrer's trip to see the duke
of Hamilton "was planned with
the connivance and support of
the German government."
Adams, a conservative mem
ber of parliament, gave notice
he would put this question to
Minister of Information Alfred
Duff Cooper at next week's
house of commons session.
Labor Minister Ernest Bevin
yesterday called Hess a calculat
ing "murderer" and said he
came with the full knowledge
of Adolf Hitler.
The British intelligence serv
ice took a growing Interest In
Heavy Blows
Suffered by
Nazi Cities
LONDON, Saturday, May 17
(UP) Bombers of the royal air
force attacked targets at Co
logne? Germany and other
places in the Rhlneland last
night, it was said authoritatively
this morning.
The air ministry announced
Friday that British bombers
Thursday night started large
fires in the industrial area of
Hanover and also "visited" Ber
lin.
LONDON. May 16 JP
Strong forces of RAF bombers
attacked Hannover last night,
starting large fires In industrial
quarters, and other big British
warplanes attacked Berlin,
Hamburg, Cuxhaven, Calais,
Boulogne and Dieppe, the air
ministry said today.
Coastal command bombers
raided docks and shipping at St
Nazaire and the big German
submarine base at Lorient in
France. They also attacked
docks at Ijmuiden, The Nether
lands, a communique said.
The loss of four of the at
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HESS INCIDENT
SAIDUOSED'
Berlin Washes .Hands
Air - ' of Confidence
BERLI1T. May 16 (UP Auth
orized nazi' spokesmen gave no
tice tonight that so far as Ger
many is concerned the affair of
Rudolf Hess is closed, stating in
response to correspondents
queries: "We are not interested
This statement epitomized the
surprising but unmistakable
change in the official German
attitude since two days ago
a change from undisguised per
turbation to one of confidence.
Typical of this new attitude, the
spokesman added, smiling:
"The English are going to dis
cover that they will have more
headaches over this matter than
we."
The change in the nazi atti
tude was believed due to ab
sence of the propaganda storm
which the Germans appeared to
expect from Britain when earl
ier this week they gave notice:
"We shall not recognize any
utterance accredited to Hess.
The unexpected cautiousness
of the British press treatment of
the affair apparently encouraged
a spokesman to say earlier today
that Prime Minister Winston
Churchill and Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden were "afraid" to
talk with Hess because he would
tell them that continuation of
the war would bring "100 per
cent catastrophe for England.
Nazi spokesmen tonight de
nied reports which had circu
lated in Berlin during the day
that Prof. Karl E. K. Kausho-
fern. No. 1 nazi braintruster,
author of the Lebensraum Doc
trine and a close friend of Hess,
had been arrested.
British Leaders
the case. The government called
for help In analyzing statements
obtained from Adolf Hitler's for
mer "shadow."
Sir Neville Henderson, who
was British ambassador to Ber
lin when the war started, de
scribed Rudolf Hess today, in
his first public statement on the
affair, as "an absolutely fanati
cal supporter of the nazi system
who was honest and sincere.
Henderson said he considered
it out of the question that Hess
had come to Britain on a secret
mission because of the impres
sion the flight had created in
Germany,
"In my opinion," Sir Neville
said, "he has become convinced
in the past two years that nazi-
ism, as It was developed, Is on
the wrong track and that it is
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Hit
Syria
AT HOSTILITY;
NAZISMOVEIN
German Planes Take
Beating; Toehold in
Egypt Declared Lost
CAIRO, May 16 (UP) British
land and air forces defending
the Suez canal, today blasted
German troop-carrying planea
on "enemy" airdromes in French
Syria and virtually drove Italo
German armored forces from
their toehold inside Egypt
Three Syrian airdromes were
attacked. The British bombed
and machine-gunned nazl air
craft en route to Iraq to aid the
pro-oerman revolt of Premier
Rashid All Beg Gailanl who haa
"urgently appealed" to Adolf
Hitler for aid, according to an
official announcement -
Other British planes heavily
bombed German-held airdromes
in Greece Wednesday night for
the first time since the British
evacuation. From Grecian sta
tions many nazi bombers and
troop-carrying aircraft are be
lieved to be taking off for Syria
and Iraq.
BEIRUT. May 16 (UP)
French High Commissioner Gen.
Henri Dentz admitted today
German planea are . crossing
Syria, and angrily, charged
Great ' Britain with "flagrant
hostility toward - France" for
bombing French air bases, milU
tary barracks and other objec
tives. -At least U Cue man planea are
understood to have arrived at
Damascus airport en route to
Iraq. Others are at Aleppo air
base and German pilots . have
been passing through Syria to
Iraq.
Dentz announced he had de
livered a strong formal protest
to the British consul general in
Beirut against the' bombings
which began 'without warning"
Wednesday. -
' "Forced Landings'
The communique of the high
commissioner asserted France
had not turned over any Syrian
air bases to the German air
force and 15 German planes
which came down at Syrian air
dromes in recent days had made
"forced landings."
In accordance with French
neutrality and with the terms of
the French German armistice
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Quadruplets Born
To Chicago Mother
CHICAGO, May 16 (UP)
Mrs. Frances Adams, 19-year-old
wife of a lunchroom cook, gave
birth tonight to four girls, born
two and one-half months pre
maturely. The children were placed in
incubators immediately, and
were reported in fair condition
a few hours after birth.
Dr. William James McCraley,
one of two physicians who at
tended the birth, said the chil
dren were not weighed, but
were believed to be from one
to one and three-quarters pounds
each.
Daughter Didn't
Help This Driver
SAN FRANCISCO. May 1
(UP) William Mahoney had
just finished explaining to
Judge Herbert Kaufman that he
was tired and was rushing home
for a rest when he was picked
up for speeding.
Then his four-year-old daugh
ter. Anne, piped up:
"My daddy was trying to sea
how fast the car would go."
Judge Kaufman said he
couldn't accept the unsolicited
testimony but he fined Mahoney
$2.50.
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City Briefs .Page 5
Comics and Story Page 12
Courthouse Records Page 2
Editorials , Page 4
High School News Page 4
Information . Page S
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Midland Empire Newi Page 8
Pattern - Page 7
Sports - Pages 10, 11
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