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PAGE TWO F AT HOSTILITY; (Continued from Page One! agreement, DenU said. French authorities "procured the most rapid possible departure" of the German planes. The German planes were merely in "transit" across Syria, presumably en route to neigh boring Iraq to aid the pro-axis Iraqi government in its revolt against the British. Leaflets Dropped French authorities asserted not a single German plana had been permitted to remain in Syria and said DenU is adher ing strictly to French neutrality and the provisions of the German-French armistice. British planes were said to be constantly dropping leaflets on Syrian cities, towns and villages calling on the people to desert to Gen. Charles de Gaulle's "Free French" forces. The "seditious leaflets," it was said, are signed by Gen. George Catroux, Degaullist leader now in neighboring Palestine. Today's communique told of British bombing and machine gunning attacks at Beirut, .Da mascus, Palmyra and Rayak. One French officer was said to have been killed at Rayak, where there is an important air drome, and "several were wounded" there and at Palmyra. Today's communique was the first admission by French auth orities German planes were crossing Syria or had landed on Syrian airdromes. A Baghdad radio broadcast heard here today, quoting an of ficial Iraqi communique, ap pealed to all officers and men of the Iraqi army now abroad to return to Iraq within seven days for service. The Iraqi communique as serted a British plane had crashed in the gardens of the Rashid hospital at Baghdad. There were unconfirmed re ports the Iraqi government had protested to the Trans-Jordania government against the activi ties of Trans-Jordan troops along the Iraqi border, threatening "proper measures"- unless the military activities cease. LONDON, May 16 (.Brit ish air power is smasning at the Germans in French-ruled Syria where nazi planes and Panzer forces are reported making a swift Infiltration farther along the nazis' route to the Suez and nearer Britain's middle east oil fields. An official British announce ment in Cairo today disclosed that the first British blows had been delivered on this po tentially crucial battlefront yes terday when German warplanes were attacked by the RAF at Da mascus, Rayak and Palmyra, all in French-mandated Syria. Planes Damaged Additional advices from Cairo said three German planes were damaged for sure by machine gun strafing of the airport at Palmyra. German airdromes in occupi ed Greece were reported raided by other British air forces. This followed upon a report by Reuters, British news agen cy, that German tanks and other light mechanized forces were occupying Syria and moving across her sandy wastes toward Iraq. Fleets of German long-range bombers and troop carriers also were reported landing on Syrian airfields. Reuters said its in formation came from an inde pendent French news agency. Sta Blocked Foreign reports that Ger man tanks were crossing Syria bound for Iraq were not immed iately confirmed. Similar reports in Istanbul, Turkey, however, said one or two German air Kiddie Klub SATURDAY MORNING AT 10 A. M. RANGE ANGRY NAZIS MOVE IN J BIG SURPRISE f TREAT! Courtesy ef J Lost River Dairy y Another Big l Stage Show! ft ON THE SCREEN "THE MYSTERIOUS J $ RIDER" I DOOM 0PIN AT l:M A. M. MOW STARTS AT II IM A. M. DRAWS NEAR CLOSE Attorneys for both the Nation- i al Labor Relations board and the : Hoseloy Logging company ex pected to finish presentation of testimony Friday as the board hearing currently underway in the city hall entered the ninth tedious day. Record of the hearing, on an NLRB complaint charging the logging firm with three unfair labor practices, will be sent to Washington, D. C, for a decision al board headquarters. John B. Eblnger, stocky, painstaking company attorney, Friday morning questioned two witnesses regarding an obstruc tion placed before the cabin of Dennis Gathright allegedly by L. D. Hoseley, head of the Hose ley firm. E. H. Card and J. G. Wolf, Industrial Employes' union representatives, examined James J. Ware, present chair man of the IEU local at the respondent's operations. Testimony of A. L. Book, a Sprague River merchant, and Clino Roper, constable at Sprague River, both firm wit nesses, concerned an alleged Gathright threat to burn the ob struction. Ware was scheduled for cross examination Friday afternoon by lean, Lincolnesque William A. Babcock, young board attor ney. ! The hearing, conducted by i NLRB Trial Examiner P. H. Mo Nally, will have a sequel be ginning Thursday, May 22, when the Crater Lake Box and Lum ber company of Sprague River will appear as respondent be fore a board examiner on simi lar unfair labor practice charges. Both board complaints were issued on charges by the Inter national Woodworkers of Amer ica (CIO) that the companies were sponsoring and interfering with IEU locals. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND, Ore.. May 16 (AP-USDA) HOGS: Salable 50, total 250: market steady; good choice 180-215 lb. grades, most ly $9.25: choice 197 lb. $9 35; 230-255 lb. butchers, $8.75-85; medium light lights down to $8.00; packing sows salable at $8.00-25; light sows up to $8.40; choice light feeder pigs, salable around $10.00-50. CATTLE: Salable and total, 50; calves, salable 10, total 25; supply mostly cows and bulls; market steady; few medium light fed steers, $9.40; strictly good light kinds, quotable to $10.50; odd common heifers. $6.75; good fed heifers, salable around $9.50-10.35; canner and cutter cows, $5.00-6.50: young dairy cows upward to $7.40; good beef cows salable at S8.00 50; medium-good bulls, $7.50 to $8.50; strictly- good beef bulls, quotable to $9.00; medium veal ers, $8.50-9 50; choice grades to $11.50. SHEEP: Salable 25. total 150; market nominally steady; good- i choice spring lambs, salable ' around $10.50-75; shorn old crop j lambs, salable $7.50 down; fat ewes, quotable $3.50 down. 1 squadrons had landed in Syria ! and that light tanks also had 1 arrived. Britain's hold on the sea lanes ; of the eastern Mediterranean 'make it improbable, some : sources thought, that any nazi i forces had been disembarked j from ships on the Syrian coast. I Military circles, however, re garded it as likely that the Ger ! mans might be flying light tanks i and light guns by planes as they did in Libya. "BOOBs'In ARMS". ijjj "HYSTERICAL HIGH SPOTS' j fTMyjJ COLOR CARTOON irvH' M l.sll'Allr PARAMOUNT NEWS fjjVJV ON THE SCREEN V.dLsL wSamT a A f$A I BL0MDE DYNMTE a3 ld LfMBLASTSAP0L,T,CAL f WOSfepy ikyt: MACHINE SKY-HIGH! iTof? THE F. R. SIDESTEPS HON FRANCE TALK (Continued from Page One) the department would not tell him anything. In similar fashion he referred to Rear Admiral Ernest J. King, commander of the Atlantic fleet, a question on how successful the Atlantic patrol was in its oper ations. And, again, he said King would not tell. Mr. Roosevelt would not go into a discussion of a conference he had with King earlier in the week. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY BOARD AND ROOM 629 Jef ferson. 5-18 PARTLY FLRNISHED. newly decorated apt. Close in. Rea sonable rent. Call 6640. 5 16 NEW ZIEGLER ROWBOAT, $40 cash. Call 7985 after 5 p. m. 5-16 WANTED TO RENT Two-bed-room furnished house, not over $40. Adults. Reference. Phone 3683. 5-17 BOARD AND ROOM in modern home. Good beds, good food. 1204 Crescent. 5 9 FOR SALE No. .2535. 2543". 2555 Shasta way. The first six months are the hardest. I'll make them the easiest. 5-19 FOR SALE CHEAP My equity in store equipment. Inquire 1510 Oregon avenue after 6 p. m. 5-16 NICE. COOL housekeeping room $3.00 week. Phone 7058. 5 16 WOULD LIKE two boarders, $6.00 week. Phone 7058. 5 18 CONVALESCENT HOME 153 Granite, Ashland. W arm. light, pleasant home for the aged. 5-16 FOR SALE CHEAP Vj acre fine soil. 6-room house, partly furnished, root cellar and gar age. Raspberries, strawberries, gooseberries and currants. On good road, school bus service. J. R. GRIFFITH 2007 Etna Pleasant 'View Tracts 5-16 AT 5054 JEFFERSON, furnish- 4-room apt., newly decorated. $35.00. 5-17 COZY 3-ROOM APARTMENT $35. Adults. 413 Alameda. 5-17 WANTED Good mechanic at 4651 So. 6th and Hope St. 5-19 SUMMER LEASE, starting about June 1. New 5-room house, completely furnished, air con ditioned, Bendix. Reliable couple only. References re quired. $45 month. 2056 Law rence, above Pacific Terrace. s-n RAID REPELLED BERLIN, May 16 fP) British ships attempted to approach the German-occupied channel coast today but were fired on by Ger man naval artillery and forced to "turn off," authorized sources said tonight. HIES NEWS ANT THE HERALD. CHANGES MADE IN FORESTERS' JOBS TORTLAND. May 18 The district forest service office j announced the following person nel chanties Thursday: E. P. Roberts placed in charge of CCC forest camps under J. F. Franklin; O. K. Llnstedt, reg- ' ional forester to Roberts' old position as senior administrative : assistant in Salem where he was in charge of state forest CCC camps under State Forester ! j Rogers; transfer of M. S. Low-1 j den, assistant forester, from ; i Deschutes national forest to j regional office here to take Lin-1 stedt's old position; transfer of R. P. Bottcher, assistant fores- : ter, from Fremont national : forest headquarters at Lake I view, to Deschutes headquarters 'at Bend. Courthouss- Records FRIDAY Complaints Fllad Dorothy Simonson. adminis tratrix of the estate of Max Bloom, deceased, versus Daniel George Moon, an individual, and William Updcgrave and Irvin R. Updegravc, doing business as Updcgrave Trucking company. Suit for damages. Plaintiff prays judgment against defendants for $10,000. Frank Shipnian versus John Doe Towell and Pauline Towel I. Suit for damages in alleged acci dent at South Sixth street and Miller lane June 17, 1940. Plain tiff asks judgment of $125 50 and costs. Maynard Wilson, at torney for plaintiff. Decreet Lucille Campbell versus Lawrence Campbell. Divorce granted plaintiff on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. Plaintiff's maiden name, Lucille Fox. restored. Arthur Robson versus Mabel Grace Robson. Divorce granted on grounds of cruel and in human treatment. Plaintiff awarded custody of minor child. Viola Bcrnice Depuy versus Elza Vernon Depuy. Plaintiff awarded divorce and custody of : three minors. Defendant to payj $35 a month for 12 months fori support of children; thereafter $40 a month. Marriage Applications ' F A I R A L L - FENWICK. i Charles Fairall. legal age. Klam ath Falls, electrician, native of England. Ethel Rebecca Fen wick, legal age, Klamath Falls, teacher, native of Malheur county, Oregon. Justice Court John Harry Riskus. no opera tor's license. Fined $5.50. Delbert Joseph Durfee. park ing on highway and having no operator's license. Fined $5.50 on each charge. j Wilbur Earl Johnstqn. no op- i erator's license. Fined $5 50. Fred Shadduck, no tail light, only one headlight. Fined $5.50. ' Doctors Elect ; Roseburg Man Head of Group ; (Continued from Page One) of Portland. Dr. Verden E. Hockett of Salem, head of the selective service for Oregon, 1 paid high tribute to the young men from Klamath county, : when he stated but five rejec : tions had been made in this dis ' trict. Dr. George Earle Henton of Portland, in charge of the board of medical service, spoke later in the day. Dr. W. W. Baum of Salem, scheduled to appear, was unable to be present inasmuch as he was called to ' army service Friday. KLAMATH FAI.T5, ORECON U. S. Seen Ready To Take Action On Nazi Threat (Continued from Page One) America nations, It was said, Is the possibility that, III "collubor ating," France may be forced to turn over to Germany her fleet and the strategic naval bases at Dakar, Oran and Bizcrte. President Roosevelt, Secretary Hull, and other American offi cials have made It unmistakably plain in several addresses that Germany's acquisition of the French fleet believed now to comprise 92 warships of all cate gories, including 60 submarines would be considered a direct threat to the American nations. Dakar Important German control of Dakar on the hump of the African coast commanding south Atlantic sea lanes, naval authorities pointed out, would provide the natit with a base from which U-boats and bombers could play havoc with American shipping and with Britain's "lifeline" around the Cape of Good Hope. Dakar has been spoken of often as a logical "jumplng-off" point for thrust against South America. In the western hemisphere, a Vichy-Berlin axis of "collabor ation" brings into question the status of the French colonial possessions Martinique, Guada loupe, French Guiana, St. Pierre and Miquelon. The United States has shown particular Interest in Martinique because of its strategic lv.iltion in the center of the shield of American naval and air bases guarding the entrance to the Panama canal. WOOL MARKET BOSTON, May 16 (AP-USDA) Fine territory wools in original bags were receiving a very mod erate demand today at $1.00 1.03, scoured basis, for short to good French combing lengths. Graded fine territory wools, comprising French and staple combing lengths together, were getting an occasional request at around $1.05, scoured basis. Fine foreign wools were moving quite freely at (t.00-1.04, scour ed basis, including duty for Aus tralian, and mostly 98 cents to $1.04, scoured basis, including duty, for South American lines A spotty demand was noted on combing three-eighths and quarter-blood bright fleece wools at 46-47 cents, mostly around 46 cents, in the grease, delivered to users. A ONE-GIRL SHOW INGHAM, Neb. IP) She's the only graduating senior, but Dorothy Heath, 17, will get a full-fledged commencement pro gram at Ingham High school, with a speaker and everything. County Attorney Sam Diedrichs will deliver the commencement address. To Salem Betty Prudhomme was to leave Friday night for Salem and Portland to spend the weekend with friends. CORNIR WASHBURN WAT CONTINUOUS SHOWS SATURDAY FROM 12 NOON LAST TIMES TODAY! Here's Gene at His Best! ' Jt.M i w,ib Horo,D"1 xUVf tsbiir niiimiTLr I 7fMMt HavMand r ttm nmtJ sj vjQ j,1"4 PLAYS SUNDAY and MONDAY Continuous Shows Sunday From 12 Noon HIT NO. I Vau T h a u f h I Speneer Wii Wo mervPrnof . ut Whet Can Any Man Do With the Upe of U marr . . . walllngt !' K. Va4 N V Vtrrta ""a!" & fVjS I 11 ill (Continued from Page One) holding up $500,000,000 worth o( shipbuilding, as a threatened walkout of CIO union men al General Motors corporation plants was averted. Chairman Truman (D Mo.) of the committee teli-graphrd union leaders and shipbuilding lead ers saying that the committee would open hearings in Wash ington Thursday "for the pur pose of ascertaining why we can't have ships and who la re sponsible for the failure to re open the shipyards" unless the strike was settled by Tuesday. The telegrams said the com mittee "expects that paramount consideration will be given to ! the interest of the public In this ! national emergency, namely, to ! the production of the ships that wt so greatly need. A pence formula drafted by tho defense mediation board set tled the General Motors dispute a few hours before the sched uled walkout. The firm has about $750,000,000 In defense contracts. The threat of another shut down In the eight-slate Appa lachian soft coal area was ac centuated during the day and when southern mine operators and leaders of the United Mine ; Workers union adjourned a . wage conference in New York ; with both sides expressing lit tle hope for an agreement. The operators will submit another proposal tomorrow afternoon. The General Motors settle ment provided a flat Increase of 10 cents an hour for an esti mated 250,000 workers In 89 plants, and for no closed shop, union shop or maintenance-of-membership shop. Under a new contract to run onu year from (April 28, 1941, the company agreed not to lock out its em ployes, and to give considera tion to seniority in making pro motions. The CIO United Automobile Workers originally had called a strike against 60 of the Gen eral Motors plants fur 7 a. m. Thursday. Senate Approves OPM Control Bill WASHINGTON. May 16 lP The senate approved today an amended house bill giving the office of production management board statutory control over the disposition of raw materials and military equipment. The measure now goes back to the house for consideration of the senate's action in eliminating a provision which would have set up a priorities division out side the OPM under supervision of the munitions control board. Read the Classified Page. A MO SOUTH SIXTH STRUT It's 81edg-Flstod Dramal t.wi tTrs3 I HIT NO. 2 Hirl'l 1 Pint Run Putun Rath id With Thrills and Adnnturs In tlu Land al Ins Antlant Pyramid With ll'a Orlantsl Trlekarrl Walrd laaralal 0f CM SIGRID OURII Ralph lyrt Hal Oallloi Gurji Zutc imriay Thla Paatura At I 11 111 Sill ill Sill Heavy Blows Suffered by Nazi Cities (Continued fiom Tg One) lucking plum's aiknmvl edged. Air sparring continued throughout today over the channel and it was aimnuni'rd authoritatively that three Her man fighters wciu shot down off the southeast roast. Nazi aerial activity overnight was described officially as com paratively light and cunlincd largely to coastal areas. Two raiders were reported shot down by British fighters In a pre dawn dogfight high over Hie southeast coast. A few casualties resultrd In one district in Englund unit damage was reported at several points, but no bombs (ell In London and the alert there was brief. Stand on 'Peace' Journey Sought by British Leaders (Continued from Page One) being used to serve the ends of thoroughgoing scoundrels of Germany, such as Himmlrr. lib bentrop, Ley and the general party bosses who act solely for themselves." His reference was to llelnrieh Himmler, head of all German police forces: Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbcntrop and Robert Ley, head of the nazi labor front. Henderson, who knew Hess well while he was In Germany, continued: "I regarded Hess as the adopt ed son of Hitler, a man to whom Hitler was devoted and was de voted to Hitler." President Recalls U. S. Naval Policy Against Pirates WASHINGTON. May 16 lp) President Roosevelt Injected to- ' day Into a discussion of C'.er jmany's declaration that the Red sea will be a dnnger zone for foreign ships a pointed reminder i that twice before in history the I United Slates hml used her war ships to protect her commerce ; and obtain freedom of the sea- son. I He mentioned the action of j the new American republic against the bnrbary pirates In 1 the Mediterranean a century ago and naval action as well , against privateers in the Carlb ' bean. BIG DOUBLE HORROR MIDNIGHT SHOW Plays Tonight Midnight Show Only Doors Open ot 11:45 Show Starts of Midnit May 17. 1im RETAIL SELLING NEW YORK. May 18 (Jv lluylng In retail stores continu ed its brisk gall tills week with sales averaging IS to 18 per cent above last year for the country as a whole, Dun it Brad street reported today. "The quickened selling pic of last mouth on the whole was well maintained." the merchan riialng agency said. "Horn furn ishings continued In strung de mand, with May away' purchas es of considerable significance in some stores. "Salrs of electrical appliances hrlri lit peak levels. "A marked new gain In charge uu'otinti and In credit stiles was noted quite generally. Wholesale purchasing con tinued to expand, with unus ually heavy early demand (or full merchandise. 1 Klamath Student In Phi Beta Kappa EUGENE. May 16 UV Twelve University of Oregon seniors have been elected to Phi lilt a Knppa. national scholastic hon orary, and at the same time Don Treuilgold. Eugene, received an award of $25 In books for the hlghrst grades made by a sopno more. Among thoso named were: 1 Genevieve Trearigold. Grants , Pass; Orve Aehl, Dallas. Among , members elected last fall term I were: Hoy Hewitt, Milton; Aids llruii. Klumuth Fulls, and Jark Powers. Salem. y pons' Villi hW Ds the triil si ipiilia J nut ia incomojrsMt Hawaii. Tropic stsri! Psknt and coral ! 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