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The Klamath News PICTURES! Associated Press Tilimito. MCA Talepho lot and live local newsplcture and en graving alall proTlda Naw and Harald readers with a comprehensive photograph le service. WEATHE rEWS High St. Lew TJ ht 48 1 24 hours to I a. m. , y . .00 1 1.80 ..10.88 ..16.88 Season to data ..i Normal precipitation Laat year to data . IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND Vol. 18, No. 149 Price Five CenU TWO SECTIONS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1941 (Every Morning Except Monday) 1 I ; In Hie Days News By FRANK JENKINS fODAY'S . most Intareillng . rumor: Tha Briliih radio reporta picking up a Rumanian broad cast to the effect that Germany haa begun to transport Infantry troops through the Bosphorus, bound presumably for Syria f and Iraq. These troops are rrported to be leaving Rumanian Black Sea ports. THE rumor la Interesting be- cause It suggests an answer to tha now all Important ques tion as to how Germany ex pects to get sufficient forces in to the eastern Mediterranean lands to make a successful at tack on the Iraq oil fields and Suez. VOU will recall that when Churchill was up for a vote of confidence a few days ago It was brought out In the debate in the house of commons that Ger man troopships had been sent through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles to occupy Greek Island along the Turkish coast. That indicated CONCES SIONS on the part of Turkey. For reasons not apparent to us on tha outside (but of course based on diplomatic negotations then under way) Turkey was PEFENDKD by tha British gov eromenl for making this conces sion. TF Interested, you'll have to get out your map again at this point. (You can't hope to follow Ihe war news Intelligently with out a good map at hand as you read.) You will note that from the Dardanelles to the point where the Turkish coast turns east ward toward Syria the Aegean 8e la liberally sprinkled with 1 Islands, some of which (tha Dodecanese) are already owned and occupied by Italy. Others have recently been seized by Germany from Greece. It might be possible to slip German troopships through these Islands to the mouth of the Ae gean, thence hugging the Turkish coast around to Syria as was done along the coast of Norway earlier In the war. It doesn't, however, look too promising be cause of the proximity of the Island of Cyprus, where the Brit ish have strong naval and air forces. i CO let's go back to this Ruman lan rumor, which mentions the BOSPHORUS but says nothing about the DARDANELLES and Intimatea that the German in fantry I bound for TURKEY ,and Iraq. " The Bosphorus Is the Black Bea end of the strategic straits. The Dardanelles is the Mediter ranean end. In between is the ea of Marmora. Istanbul (Con stantinople) Is located on the Sea of Marmora and Istanbul is on the Bcrlin-to-Bagdad railroad, jwhtch with Its branches, leads xactly where the Germans ant to go. JfEEP on watching Turkey for Turkey holds the answer to the German problem as to how to get sufficient forces into the Near East. 'TWERE are conflicting reports . today from Salum, where the Germans are trying to ap proach Suez from the west. The British took It on Thurs day. The Germans claim to have RETAKEN it today, along with Fort Capuzzo. The British (as these words arc written) neither Confirm nor deny the German claim. flO back here for a moment to World War No I when, you will remember, positions along the western front changed bands frequently over a long period of time. . The point is that'from Tobruk to Salum (temporarily at least) a condition of stalemate has been reached, with the Germans unnblo for the time being to break through the British de fenses and roll on toward Suez. As long as the British are able to hold sea supplied Tobruk, It Will remain a threat to further German advance. I UERE again France comes In. It she lets the Germans Into Tunisia, the way will be opened for German reinforcements In sufficient volume to overwhelm Tebrtk.; CUPPER PILOT LANDS SAFELY AT THE DALLES Flier in Cub' Plane First Feared Lost From Eugene Course Squally weather In this area Saturday caused an army plane to make an unscheduled landing here for fuel and aroused con cern over the safety of a private plane that headed north from here at 1 1 a. m. Saturday. The latter plane, a Piper Cub coupe, was piloted by W. H. Grace, Pan American Airways pilot of Alameda, Calif., and was en route to Seattle via Eugene. Grace was unreported at Eugene by 3 p. m., and a report from Rocky Point that at 11:10 a. m. a plans was heard circling and seemingly losing altitude at first caused concern here that he may have had trouble In that area. However, it was later learned that Grace was forced off his routo by strong winds and hail, and Bend sources said ha landed at Beaver marsh until the wind shifted and then continued to The Dalles. Grace brought the tiny plane down safely at The Dalles at 9:20 p. m. and intended to spend the night there before con tinuing to Seattle, it was learned. Haads Into Storm The Rocky Point report were telephoned to the office of Sher iff Lloyd L. Low by Mrs. Brown of Crystal, near Rocky Point, and Molse Penning, operator of the Rocky Point resort. The west side residents said the plane appeared to head into a suddenly developing snow storm, then turned- back. Mrs Brown said she heard tha plane'a motors for about five minutes (Continued on Pago Two) Air Crashes Kill 7 Army Men in Ohio COLUMBUS. O., May 17 UP) Seven army men five in one plane and two In another were killed aa their ships crashed In hilly southern Ohio IS minutes apart last night during cyclonic wind and rain storms. Army attaches at Patterson field, Dayton, said today five men In a twin-motored ship from Barksdale, La., lost their lives as the plane smashed into a hillside near Nclsonville, O., 75 miles southeast of here. The other plane plunged into the ground 100 miles west of Ncl sonville near Wilmington. The five killed were: Second Lieutenants Robert Sonncnfield, William J. Wiandt, Robert L. Brown and James Criswcll and Sergeant John H. Davis. Homo addresses of the vic tims were listed as Winndt, Ak ron, O.; Criswcll, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Brown, father at Salt Lake City, Utah, and mother, Den ver, and Davis, Shrevcport. Davis' body was not Immedl (Continued on Page Two) President Urges Struggle Against Economic Slavery WASHINGTON, May 17 (UP) President Roosevelt warned to night the dictator nations al ready have achieved serious eco nomic encirclement of the United States and summoned all Ameri cans to fight against the eco nomic slavery to which Germany and her allies would subject the world. America Is heading into a world-wide crisis of "truly des perate Intensity and aggression is menacing the economic, social and spiritual framework of "our democratic way of life," the president said. Dark Future "... It Is Idle for us to talk of future foreign trade unless we are ready now to defend the principles upon which It Is and must be based," he said. "That defense calls most urgently on every American for his immed iate and utmost effort. Otherwise there can be no foreign trade of the future on fair terms, under democratic principles." Victory of totalitarianism, Mr. Roosevelt declared, would leave , i , ... . ... .. . t Three U. S. Coast Guardsmen stand on the deck of the French luxury liner Normandie. tied up In Naw York harbor. They were part of tha force of ten man placed aboard tha ship in the federal government's latest move against foreign shipping. Coast Guardsmen placed a dozen or more French-flag vessels under protective custody. California Governor Announces Progress in S. F. Bay ,Tie-Ups NEW YORK. May 17 UP) The United Mine Workers of America (CIO) today ordered 100,000 hard coal miners to leave their jobs Monday because of failure of the union and Pennsylvania anthracite opera tors to reach a new contract agreement. The anthracite fields, produc ing practically all the American hard coal, are located In north eastern Pennsylvania. The fuel,, used principally in homes, is not considered vital to national defense since most defense in dustries use soft coal. SAN FRANCISCO, May 17. (UP) Gov. Culbert Olson an nounced after a three-hour con ference with strike leaders today that "we are making progress" toward settlement of the eight day walkout of AFL and CIO machinists which has tied up work on $500,000,000 defense contracts in San Francisco bay shipyards. Admiral John Wills Green slade, commandant of the 12th naval headquarters, in comment ing on reports from Washington that the navy may assign ma rines to shipyards to protect workers willing to return to their Jobs, said such action might oc cur only If local and state police were unablo to "function ade quately." So far, Admiral Grcenslade said, he has received no orders from Washington to call out the marines. Normal procedure, he added, would be for the governor of the state to ask such assist ance in case of violence or riots. In such an event, he said, the marines would be held at the dis posal of the army which is charg (Continued on Page Two) the world In a state of economic serfdom with international com merce "Rigorously controlled for the sole advantage of those na tions and ruling groups which al ready have declared their deter mination to conquer the world and to subordinate to their own profit the welfare of all other people." Trade Mere Weapon "That this Is the fact is at tested by official or Inspired Ger man announcements," he said. "Trade in such a world would be merely another weapon for fur ther ruthless aggression and sub Judication." The president's strong warning came In a formal statement open ing foreign trade week May 18 to 24. Reflecting Mr. Roosevelt's growing concern with economic aspects of the war and Its im pact on world trade channels, Secretary of State Cordell Hull tomorrow night will follow up the warning with a major ad dress on foreign trade, delivered at 9:30 p. m. EST over the NBC blue network. i French Luxury Liner Boarded by Jumping Frogs of Governors Vie in Meet ANGELS CAMP, Cel.. May 17 (UP) Five thousand persons who Jammed "Frogtown" outside this little Mother Lode mining hamlet today saw limber-legged "Sebastian," entered by Gov. Prentice Cooper of Tennessee, win the Governors' derby, pre liminary to the annual frog Jumping contest with a leap of 8 feet 2 inches. Runner-up at 8 feet one inch was "Bluegrass," entered by Gov. Keen Johnson of Kentucky, while "Paul, the Great," spon sored by Gov. Paul B. Johnson of Mississippi, and "Harrlsburg," entered by C. A. -French of the Pennsylvania fish commissioner's Office, tied for third at 8 feet. Democracy," California Gov; Culbert Olson's dark-horse, could get no- bettor than ISth place with a ' iy 5 foot 3 inch effort. N jltors Galore None of the governors attend ed the fourteenth annual Jubilee made famous in the days of Mark Twain and "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," but visit ors galore were on hand from every other walk of life. Governor Cooper will receive a special certificate testifying to "Sebastian's" accomplishment. None of the 82 frogs Jumped today approached the record of 15 feet 10 inches held by "Zip," whose proud owner, 12-year-old Eddie Robinson of Stockton, Cal., is entering him again in a stable of six hoppers. Eddie's pretty 20-year-old sis ter, June Robinson, upheld the family tradition by tickling her "Worthless" to a 13 foot 10 inch effort, good enough to win the preliminaries of tomorrow 's finals. "Budwelscr," 1937 champion ownea Dy louis Usher, Stock ton, three times winner of the Jubilee and often in the money, iook second with a leap of 13 icei z incnes. Forest Fire Sweeps Toward Town After Destroying Camps BOSTON, May 1T(JF) A for est fire that has destroyed more man iuu lake-side sporting camps crept toward Mlllinoeket, Me., a town of 6000 persons', to day the second damaging fire in northern New England in 24 nours. Flames originating in a barn yesterday destroyed seven build. ings four houses, a 123-year old general store, a country school and a town office In Rveiate Corner, Vt.. leaving only eight houses standing in the tiny vil lage of 60 residents. The Maine camps were lev eled on the shores of Ambajesus and Mlllinoeket lakes. Three other major forest fires were re ported raging in Maine, Looking Backward By The Associated Press Mny 17, 1940 Belgians aban don Brussels to Germans; nazi tanks drive salient 35 miles Into northern France. May 17, 1916 American air men with French fly aver Ger man linos for first time as sep arate unit; Greeks capture Bul garian soldiers dressed in Ger man uniforms. I Coast Guard f...r -mi o ' (t ; r,, If: ALIEN SEAMEN Overstay of Leaves in U. S. Said Reason of Officers' Action NEW YORK, May 17 (UP) Immigration inspectors and bor der patrol officers, accompanied by city police, swept through known alien haunts in metro politan New York tonight in a systematic roundup of foreign seamen who have overstayed their leaves in the United States. trr.T.,V. .;?' Tobruk.. three. British ot Starting shortly after 9 Trir:.Tfir, nH M mn wr Inr.ri were staged in four of New York city's five boroughs Brooklyn, Queens, Richmond (Staten Is- land) and the Bronx, and across the Hudson river at Hoboken, N. J. Tne roundup on Manhat tan, where less than two weeks ago scores of German sailors and Italian waiters were taken into custody on similar charges, was inexplicably delayed for more than an hour. 240 Officers The roundup appeared to be concentrated particularly in the Brooklyn area where an esti mated 240 officers were seeking alien seamen of all nationalities in bars, restaurants, hotels and rooming houses. Some 30 offi cers searched through Queens, and a score moved tn rough the alien hangouts on Staten Island, which commands the entrance to New York harbor. At Hoboken authorities said that 25 alien sea men had been taken into cus tody 1 i hours after the roundup began. These were taken to po lice headquarters but no charges were placed against them. SAN FRANCISCO. May 17. ! (UP) Immigration department I gtrls, were born today to Mrs. agents and San Francisco police i Joseph Baker, Fidelity, Kas., tonight took into custody at least farm wife, but three of the chil three alien seamen in connection j dren died a few hours after (Continued on Page Two) birth. Melting JzzS- VS si p: 7 Flood waters, several fast deep, surrounded this ranch and highway on the Conelos river near Alamosa, Colo. Note bridge at left, where waters usually are confined. Other Colorado streams were surging over their banks as warm weather melted deep mountain snowdrifts. British Smash At Luftwaffe In Iraq AXIS CLAIMS SALUM TAKEN Desert Assault Sees Recapture of Fort Capuzzo, Say Nazis BERLIN. Mav 17 (UP) The German high command reported today that the Italo-German Af - rican corps has recaptured So- lum. Fort Capuzzo, and "all other points" taken by the Brit - ish in a slashing desert assault a "j . . . ' , ine nign commano. communi-1 man Raymond Poincare, ren que and other German sources deT to the German people "in reported heavy fighting all along , uniting them by his strictures." the African front, including bat- As for Mr. Roosevelt's com tles at Tobruk in which the cap-1 ment on .varships. made in an ture of British prisoners was!swer to questions about the claimed and an air attack by! German d reclamation that nazi German bombers which was said naval activity might be expect to have forced British naval ves- ed henceforth in the Red sea. sels to withdraw from the vicin- today's informants said: "Com ity of Benghazi. parisons are dangerous: Mr. The high command said that I Roosevelt had best watch his "All our previous positions are again in the hands of the Afri can corps." Informed nazis said these positions included, in ad dition to Solum and Capuzzo, Sidi Azeib, IS miles northwest of Solum. The German success was achieved by daring counter-attacks upon the British forces which penetrated Solum and Fort Capuzzo, the high command said. Nazi sources said that 100 Brit ish troops were taken prisoner In the Solum area and that ficers and 23 men were captured and two British tanks destroyed. The official news agency DNB said that at 'Jtobruk nazi planes succeeded in "partly destroying" several British transports. fc,RLIN. May 17 . VP) Axis .desert forces in an audacious counter-attack against the Brit ish in Salum have recaptured (Continued on Page Two) : Chicago Quadruplets Die After 10 Hours CHICAGO, May 17 (JPh-Mrs. Frances Adams, 20-year-old wife of a lunchroom chef, gave birth to quadruplets the second set on record in Chicago but all the infants died today less than 10 hours after they were born. The quadruplets, all girls, were born three months pre maturely. The first born was weakest and had to be placed in an artificial respirator immed iately. The others were placed j in incubators. HIAWATHA. Kas.. Mav 17 Onarirunlets. two hov nnrt turn Snow Brings Floods to Germans Hit President's 'Meddling' BERLIN, May 17 (AP) Authorized sources said today "let President Roosevelt' con tinue meddling in European af-fai.-s and we will succeed - in uniting all Europe against him." This was their comment on Mr. Roosevelt's statement de crying collaboration of the Vichy government of France with Berlin, and on his obser vation that, in the past, Ameri- can warships have been used to ; protect American commerce and Ibtam freedom of the seas in distant waters. In tne German view, these 1 P-esmen said, the United staU Pres,de.nt a V.ke'y to vet' ; form for Europe the same service which the French states- step. Correspondents were warned. at the same time, against re garding French-German collab oration negotiation as complete. They said the negotiations mere ly were making satisfactory progress. . USED BY RAF 'Invasion" Coast , of France Rocks From Attacks by British LONDON, (Sunday) May 18. (UP) Waves of British bombers roared across the English chan nel Saturday night for the third successive night to plaster the French "invasion" coast from Dunkirk to Boulonge with the new, powerful super-bombs. Tremendous flashes rent the starry sky above banks of mist over the French coast. Towns on the English side of the channel were rocked by the heaviest explosions yet heard during the British raids on the invasion ports as waves of Royal Air Force planes streamed to ward the French coast. "Flaming Onions" Scores of searchlights swept and" criss-crossed the sky and the German ground guns put up one of their most spectacular barrages, hurling shells and "flaming onions" into the air. Heavy blows were believed to have been struck at German long-range gun emplacements at Cape Griz Nez and Calais. British bombers started fires (Continued on Page Two) Colorado NAZI PINCERS TAKE BLOW IN WOSECTORS Syrians Mass 60,000 Men Near Palestine; Clashes Said Begun CAIRO, May 17 (UP) British forces smashed at both ends of the German pincers threatening the Suez canal today, trading blows for the first time with tha luftwaffe in Iraq and pounding at axis forces in the Sollum-Fort Capuzzo area. - - The royal air force smashed at German aircraft on the ground at Mosul in the heart of the rich oil fields and German bombers and fighter-bombers attacked the British-held airdromes of Habba nlya. The British reported a Hein kel bomber was destroyed and other nazi. warp lanes damaged in the attack on the Mosul air drome. - . . , . The German attack on Har baniya was the first reported in volving the luftwaffe in the Iraq sphere of operations. Ambulance Hit ' " An RAF communique said the 'tack at Habbaniya was carried ' out by German Heinkel bombers and Messerschmltt 110s. It caused only slight damage and m few casualties. In the course of the attack, the British charged, the Messerschmitt ma.chl.ne gunned an ambulance on the) pit-ovCTiooking toe British -airdrome.. .. , , . The RAF reported wideecale operations both In Libya and in Greece. . . . ,- , "Heavy" raids upon the Greek airdromes at Menibi and Hassan! Tuesday and Wednesday nights were reported, in the course of which nine enemy Dlanea . were. said to have been destroyed by uireci mis ana nangars set afire. . Attacks in Libya were carried out by the RAF in co-operation wiu tne south African air force, upon mechanized columns and troop concentrations. Two Mes serschmitt 109 s and a- Junkers 88 were reported shot-down. Bomber attacks on Benehazi. Derna, El Gazala and Barce were (Continued on Page Two) - NLRB Dismisses Ward Union Charges WASHINGTON. May 17 UPk The - national labor- relations board announced today dismis sal of a petition by Office Em ployes union No.' 16821 (AFL) for certification ai - bargaining agent of office- and - clerical employes of the mail-order and retail stores of Montgomery Ward and -company, Portland. Ore. - The board ruled that'' the union had not made sufficient showing of membership to raise a question concerning represent, tation of all - employes. "The. union estimated the number of' employes in the proposed bar gaining unit at 924, and sub mitted 256 membership cards. Edwin S. Smith, board mem ber, dissented, and said that an election should have been or dered in the case.' Strike Causes Singapore Clash SINGAPORE, May 17 (JP)-r British authorities proclaimed a "state of emergency" and called up additional peace maintenance forces yesterday in the Malay state of Selangor after soldiers and a crowd of Indian rubber plantation strikers clashed. Three of the strikers were killed and seven wounded, and several policemen were injured. News Index Building News ....... ..... Page 10 City Briefs ...Page 11 Comics and Story Page 14 Editorials Page 4 High School News .....Page 18 Information ......Page 11 Market, Financial ....... Page 13 Midland Empire News . Page 13 Pattern Page 4 Society Pages S, 6, 7. 8, Sports Page 12 Weekend Magazine .......Page 3