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Vol. 18, No. 160 Price Five Cent
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 20. 1941
(Every Morning Except Monday),
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Br FRANK JENKINS
T-llE big newt over the week
" end la tho turrendrr of
Italy ' Ethiopian army men
tlonrd f irat In tuday't dlapatchct
at about 38,000 and later at
7000. (Probably 7000 Itallnnt
and 80-odd thousand natlvea.)
Tho tile of the raptured army
lan't to Important to the Brltlili
at Uie fact that It haa turrender
ad, thua permitting removal of
badlv needed Brltlih forcet to
Egypt.
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'THE Itallana. who had been
1 ordered to fight to the end
In ordrr to keep the Hritlah
buay In Ethiopia, were out of
feted and water, and HAD to
aubmtt.
Aa a tribute to their courage,
the British permitted Italian of
ficers to retain their aide arms
and rendered military honors to
tha garrison as It filed' out of
tho captured fortreat of Amba
Alajl.
That It an old touch In war
not seen much In these dayt ex-
cept among the airmen. The
soldiers Impulse to honor a
brave enemy It probably as
strong at ever, but It suppressed
by tho rulct of modern proa
ganria which require picturing
the enemy aa a monster.
TTHE Duke of Aosta (Italian
commander) la described In
today l dlspatchra aa aharlng the
fate of hia troops.
Well, why ahouldn't he?
In earlier centuries, the gen
eral'! place wat at the not of
danger at the front. The Kmnnn
Emperor Constantine LEU hit
troops Into battle, taking every
risk they took. When hit soldlcra
remonstrated with him. urging
thmt hia wNnn was too valuable
to be thus hazarded, he laughed
at them.
Alexander, In hit early and
. ..... I. I iHli-lr nf
- great jri., "
J every fight, and wat often
wounded.
TT waan't, of course, a WISE
custom.
Epamlnondae of Thebes (one
of the great generalt of ancient
Greece) led hit Thebtnt into the
battle of Mantlnea against the
Athenian-Spartan allict and was
winning until a Javelin pierced
hit armor.
Hit death dltheartcned his
army and the battle to auspici
omly begun ended In draw.
The greatness of Thcbet perish
ed with the death of Epamlnon
dat. fHE threwder modern custom
.It to protect the leader from
every possible danger, but the
thought ia inescapable that if
tome of the lcadcra who START
WARS were compelled by pub
J He opinion to take the place of
danger in the thick of the fight
ing fewer wart might be started.
IN Syria today. General Dentz.
the French commander, an
nounces thnt ho hat orders from
Vichy to defend the "sky and
iBnd" of the Levant atatcs
(Syria and Lebanon) and that
his army of the levant it ready
to oppose force with force.
Turning propagandist, ho says:
unce a a i ii uiikihi
French blood." That utterance
la Intended to fire the French
against the British.
1 -vFTF.N France haa fought
AGAINST Britain. Seldom
Indeed haa she fought side by
side with Germany at it ap
pears probable she It preparing
) to do now.
' Never in victory has France
displayed generosity to the
beaten Germans.
Beaten. France will receive
no generosity now from tho vic
torious Germans regardless
of promises Hitler it making to
the Vichy government.
JETTING back to Syria, Gon
J eral Dentz It supposed to
have an army of about 60,000.
It Is fairly well armed, and Ger
many will arm it ttill better.
It ia a problem for the British.
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Looking Backward
By The Attoelated Pratt
May 19, 1940 General Max
imo Wcygand succeeds General
Maurice Gustave Gamclin at al
lied generalissimo. German
wedge driven within 75 milet of
Paris.
May 19, 1916 German! cap
ture trenches on Haucourt-Esncs
road on western front.
Picture Srorv of
Workman and enginMra are
era to break through the wall ahown In the background. Note the drill aet-up at center. At this
time, nine feet of volcanic basalt taparated the two drilling outfits.
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FifcW) I'M
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The tap-tapoinq of tha west tide drill can now be heard
through the rock, and R. L. Walborn. thiit bott. feela the wall
for vibrationt which mar Indicate where the drill will break
through.
Workmen Blast Daylight
Through Tule Lake Tunnel;
Nine-Foot Barrier Removed
By MALCOLM EPLEY I tunnel operations, said that all
Workmen drilled and blnstcd indications were that the align
dnylight through the Tule lake 1 mcnt had worked out perfectly.
tunnel Sunday.
It was exactly 6:10 p. m. when
a steel bit broke through the
final barrier of volcanic basalt
separating the two ends of the
BOUO-foot puncture through the
mountain between Tulclakc and
Lower Klamath lake.
Bit Breaks Through
The final drilling was done
from the Lower Klamath lake
side, and a small group of en
gineers, - workmen, photograph
ers and a newspaper man wailed
on tho Tule lake (east) side of
the nine-foot barrier for the bit
to break through.
Explosives were then tamped
into the tiny hole made in the
wall, and blasting operations
which followed had completed
the tunnel opening by 8:30 a. m.
Monday.
Once the final . barrier had
been cleared sway, a pin point
of daylight could be seen
through the tunnel by a person
sighting from either end. As
sociate Reclamation Engineer
Willard Smith, in charge of the
Fortunes of War
By The Aitociated Preaa
Two atorict about two
brother! graphically Illus
trated today the old phrase:
"The fortunes of war."
In Rome, one brother, tho
41 -year-old Duke of Spolcto,
became the new king of Cro
atia, carved out of conquered
Yugoslavia.
In the mountains of Eth
iopia, the other brother, the
42-year-old Duke of Aosta,
viceroy of Ethiopia, surren
dered his army to the British.
They arc sons of a cousin
of King Vittorio Emanucle
III.
Tule Lake Tunnel Break
ahown waiting In the east aide
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bringing the two ends of the
tunnel exactly together in the
middle of the mountain.
There was consu'.crable "kid
ding" on that point by the little
group which waited. 3700 feet
from the east portal, for the
break-through Sunday after
noon. Smith was there with the
junior engineer, Frances O'Con
nor, who had charge of the
alignment work. They merely
grinned at the baiters who talk
ed nbout the drillers on the
other end going right on by.
Drill Audible
Presently, the sound of the
drill beyond the wall became
distinctly audible. To this
writer, it was reminiscent of the
muffled tappingt of a Morse
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204 Aliens Rounded
Up Over Weekend
By U. S. Officers
WASHINGTON, May 1.9 (P
Immigration officials - pressed
forwardi today a roundup of
aliens so wide in scope that more
than 204 were arrested over the
weekend and one Inspector pre
dicted "Ellis Island won't be big
enough" to hold the final total,
The arrests began on both sea
coasts; after the Justice depart
ment Issued orders Saturday for
detention of seamen and others
who were In the United States
illegally.
Attorney General Jackson said
this waa "not a forerunner of a
general roundup of aliens" but
remarked:
"It hat been our established
policy to act vigorously against
those who are in violation of the
law, the better to protect those
who remain loyal and who are
- Through Sunday
tunnel (or the weat aide drill-
There the comet. Arrow points to the bit tnat cut m iatt
walL It It on the end of a nine-foot ateel rod attached to an air
comprettor drill on the other end. Welborn hooked the wrench
around the rod to prevent the weat tide driller from drawing it
back into the hole before the picture could be taken.
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Willard Smith, aaaociate reclamation engineer in charge of
the tunnel protect, looks with hit flashlight into the drilled hole
after the bit and rod are removed. Arrow pointt to the end of
the hole. Explosive waa later tamped into the hole and the wall
blown out to open the 6600-feet of tunnel through the mountain.
Klamath Takes
7 am An American' Program
Individual citizens and organ
izations observed "I Am An
American" day set aside Sunday
In Klamath Falls as well as
throughout the nation when
men, women and young people
met In the armory at 2 o'clock.
Music was provided under the
direction of Charles Stanfield
who presented the high school
band in full uniform.
James Fowler, Americaniza
tion chairman of the American
Legion, planned the program and
Introduced Angus Newton, com
mander of the American Legion.
142 Americans Believed
Lost on Egyptian Vessel
U. S. Releases
Princess, Gets
'Information'
SAN FRANCISCO. May 19
(UP) Prlncest Stcfanie Hohen-
lohe of Hungary, once a reputed
friend of high-ranking nazit, hat
been released from custody of
the U. S. immigration depart
ment after giving the govern
ment some "interesting informa
tion." it was announced tonight.
Princess Stefanie hat promised
to "co-operate" with the govern
ment, said MaJ. Lemuel B. Scho-
field, director of the U. S. immi
gration service. Schofield con
ferred four hours with the Hun
garian noblewoman tonight be
fore announcing her release.
The middle-aged, former Lon
don society leader was arrested
for deportation several weeks
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Part in Big
Nine organizations were repre
sented by speakers who stressed
the fact their members were bet
ter American! for their Interest
In American activities through
service clubs. Speakers urged
citizens to be on the lookout for
subversive activities and to be
ware of those who "saluted the
flag in the day time and let fire
to our factories at night." One
speaker urged that It be kept in
mind "not that '1 Am An Amer
ican'," but that we are all Amer
icans. (Continued on Page Two)
ITALIAN FORCE
EAST AFRICA
British Move Swiftly
To Mop Up Ethiopia
For Egyptian Battle
BY WALTER COLLINS
United Prett Correspondent
CAIRO, May 19 (UP) British
land and air forcet today re
ported smashing blows against
the last remnants of Italian re
sistance in the Gondar and Jim
ma regions of Ethiopia, follow
ing the complete surrender of
the Duke of Aosta and hit north
ern Fascist army.
In the western desert two Italo-
German columns led by "many
tanks" smashed across the Egyp
tian frontier south of Solium.
They attempted to regain lost
ground but were said officially
to have been driven back by
British mechanized forces in stiff
fighting.
With the surrender of the
Duke of Aosta viceroy of Ethi
opia and Italian commander-in-chief
in East Africa and hit
7,000 battered troops at Amba,
the British moved swiftly to cap
with a final victory their con
quest of Italian EastAfrica. It
began just four months ago to
day. Thousands of seasoned troops
and hundreds of plane will be
released, perhaps within mat
ter of days, to reinforce imperial
forces in Egypt, in Iraq and other
Near Eastern warf ronts , at re
sult of the rapid Italian collapse
in East Africa, British .military
officials said.
The surrender of 7,000 Italians
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SOUTH SIXTH
Council Will Support
Chamber In Asking
Artery Improvement
City councilmen last night de
cided to cooperate fully with the
chamber of commerce in urging
immediate improvement of
South Sixth street.
City Engineer E. A. Thomas
was authorized to get in touch
with the chamber officials and
act with them in making repre
sentations in behalf of South
sixth street construction before
a meeting of the highway com
mission May 23.
Reference was made by Mayor
John Houston and members of
the council to the visit here a
few days ago of R. H. Baldock,
state highway engineer, and his
report that an engineering plan
for three travel lanes on South
Sixth will be presented to the
highway commission May 23.
Four-lane Plan
In the discussion, the need for
an adequate highway that would
mwt the needa of the future waa
discussed. Mayor Houston ex
pressed disappointment the state
plan does not include lighting,
but laid the city traffic commis
sion may have a report soon on
lighting problems.
A. D. Collier appeared before
the council and suggested it
give its support to an effort for
an adequate South Sixth street
artery. He said that a four-lane
road, instead of three, would
more adequately serve the traf
fic needs on that street. He added
that the reason the highway en
gineers had decided on a three-
lane route on present right-of-(Continued
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Rustlers Butcher
Cattle on Coast
REEDSPORT, Ore., May 19
(UP) Three more cattle disap
peared at the hands of "butcher-on-the-spot"
rustlers the past
week, authorities reported today.
The Western Douglas County
Livestock Protective association
announced it would post a re
ward for- the rustlers, who kill
and butcher their prey wherever
they find it.
Germans Say
Eight British
Vessels Sunk
BERLIN, May 19 (UPV-Eight
British vessels, including a sub
marine surprised near Weymouth
this morning, have been sunk
by German bombers during the
past 24 hours and 13 are dam
aged, tome to severaly that "fur
ther losses must be regarded as
certain," nazi sourcei claimed
tonight.
An 8,230 ton cruiser and two
destroyers were among the vic
tims, it wat said.
Cargo thipt claimed tunk in
cluded two merchantmen total
ing 12,000 tons, said to have been
in a convoy in St. George't chan
nel; a 10,000-ton tanker sunk in
the North Atlantic; two small
merchantmen sunk in an attack
on Suda bay, Crete, and two
merchantmen totaling 11,000
tons reported tunk in "English
waters.
The merchant ships damaged
were said to include three large
freighter! in St George't chan-
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TO PASS LINES
Dykstra Heads Panel
Of Mediation Board
In Lumber Shutdown
SAN FRANCISCO, May 19
(UP) Starting a "return to
work movement, A F L Aip-1
building craftsmen will pass
through machinists' union picket
lines and resume their jobs to
morrow morning at two of the
11 San Francisco bay area ship
yards closed 10 days by an AFL
CIO machinists' strike, it was an
nounced tonight
Thousands of other workmen
will cross picket lines at seven
other closed plants Wednesday
morning. Negotiations with the
remaining two shipyards Beth
lehem Shipbuilding corporation's
big plants will start tomorrow,
the Bay Cities Metal Trades
council said. -
The order to go through the
picket lines will stand regard
less of what action the strixers'
take at a mass meeting Tuesday
night, when they will vote se
cretly on a proposal to end the
strike and accept, at a sacrifice
of some demands, the industry
wide no-ttrike stabilization
agreement.
Al Wynn, Spokesman for the
Bay Cities Metal Trades council.
whose 17 affiliated craft unions
thus far have respected the ma
chinists' picket lines, said he
didn't expect any "trouble" to
morrow. "The men are only trying to
live up to their (stabilization)
contract," he said. "I believe the
shipyards can resume operations
without the machinists. At least
we will be doing our part."
Wynn said Admiral John Wills
Greenslade, commandant of the
12th naval district headquarters,
had requested the unionists to
defer until Wednesday their "re
turn to work." It was impossible
to cancel instructions for work
era at two shipyards at this late
date, Wynn said, so the previous
orders will stand at the two un
identified plants.
John P. Frey, president of the
AFL Metal Trades council, an
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Four Army Fliers
Killed as Planes
Collide, Burn
RAINS, S. C, May 19 (TV-
Four army fliers lost their lives
when two bombing planes crash
ed and burned near here today
after colliding in mid-air.
One of the occupants leaped
in his parachute but he was so
near the ground that it failed
to open and he died on the way
to a hospital at Mullins, near
here. His name was said to be
Moore. The name! of the others
were not known here,
Witnesses said the two planes
were last in a formation of six,
flying north. They were believed
to be from Fort Benning, Ga.
The four leading planes contin
ued on their way, apparently
unaware of the accident.
SHIP THOUGHT
SUNK BY SUB
IN ATLANTIC
Liner Long Overdue
At Capetown, South
Africa From Brazil
By UNITED PRESS
Friends of the 142 Americans
known to have been aboard the
Egyptian liner Zamzam, "pre
sumed lost by enemy action" in
the South Atlantic, clung Mon
day night to a thin thread of hope
that they had been captured by
a German surface raider.
The latt known German naval
action in the area where the
Zamzam was believed lost some
where between Recife (Pernanv
bueo), B r az i 1, and Capetown,
Sooth Africa was, however,
that of a U-boat which sank the
British freighter Ena De Larrin
ga on March 10 about 323 miles
northeast of Recife. The Zam
zam, with 323 passengers and
crew aboard, was traveling
southeast when it left Recife a
month after the Ena De Larrirs
aga sinking.
If a surface raider sank of
captured the Zamzam those
aboard might have been saved,
as in the cast of more than 800
persons deposited on an island.
of the Bismark archipelago late
in 1940 after a series of sink
ings by German raiders in tha
South Pacific.
If the Zamzam was sunk by a
submarine or mine the fact that
no lifeboats have been sighted
argued against fheerotefice of.
survivors.
3. J. Mariner, vice president of
the Thomas Cook & Son-Wagons-
Li ts travel agency, said the 202
passengers were 142 Americans,
23 Canadian!, 28 British citizens,
four Belgians, two Greeks, one
Norwegian, one Italian and one
Frenchman. The crew wat Egyp
tian with 10 British officers in
command.
The passengers were mostly
missionaries of various faiths,
and their families, including chil
dren. But among them were 24
members of a British-American
ambulance unit, bound for Mom-
bassa, Kenya, to serve with the
Free French forces of Gen.
Charles De Gaulle. There were
also some business and profes
sional men and women.
The Zamzam, which had serv
ed as a troop transport in ti e)
world war, sailed from Jersey
City March 20 for Alexandria,
Egypt, via Trinidad, Recife, and
Capetown, where it was due
April 21.
Blacked Out
Though Egypt is technically a
neutral nation, the passengers
had little doubt before their de
parture as to what their chances
would be if a German sea raider
were encountered. The ship waa
blacked out, with portholes cov
ered. When it sailed from Jersey
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Indo-China Given
Warning by U. S.,
Says Jap Paper
TOKYO, Tuesday. May 20
(UP) Authoritative sources in
Hanoi were quoted today by the
newspaper Yomiuri as saying
Indo-China recently received a
strong warning from the United
State! against collaboration with,
the axis.
The newspaper said the United
States threatened to take retalia
tory measures if the French col
ony should engage in rapproach
ment with the axis powers after
the manner of the Vichy govern
ment. The warning was rescribed as
an expression of American an
tipathy to Vichy's cooperative at
titude toward Germany and at
the same time an attempt to ward
off Japanese agreements with.
Indo-China.
Yomiuri predicted that Indo
China would reject catergorical
ly the alleged American threat.
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