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He Klamath News WEATHER NEWS Warmer High 77. Low 24. Midnight II 24 houri to 6 p. m. . .. .. ,00 Saason to data 11.80 Normal pracipitation ..... 10.17 Laat year to data lS.lt PICTURES! Aatocleted Pratt Telemats. NCA Telepho toe and live local newtpicture and erv graving itall provide Niwi and Harald raadara with a comprehenalve photograph ic tar v lea. IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND Vol. 18. No. 161 1'iii n Five (Villa KLAMATH KAI.US. OKKGON, WKUNKSDA Y, MAY 21. 1941 (Every Morning Except Monday), In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS . 'T'WO development today: 1. Tht C.ermuni hium-h an 2. The French ruim fiirther nut of thr buahca hi their Mm IMtrt of Cierimitiy. NJKITIIKU ia unexpected: The (icrmiiDi must have the islands of Crete and Cyprus if they are to net an adequate army into Syria and Iraq and supply It without Turkish co operation. They NKKIi these Island haw, Turku or no Turk. When thr Krvnrh Kvernment threw up the spotlit" and holed up at Vichy Instead of retiring to Africa and carry inn on the war from therp, it whs apparent lhat sfHioer or later what was left tif Km nee would fall into Hitler's lap. 'T'llE attnek un Crete Is launch- cd from the air, aftT a lypi will bhtkrirjf bombardment of vttratfKlc points such as air dromes and roads. Churchill announces that 1500 Germans In New Zealand battle uniforms landed by parachute. CIJDKK and air troop trans port. They captured a military hospital, he says, but lost it in a counterattack Dispatches as these words arc written say they failed to capture the Ilrit Ish airdrome at Muleml. Churchill says this morning that the military situation Is "m hand.'' (Hrltrr not Jump to con clusions. Wait a day or so.) I JSE of gliders (planes with out engines) is new, but for some time the Germans have been reported as practicing with them. They are towed behind a plane, like cars behind an engine and are c Icons, nva? the ,ot Jvhcre a landing is to be attemp ted. They can be landed more swift ly and more accurately than- a parachute. Each carries several men, fully armed and carefully trained in special parachutist tactics. THE Germons WANT AND 1 NEED Crete, which in lint ish possession bars the sea lane to Syria. The attack on it will nerve as a useful rehearsal for the Kreat project of attacking England. 'TTHE French air minister is re ported to have arrived in Beirut to direct the defene of French-ruled Syria anainst Hrit Ish attack, retain today bluntly threatens a full-f ledKed fitfht to retain the Freneh eolonies seiz- 4 d by De Gaulle's "free French"; QUESTION: If France has Rone over to Germany, what will the United States do about the French colonies in the Western Hemisphere such as Martini que, in the West Indies, where , considerable French naval forces are stationed? What will happen if wc seize these colonics? Will it be shoot ing war? THE British are reported to day as striking east from Habboniyah air field toward Bagdad, advancing 15 miles of (he 80-mile distance. The Iraqs report fighting around Basra, not mentioned by the British. TOR several days a rumor has persisted In Ankara (Turk capital) that Russian "volun teers" In considerable numbers nro swelling the Iraq ranks for the fight against the British. It is only a rumor, of course, but one can't wholly disregard rumors these days. pOR example, there Is that rumor that the Germans arc sending troopships through the Bosphorus. These troopships (if really sent) must be gathering somewhere in the Aegean sea for the attack on Crete. These arc pure guesses, but they are Interesting. Looking Backward By Tha Assoclatad Pratt k May 20, 1940 German drive into France veers toward Eng lish channel in effort to trnp British army; Loan falls to in vaders. May 20, 11)18 Germans straighten battlcfront west of Mouse, move against Yscr canul CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICE SET IIP BY ROOSEVELT LaGuardia Heads new Agency to Mobilize Home Preparedness WASHINGTON. May 20 V. President Kooseve It established In executive order today an of fire of civilian defense to be beaded by Mayor Kiorello Lu Guarma of New York. The president separated the new civilian defense agency in to twu itcm-nd divisions One will be a hoard of civilian pro tection with LaGuardia as chair ma.t and on it uKo will be rep resent.itivrs of the war. navy and justice departments, the fi-derul security administration, tht council of Mate govern-mt-nU. American municipal as sociation, and the United States council of mayors. It will advise and assist In formulating civilian defense measures and attempt to pro vide "adequate protection of life an property" in the event of emergency. The second division will he made up of a "volunteer partici pation committee" which the president said would have not more than 20 members repre sentative of various regions and interest of the nation. LaGuardia. Mr. Honsevelt said, will draw no pay in the defense post and will retain his position us mayor of New York City He wilt arrive In Washington tomorrow, however, to take charge of setting up the agency designed to give every Amer ican citiren an opportunity to help on the defense effort. Mr. Itm.icvell told his press conference the new agency would serve as a coordination center for civilian defense activ ity . and accordingly would vut clot-ot.v with state and local tt over rime nts. He said he thought 42 of the 4H states al ready had civilian defense coun cils and that the national agencv would work In a large part through them, probably on a regional, decentralized basis. No.e of the personnel of the na tional agency will be paid, he added. F. R. Restores Old Date For Thanksgiving WASHINGTON. May 20 l.-D PrrMdrnt llmiM'vi'lt docliiri'd to day that the experiment of mov inK Ui the date of Thanksgiving day by u week to improve re tail business had not worked and that next year Thanksgiving would he on the eustotmirv Inst ; Thursday in November. This year, however, it wul ' fall on the next to the lust Thtirs ' day by presidential proclama I tton. j For the past two years, the elate of Thanksgiving has been j advanced by presidential procla matiou a week ahead of the tra- Iditional ln-st Thursday in Novem ber. Numerous states, neverthe less, adhered to the last Thurs day holiday. Mr. Roosevelt announced the decision to ko back to the old date and Joined with members of his press conference In a chuckle. Law Dean Upholds Bridges As Sincere Trade Unionist SAN FRANCISCO. May 20 (UP) Dean Wayne Morse. Pa cific coast longshore arbitrator, testified today he believed Harry Bridges was a good trade union ist who sincerely supports the democratic processes. Appearing for the defense in the California CIO director's deportation hearing. Morse, who is head of the University of Oregon Law school, engaged in a restrained legal-worded ex change with government Attor ney Albert Del Guercio. Morse said Bridges hud appeared be fore more than 50 longshore ar bitration meetings. Sincere Efforts "Did you ever say this: My Impression of him (Bridges) is that he is more sincere in his support of democratic processes than many of his critics who seek to deport him?' " Del Guer cio asked Morse. "I believe I said that in an T--K- p.VV--""- Seventoen fratght cart ware darailad whan Fred Wait's automobile plowed Into a Milwau kaa road fraight train near Pewaukee, Wis. Wast, a Milwaukecan. died toon after ha was pulled from hit damolithed car. A transient riding on the train, was injured. CITY AWAITING HOGECONVOYS Trucks Routed Along California Avenue To Stay Overnight The hucc convoys of the 41st division, due in Klamath Falls for the next four days, will go through the city by the Califor nia avenue route, it was learn ed Tuesday. More than 8000 men. . with trucks towmK field artillery weapons and anti-tank guns, will stop over niuht here en route to San Francisco from Fort Lewis, Wash. Camp On Hirer The convoys will come in on No. 97 from liend to OreRon avenue and Hiehn street, move out Oregon to Siskiyou street, on Siskiyou to California ave nue, on California to Conner avenue, on Conner avenue to Main street, and thence out No. 1)7 to the camping place on Cum berland road near the animal shelter. Arrival time of the big con tinsents was not definite, but it was believed they will begin coming in about noun Wednes- i day. 2000 Per Night They will be in each day from Wednesday through Saturday At least 2000 fighting men will stay here each night, and one night it is expected 2500 will be here. An advance or -'railhead" par ty was in Klamath Falls Tues day, preparing the camp site for the column to arrive Wed nesday. In charge was Lieuten ant H. A. Linstead. who con ferred with chamber of com merce in connection with the (Continued on Page Two) LAKEVIEW DEATH LAKEVIEW, Ore., May 20 (UP) Authorities today blamed a heart attack for the death of Claude Jones, 54, who collapsed while awaiting a prescription in a drug store. article I once wrote," said Morse. "By critics, did you mean the attorney general?" "I had in mind anybody who disagreed with me in my opin ion of Bridges attitude of the democratic processes," replied Morse. - "Who is trying to deport him?" asked Del Guercio. "I thought this hearing was an effort to find out the facts," said Morse. "There is a government agency (department of justice) seeking to deport him, is there not?" asked Del Guercio. "I am of the opinion, if as a result of this hearing, your agency is convinced he is not deportable, you should not want to deport him," replied Morse. "It would be a surprise to me if there were any prejudgements on this. It is a basic in our gov (Continued on I'fcao. Two) Freight Train Wrecked By Automobile v szt: f:;r 'gfz y n Back-To-Work Move Put Off In Ship Tie-Up ! By Unltod Pri The S500.000.000 San Fran cisco shipbuilding strike reached ' a showdown Tuesday night as i 1700 striking machinists consid ered a compromise wage propos- ! al to end the 11-day ticup at 11 shipyards. ; Gov. Culbert Olson of Call t fornia appealed to the AFL and CIO Machinists unions to accept j a contract providing $1.12 per j hour and time and a half rates i for overtime work as a modifi cation of their demands for $1.15 j an hour and double rates tor overtime. The compromise terms comply with a master contract already governing the Pacific coast shipbuilding and metal trades. It would provide a seven-cent increase per hour for skilled workers. A decision was scheduled at a mass meeting ballot of strikers Tuesday night. Sources close to the striking unions predicted the compromise would be rejected. AFL President William Green appealed from Washington for acceptance of the terms. A plan of the AFL's Bay City Metal Trades council to subvert the strike by ordering some 12, 000 non-strikers to ignore picket lines was deferred until Wed nesday, pending the strikers vote. Union leaders said "we positively will go through every picket line tomorrow'' unless the strike is settled. Another shipyard strike, at the Lorian. O., plant of the American Shipbuilding company, ended through demand by AFL offi (Continucd on Page Two) Churchill Not to Speak on Hess LONDON. May 20 (,D Prime Minister Churchill told the house of commons today he was not in a position to make any statement on the Hess case and he was "not at all sure when I will be." Thus he left the public and members of parliament as well to their guessing on the reasons foi the May 10 flight to Scot land of Rudolf Hess, No. 3 nazi Vyvyan Adams, conservative, had entered the questions of whether it was known if the Hess coming was "planned with the connivance and support of the German government" and whether the government would bear in mind the possibility that "th whole stunt may be the common or garden variety of plant." U. S. Offers Ships, Food to Ireland WASHINGTON, May 20 fP) President Roosevelt disclosed today that tho United States had offered to sell or charter two ships to Ireland and .to sup uly $500,000 worth of food for I the Irish cvulian population. Mr. Roosevelt said the ves sels could be placed under the I Irish flag and that they prob ably would carry much more man $300,000 in food, indicat ing that Ireland intended to make purchases of her own. Nothing has been done, he said, about supplying military equipment to the Irish. KALPINE PLANT RAISES WAGES Hourly Increase of W2 Cts. Negotiated By Lumber Workers A blanket increase of 71 cents per hour to all employes of the j Kalpine Plywood company was announced Tuesday night by Joe Boyd, AFL representative, at the j conclusion' of negotiation be tween the union and the firm I management. The boost will bring the mini mum Kalpine wage to 721 cents per hour, highest in the basin. Present minimum for most Klam ath mills is 671 cents. : The increase, retroactive to ' May 1, will affect approximately ! 90 men and raise the company payroll nearly $1300 per month. Although the boost is 7 4 cents in base scale, adjustments in the higher brackets varied from nothing to 20 cents per hour, ac ' cording to a company spokes man. I The much-struck plywood , firm, in and out of labor diffi-1 culties with both CIO and AFL i during the past 10 weeks, sev-j crnl weeks ago recognized the! I AFL Lumber and Sawmill Work-j . crs union. Local 2922. as the sole ( bargaining agent after a one-! I hour strike at the beginning of ! I the daytime shift. I Prior to that the mill had been ' closed for four weeks by a CIO strike, and had operated three weeks under strike after approxi mately 40 men walked through CIO picket lines. In the mean time the AFL had claimed a majority at the Weed highway plant. Following recognition of the AFL, negotiations culminating in the pay boost were carried on. Nazi Group Blocked In Chilean Revolt SANTIAGO, Chile, May 20 1J1) The police investigation de partment announced today it had found evidence that Van guardists, formerly known as nazis, had planned a putsch against the Chilean government. The police said that an at tempt by the Vanguardists, a political faction, to break into a radical party convention last Friday night, which resulted in the death of one and the wound ing of four radicals, was a part of the alleged Vanguardist "plan." British Advance 15 Miles in Iraq LONDON, May 20 (P) An authoritative source reported to day that British troops in Iraq had advanced 15 miles toward Baghdad from Habbaniyah air base, crossing the Euphrates riv er and taking the village of Fal lujah. The British advance was said to have been launched yester day morning with strong aerial support and accomplished with out the loss of a single man af ter leaflets were dropped call ing for the village's surrender. Nazis Make Aerial Invasion of Crete LIST SAFE ON FRENCH COAST Berlin Announces All Passengers Will be Released Shortly BERLIN, Wednesday, May 21 (UP) The 142 Americans taken from the Egyptian steamer Zam zam before it was sunk by a German warship in the South Atlantic probably will be re leased soon and permitted to re turn to the United States, nazi informed quarters said early to day. The entire cargo of the Zam- zaiu "is in German hands un harmed,' having been removed before the vessel was sunk, ac cording to the German official radio heard in New York by CBS. The cargo contained $5,000 worth of equipment including 20 ambulances, a field kitchen and X-ray trailer, of the British American Ambulance corps en route for service with the "Free French" forces in Africa. BERLIN, Wednesday, May 21 (UP) All 323 passengers and crew members of the Egyptian steamer Zamzam, including 142 Americans, are safe and sound in a "western French port," pre sumably between Bordeaux and Brest, after the sinking of the vessel by a German warship, it was announced last night. The Zamzam was sunk; in the South Atlantic at leasf'a month ago during "the middle of April" because she was "trans porting war materials for Brit ain" from the United States, the official DNB agency said. Nazi-hald Land The DNB's statement said merely the survivors had been landed at "a western French port" from a German merchant man but informed German quar ters added: "Those from the Zamzam un doubtedly were landed some where between Bordeaux and Brest." Germany, under the terms of the French-German armistice, occupies the entire French At lantic coast from the Belgian to the Spanish frontiers. An earlier official announce (Continued on Page Two) Boy Escapes Death In Shaft MARSHFIELD, Ore., May 20 (UP) A planned "night in the wilds" nearly ended disastrously for young Robert Porter, when a rutted ladder broxe and hurled him to the bottom of a 65-foot mine shaft. With a companion. 13-year-old Warren Davis. Porter started down the ladder of the shaft. west of Jackson Hot springs, j Near the bottom, the ladder gave way and Porter dropped. Young Davis, above Porter, was able to climb back up his 1 portion of the ladder to safety and bring help. State police used j ropes to remove Porter, suffer-1 ing only from minor injuries. Aerial Traffic Cops Assist Troops Coming Here Today Br JACK B. BEARDWOOD EN ROUTE TO CALIFOR NIA WITH THE 41ST DIVIS ION. May 20 ) Use of aerial traffic cops for the first time in an American army maneuver speeded the 41st division across Oregon today on an 1100-mile military migration to California war games. Low-flying planes scurried up and down motorized columns thundering into central and southern Oregon. They pierced theoretically hostile territory, and, by two-way radio, pilots reported on "enemy troop con centration," road conditions and "wrecked bridges." Cooperation between advanc ing ground and air forces was attempted yesterday for the first time, drawing praise from Brig. Gen. Jesse Drain, 81st brigade commander and head of the 41st serial, "Observation pikpts, following Ship Seizure Protest Made By Frenchman WASHINGTON, May 20 UP) Gaston Hcnry-Haye, the French ambassador, today protested to Secretary Hull against what he termed "an unfriendly gesture" by the United States in placing French vessels in American ports under projective surveillance. The ambassador also told newspapermen he had discussed with Secretary Hull the entire question of American opinion i concerning France at this time j since the French government was amazed at the reaction in , this country to present events in j i France, particularly the progress I of. Franco-German "collabora I tion." j The ambassador emphasized j that Article 18 of the French stipulates that all French air ports are to be under control of Germany and Italy. 0FREPR1SALS Bombings of Syrian Airports May Bring Clash With British VICHY, May 20 (UP) High French authorities warned to night that the French air force may launch "reprisal atackson British air and naval bases in Palestine if RAF bombings of Syrian airdromes and British at tempts to stir up revolt in French possessions continue. The warning was issued fol lowing the arrival in Syria of French Air Minister Gen. Jean Marier Bergeret, who was rushed to Beirut by air by orders of Marshal Henri Philippe Petain and French defense leaders after the start of the British bombings there. Threat of actual conflict be tween France and Britain, allies until a year ago, became acute, not only because of the Syrian situation but because of official French threats of military opera tions to re-capture French col onies seized by the "Free French"' forces of Gen. Charles De Gaulle. I Saven Sentenced A French court martial at ' Clermont Ferrand today tried 58 "Free French" Degaullists in (Continued on Page Two) Marshfield To Try . Parking Meters MARSHFIELD, Ore., May 20 (UP) Despite strenuous objec tions by businessmen, the Marsh field city council today said it would continue with plans to in-1 siau parxing meters tor a six months' trial. The businessmen appeared at last night's council session to pro test the installation. The meters will be introduced next month, according to Mayor J. Albert Mason. I our movements from the air were of inestimable value and proved the feasibility of having planes assist in motorized units," Gen. Drain said. "The pilots let us know immediately when there was any congestion within the columns and what the road con ditions were ahead." Other officers added the plan was working even better than anticipated. After moving down the same route yesterday, lead columns of the 41st and 3d divisions and 9th corps started down different highways today, the 41st moving over Highway 97 and the 3d and 9th corps over the west route on highway 99. The 41st will bivouac at Bend. Ore., tonight; the west column at Roseburg. As the 41st began departing from Vancouver. Wash., barracks this morning, the second serial of the division (Continued on Page Two) BRITISH, GREEK TROOPS FIGHT Situation in Hand Churchill Says, But Night Attack Feared LONDON. May 20 (UP) Brit- . ish and Greek defenders of the Island of Crete battled desper ately tonight to wipe out thous ands of German parachute troops at least 1500 of whom were said to be disguised in British uniforms before another nazi "air army" can follow from the sky. The air-borne invaders, re liably reported to number be tween 10,000 and 12,000 men. suddenly were landed from swarms of Junkers JU-52 trans ports and even from gliders on the island at dawn in the biggest and most spectacular aerial in vasion ever attempted. Serious Battla Prime Minister Winston Churchill, describing a serious battle being waged on the rug. ged, 140-mile long island off the Greek mainland, said British, New Zealand and Greek troop) "have the situation in hand" after daylong fighting, much of it hand-to-hand. It was believed the night or early dawn would bring another armada of nazi planes and glid ers to- drop more masses of aer ial .InrmHvwn. Nazi bombers aiding the air- hnm invnHitn uror hlatin0 at Canea and Candia on the Crete northern coastline and at anti aircraft batteries, to wipe out re sistance against further landings. Terrific aerial bombardments preceded the dawn landings of the parachutists of whom every man was heavily armed and highly trained. British airdromes bore the brunt of the bombings. LONDON, May 20 OP) A German airborne army which includes 1500 troops disguised in Anzac battle-dress has invad ed Crete by troop-plane, glider and parachute. Prime Minister Churchill announced today, and British imperial and Greek troops are engaging them in a stem battle. So far the defense force has the situation "in hand," the prime minster told the house of commons; the Germans have failed in an attempt to capture a British airdrome and the Brit ish and Greeks have recaptured (Continued on Page Two) Holman Seeks Fund For Sprague River, Chiloquin Road WASHINGTON, May 20 VP) Senator Holman (R-Ore.) an nounced Monday he would seek to have the interior department appropriation bill (HB 4590) amended to provide more money for the Deschutes reclamation project and reconstruction of the Chiloquin-Sprague River highway. The bill as passed by the house provided $400,000 for con tinuing the work on the Des chutes project in western Ore gon and Senator Holman said it had reached the stage where a tunnel must be driven. The Sprague River road through the Klamath Indian res ervation was constructed years ago but repair was left to the county which was unable to keep up the maintenance. He said it now was necessary to reconstruct the road and he would ask for Inclusion in the bill of $150,000 to do the work. He added that the road was necessary for a national defense standpoint In case the north south roadway again was flood ed. The Sprague River road could be used as a detour. News Index City Briefs Page 5 Comics and Story Page 8 Courthouse Records Page 2 Editorials Page 4 Information Page 8 Market, Financial Page 6 Midland Empire News ... Page 7 Pattern -...J'age 3 Sports .(Page 0
