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Vol. 18. No. 162 1'rico Five Cents
KLAMATH FALLS, ORKGON. THURSDAY. MAY 22, 1941
(Every Morning Except Monday).
1800 Army Men
Make Camp Here
On Way To S. F.
France To Fight for This Area
FOUR LANES TO
BE ASKED FOR
SOUTH SIXTH
Nazis Drop 15,000
Troops Into Crete
s In The
Day's
News
Br FRANK JENKINS
"THE battle of Crete today (lll
the whole horizon of the
newt, blacking out for the mom
ent all the other aspects and
anglea of the war.
'THE battle of Crete la a TEST
operation, and lt succck or
failure Involve these possibllit
!c: 1. If the German! ran take
Crete by air attack, tlu-y can
take Cyprus by air attack.
2. If thry can take Crete and
Cypru, thry will have cleared
the aea route for the landing
and aupply of armlea for a cam
paign against the oil fielda of
Iraq and Suez and Alexandria
from the ea.it tlwii by passing
Turkey.
3. If they can take Crete and
Cyprus (both Islands) they will
have shaken confidence In
ENGLAND'S ability to defend It
self against a similar attack on
a larger scale.
"THAT la why the developing
battle of Crete Is of such Im
portance as to overshadow for
the moment all the other de
velopments of the war.
CROM "authoritative quarters"
in London wo have these
disclosures today:
The Germans are using so far
a full parachute division of 7.000
men... Including two Infantry
regiments, artillery regiments
with 70s, in anti-tank battalion
Willi a f-minimcicr guns,
motorcycle reconnaissance group
and other units.
For the transport of these
forces, they are using some 250
large airplanes each carrying
from 30 to 73 men. along with
an undisclosed number of gli
de. So far there are no reports
of air-borne tanks (meaning
tanks carried In by airplanes.)
Today's dispatches assert that
some 4300 Germans have been
landed already. It must be taken
for granted that more arc pour
ing In.
f-HURCHlLL reports today:
"In one operation, the Ger
mans dropped 3.000 parachutists.
Two hours after the attack be
gan, the greater part of these
had been accounted for.
By "accounted for," he means
killed, wounded or taken pris
oner. TN Cairo "Informed Greek
sources" soy they understand
the British have the Crete situa
tion well In hand, but acknowl
edge that some invading units
are still fighting.
Don't Jump to conclusions
This will be a CONTINUING
battle, not given up after any
minor preliminary reverses. It
is a fair guess the Germans are
putting their carefully develop
ed methods of air attack to a
definite test for which they
must have made complete pre
paration. The battle of Crete wan't be
over in a day.
fNE or two German SEA
BORNE transports (meaning
troopships) are said in London
today to have penetrated the
British defenses of Crete.
These arc apt to be the troop
carrying ships the Germans are
said to have passed through the
Bosphorus (and presumably the
Dardanelles) within the past few
days or weeks.
JO change Is reported today
from Tobruk.
Here Is something to watch:
If the Germans attacking To
bruk begin to show suddenly In
creased strength, it will be a
sign they have successfully ta
ken advantage of concentration
of the British fleet for the de
fense of Crete to rush reinforce
ments across the narrow straits
of Sicily perhaps landing them
at French Tunis.
WASHINGTON, May 21 IP)
The senate foreign relations com
mittee unanimously approved
legislation today authorizing the
appropriation of $20,000,000 for
the construction of a new inter
American highway to Panama.
First of Four Daily
Convoys Comes Into
Klamath From North
Tho army took over Klamath
Fulls last night
Over 180(1 troops, comprising
the vanguard of more than B000
fighting men of the U. S. army's
41t division, sprayed over the
town from Link river bridge to
Pacific Terrace and from Ore
gon avenue to Altamont, walk'
i ing singly and in groups, rest
I Ing from a 144 mile Junket over
sun-scorched Oregon highways
Wednesday.
The men rolled briskly In in
373 cargo trucks, command cars
and army Jeeps shortly after
noon yesterduy o n their way
from Fort Lewis, Wash., to early
summer maneuvers in Califor
nia. They were part of a 33.000
man movement, biKKe.it military
Jaunt In far we.it history, which'
lirunn to Dour out of WushnTu. i
ton Mnndiiv
I Ten thousand nf them will
camp here, the balonce stopping i
'overnight Thursday, Friday and i
I Saturday. Ten thousand men of j
the 3rd division are making the
trip by way of the 1'acific high-1
way. Another 13.000. traveling I
by rail, will file through here
for four days beginning Sotur-1
day.
The 41st division Is under the
command of Major General
George A. White who last night
'said he was more than pleased
with the Klamath Falls recep-
tinn and the bivouac site Just
1 off the Kesterson Lumber com-
pany roud south of t h e cityj
I Hen Whit,, will remain h r e
durlng most of Thursday as the !
second serial, bearing artillery,
rolls In.
Stopping In Bend overnight
Tuesday, the 163rd and 181st in
fantry rnde under a blazing sun
Wcdn,
i'.i first trucks
reach Ing.Tn-re about 1 p. m
Local townspeople lined aide
walks down Bichn street, up
Oregon avenue, out through
Siskiyou street and California
to Main street as the olive drab
I trucks whistled by. Overhead j
iK'r ami- ntiranit shin
wheeled, then dropped to circle "I believe it my duty to pre
over the growing tent town sent evidence supporting my
with a message for Brig. Gen. ! conviction Bridges is a commun-
Jesse C. Drain, commander of
the 81st brigade which is lead
ing the columns.
The note, saying the finol
holf of the long convoy hod
lunched at C h e m u I t, was
promptly delivered to the silver
haired commender as he was
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Youth Gets New
Elbow in North
GREAT FALLS. Mont., May
21 (UP) James Bennett, Galicc.
Ore., who hitch-hiked here to
get a new elbow, started home
today, his arm showing almost
normal Bction.
The youth's elbow, which had
been stiffened badly by an acci
dent, was operated on by Dr.
Fred II. Albee. famous New
York bone surgeon, while he
was attending the Montana Sur
gical guild meeting here several
weeks ago.
When Bennett left the hospi
tal here today, the money he
had sent to pay for the operation
was returned to him to use for
a bus ticket home.
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day as the vanguard of an 8000-troop
ed at a camp ground south of the
Morocco LV V-
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V T y MADAGASCAR
Solid black area is that in
vicny government oi trance cans me La uauuist Hteeis ana
which Vichy has announced it will fight to win back. Checkered
i areas on map are those still
i mtnt. Inset shows Togoland and
uog"t. France would hand back
Major Says
Bridges Leads
Among Reds
SAN FRANCISCO, Moy 21
(ti'i iiuny liriuges not only is
a communist, but one ol the
leading communists in the
Unitca States, MoJ. Lemuel B.
Scllof leld. Chief Ol tllC dvDarl-
ment ol immigration and na-
turalizatton, testified today at
the deportation hearing for the
Austruiian-born labor leader.
Ho made his statement in re
ply to a defense question it he
i considered it "In . accordance
wun American tradition'" re
specting Judicial processes" for
him as chief of the immigration
service to "play any role or
exert any Inilucnce for the pur-
pose of affecting final disposi
noil of the case.
"Mv Dutv"
1st a.M one ot the leading com
munists in the United Slates,"
he replied.
With that statement Schoficld
was excused to catch a night
plune for Washington, D. C.
Earlier he had testified that
James O'Ncil, radio announcer
now serving a 60-day jail term
for contempt, had declared he
had seen Bridges pasting dues
stamps in a communist party
membership book.
Schoficld was a surprise wit
ness called by the government
to refute charges of the Bridges
defense that O Neil had been
subject to coercion by the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation.
The radio man was sent to
Jail because he failed to respond
to subpenas to testify at Bridges'
hearing.
POOR TASTE
WILLOWS, Calif., May 21
(UP) Thieves who broke into
the Superior Beverage corpora
tion plant early today, unloaded
a truck of 16 cases of bonded
whiskey, .loaded it up with
cheaper grade bar whiskey and
drove off.
"f"
40
rftvtainn roll.rf Into Klamath
movement through here in
city ntar the city near the Kesterson Lumber company road off
Africa controlled by what the
dominated by tho Vichy govern-
the Cameroon! which. British
to Germany if successful,
SHIP PICKETS
Senate Investigating
Committee Asked To
Conduct Hearings
SAN FRANCISCO. May 21
(UP) Six of 11 shipyards
closed 12 days ago by a strike
of AFL machinists, have been
reopened, John P. Frey, head of
the AFL metal trades unions.
declared tonight. He sald'he per
sonally would lead metal work
ers through picket lines in other
planti tomorrow.-
Frey said tie had declined to
appear before a senate commit
tee investigating defense in
Washington on Friday and had
instead asked the committee ad
journ its hearing to San Fran
cisco. SAN FRANCISCO' May 21
(UP) AFL metal workers de
fied picket lines today and in a
"token" gesture marched into
three of 11 shipyards closed 12
days ago by a strike of AFL and
CIO machinists, as an appeal
was made to a senate committee
investigating defense to hold
hearings in San Francisco.
John F. Frey, head of the
AFL trades department, who
personally led 1000 workers
through booing CIO lines at the-
Moore Drydock company, in
Oakland, was understood to
have informed the senate com
mittee it was essential to hold
the hearing in San Francisco
because "interested parties"
could not go to Washington
without interrupting "delicate
negotiations" now under way.
Appeal Rejected
The 1700 striking AFL and
CIO machinists had rejected a
personal appeal to their patriot
ism by Gov. Culbert Olson and
stood firm on their demands for
a $1.13 hourly basic scale and
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Tent City in the Building South of Klamath
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Falls shortly after noon raster-1
four days. The men disembark-1
Proposal Will Avoid
Jeopardizing 3-Lane
Plan Already Asked
Klamath's delegation to Thurs
day's meeting of the state high
way commission will ask the
commission to consider a four
lane highway for South Sixth
street. State Highway Engineer
R. H. Baldock last week said the
highway department will pre
sent a three-lane plan to the
commission.
After a long discussion, direc
tors of the chamber of commerce
Wednesday adopted the follow
ing statement as interpretation
of the chamber's attitude on the
issue:
Tho chamber of commerce
. expresses its doubts as to tha
value of a three lane high
way; which is ganarally adroit
tad to be dangerous and urges
the highway commission in
view of new information in
regard to cost of right-of-way
to consider a four-lane high
way on South Sixth street for
Immediate development, with
out la any way interfering
with plans for other routes.
by chamber directors and repres
entatives of the city of Klamath
Falls that the local group would
not oppose the three-lane high
way to the point of jeopardizing
immediate construction, -but
would generally urge considera
tion of a four-lane job.
Alternate Route
Entering prominently into dis
cussion was the fact that the
highway department is known to
be considering an alternative
route into Klamath Falls, lying
northerly of South Sixth street
and entering the city near the
main canal and the Main street
bridge. While" no announcement
has beer) made, it la known that
the department plan is for this
route a four-lane free-way type
to follow the three-lane con
struction on South Sixth street.
Mention in the chamber's res
olution of "other routes" is in
reference to this alternative pro
gram.
In the discussion, ' it was
brought out that A. D. Collier
has made inquiries among South
Sixth street property owners as
to concessions they would make
for additional right-of-way. He
reported that property owners
interviewed had expressed will
ingness to give the additional 10
feet for right-of-way with the un
den;tanding that where buildings
are to be moved, the state will
move them.
Danger Seen
It was also asserted by partici
pants in the chamber discussion
that three-lane highways are
dangerous, in that the middle
lane is a passing lane in which
cars from opposite directions are
likely to meet. Under the South
Sixth street plan, it was pointed
out, parking would be permitted
in lanes adjoining the travel
lanes, and cars stopped to park
would block traffic temporarily
or would force other cars into
the middle passing lane.
City Engineer E. A. Thomas
pointed out that even though
South Sixth were constructed as
planned, it would be possible to
provide there two wide lanes of
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of approximately the same number ei men rolled in around three
U.S. ENVOYS
TOLD TO GET
0UT0FPARIS
Washington Demands
Definition of Vichy
Stand With Germans
VICHY. May 21 (UP Ger-
manv has Informed the United
: States that, because of "military
reasons, the remaining mem
bers of the U. S. diplomatic staff
in Paris must leave the nazi
occupied city by June 10, it was
revealed here tonight.
The request for withdrawal
of the U. S. diplomatic attaches
from Paris was made through
the American embassy in Ber
lin. It coincided with rapidly ris
ing anger toward the United
States and President Roosevelt
among the German-controlled
' "i0f Paris which yesterday
serted the presence in Vichy of
U. S. Ambassador wiuiam u.
Leahy was "delicate and even
impossible."
The German request for the
closing down of the United
States embassy in Paris, insofar
as diplomatic activities are con
cerned, said the diplomatic at
taches are credited to the retain
government at Vichy and should
have followed it there after the
military collapse of France in
June, 1940, when the Germans
occupied Paris.
No further explanation of the
"military Masons" for- the re
quest was given Irt the informa
tion reaching Vichy.
The German request applies
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Registration
For Civilian
Defense Eyed
WASHINGTON. May 21 (JP
A plan for the voluntary regis
tration of the millions of men
above the present military age
was reported under considera
tion today as Mayor Fiorello La
Guard ia came here to direct the
vase new civilian defense pro
gram. Counting in more than 2,000.
000 World war veterans, author
ities said there were approxi
mately 10,000,000 men in the
age group, 36 through 45. (The
age limits for military service
registrants are 21 through 35.)
Furthermore, they pointed
out, there were 27,000,000 wom
en between ages of 21 and 46
from fhom additional millions
of volunteers could be drawn, if
the registration were extended
to cover them.
A final decision on adoption of
the voluntary registration plan,
it was said, will rest with La-
Guardia to whom the president
has delegated full authority for
supervising the organization of
civilian defenses.
Falls
of erectlna nun tents for the
SUIT I III llMlttlAl
RAF. Smashes
At Nazi Bases
On Greek Land
CAttO, Egypt, May 21 (Pi
Heavy bombers of the RAF
smashed last night at the Greek
mainland bases of the German
air invasion of Crete, but de
tailed results are not yet avail
able, the RAF middle east com
mand reported today.
The Germans were reported
to have made their first raid on
the British air base at Habbani-
yah, Iraq, yesterday afternoon
At dawn, the British said, the
RAF had heavily bombed the
Iraq airdrome at Raschnid. doing
"considerable damage " Damage
from the German raid was mini
mized. Renewed British raids on
German aircraft at landing
fields in the neighboring French
mandate of Syria also were an
nounced.
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HELD BY NAZIS
Ambulance Men From
Torpedoed Ship Eyed
As War Prisoners
BERLIN, May 21 (UP The
24 ambulance drivers among the
140 Americans landed from the
sunken Egyptian liner Zamzam
may be held as prisoners oi war.
at ' least temrjomruv. - because
they were en route eo serve, Vitfrj
Free French forces in Africa, a
nazi spokesman Indicated today.
The ambulance drivers, un
der international law. count as
members of the medical corps."
the spokesman said. "If they
were British or French they
could be treated without further
ado as prisoners of war."
Status Eyed
"Since they are United States
citizens, however, and it is un
certain whether they already
were enrolled as De Gaullists or
merely were en route to enroll
themselves as such, their status
needs close investigation before
their future treatment is de
cided." The German spokesman also
brought up the question of
whether the ambulance drivers
might not betray the movements
of German warships in the
south Atlantic if they were re
leased immediately.
We already are accustomed
to the fact that United States
warships reveal the position of
German merchantmen to British
warships, but we do not want
the same thing to happen to our
warships by actions of members
of the Red Cross." he said.
The spokesman emphasized
that all the Americans from the
Zamzam were being well
treated.
It can be assumed that all
neutral passengers and crew
members of the Zamzam will be
treated strictly in accordance
with international law," he said
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NJ! If
overniaht housina. A second unit
o'clock yesterday afternoon, j
DEFENDERS OF
ISLAND WAGE
BLOODHIGHT
Germans Claim Seven
British Warships
Bombed By "Stukas",
LONDON, Thursday, May 22
(UP) British and Greek de
fenders of Crete were reported
early today to be locked In
bloody hand to hand battle.
Thousands of German parachute
troops were swarming over the
mountains, plateaus, valleys and
beaches of the beleaguered is
land.
Unofficial but reliable reports
indicated probably 15,000 nazi
invaders already had reached
Crete. Aerial troop transports
were roaring overhead almost
constantly.
Another 40,000 Germans were
reported in Greece ready to
take off and swell the invasion
forces engaged In a steadily in
tensifying air blitzkrieg de
signed to drive the British from
the vital empire bastion of the
eastern Mediterranean which
Prime Minister Winston Church
ill had pledged to defend to tha
death.
The nazi invaders, dumped
from the sky "in fresh waves at
various points," according to an
official communique, attacked
the British naval base at Suda
bay with a force of 3000 'chut
ists and even succeeded in pene-
- wrtskirtelf nearby
Canee before they Were sur
rounded and "accounted for."
Savage Warfare
The invasion of i more and
more well-armed nazi troops
dropped on the mountain-studded
island for the second nitht
and day was accompanied by
savage aerial warfare.
German dive-bombers smash
ed at Crete's ports, airdromes
and anti-aircraft defenses, at
tempting to wipe out opposition
and open the way for more land
ings of troops. It was reported
German and possibly ' Italian
naval units were trying to break
through to Crete.
British planes, striving to
wreck the bases of the German
invaders on the Greek mainland
70 to 150 miles north of Crete.
were said to have heavily bomb
ed German airdromes through
out Greece during tse night.
A Cairo dispatch, quoting ar
rivals from Crete, said German
Stukas bombarding Crete's air
and naval bases often outnum
bered RAF fighter planes 20 to
one but the British pilots were
putting up "heroic resistance."
Many of the nazi troop trans
ports are being shot down be
fore they can unload their in
vading forces.
Alcatraz Break
Foiled By Guards
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21
(UP) Four hardened life-term
convicts made a spectacular but
unsuccessful attempt to escape
from Alcatraz federal prison
late today. Warden James A.
Johnston announced.
The convicts included Joseph
Paul Cretzer, the nation's one
time No. 1 bank-robber; his
brother-in-law, Arnold Thomas
Kyle; Lloyd H. Barkdoll, Ore
gon bank-robber, and Sam R.
Shockley, Oklahoma kidnaper
robber. Johnston said the prisoners
broke the inside detention sash
in the prison mat shop and were
attempting to cut the outside
tool-proof steel . bars with an
emery wheel, when the attempt
was discovered and frustrated.
The prisoners had "ganged
up" on different guards as they
entered the shop for the cus
tomary inspection; bound them
hand and foot and laid them on
the floor, Johnston said. "
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Comics and Story Page 12
Courthouse Records . Page 2
Editorials Page 4
Information Page 5
Market, Financial Page 14
Midland Empire Pages 8, 9
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