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The Elamath News i WEATHER NEWS Partly Cloudy high tit Low 4tt Midnight 4S PICTURES! Aitoclatad Pre Talamats. MCA Telapho lot and Uva local newiplctura and an- graving Hall ptovlda Nawa and Harald rtadsr with a comprehensive photograph le aarvlca. 24 hours to I p. m. T T"t Saaaoa to data n at Normal praelpltatloa , in aa IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND Last year to data ...U.7 Vol. 18. No. 167 l'rlco Kive Onto TWO SECTIONS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. MAY 28, 1941 (Every Morning Except Monday)) Bismarck Sunk By British In Big Sea Battle Victim of Cor-Truck Crash lu 0H V. J.4'j F.tlPROCLAIBflS'- In The Day's News By FRANK JENKINS 'fllE linking of the niunarck. which fills the new today almost to the exclusion of everything- else. Is for the British a psychological victory of the ut most lmHirtnnce. It AVKNGES the sinking of tho Hood, and thus bolsters the ami-old tradition (a part of the fiber of every Englishman's be ing) that the British fleet can't be monkeyed with. lis effrct on Drltlsh morals is incalculable. yllE story of tho wholo action A involving the Hood and the Isma Is emerging slowly to ny from the mists of crnsnr inlp. The Bismarck and her lesser I satellite, the cruiser Primo Eugen, were first sighted on Sal-j urday by British scouting plane at Bergen. Norway. They were seen again at they were passing through the Strait of Denmark, between Iceland and Greenland Apparently they wero heading out into the Atlantic to raid mer chant shipping. TJEAVY British naval forcet were at once dispatched to Intercept them, and In the first tklrmlth after contact wnt estab lished a lucky aalvo from the Bismarck found a weak spot In the Hood's armor and blew up her magniinei, sinking her. Ttf the ensuing confusion, tha 1 BUmarck escaped Into tha fog And was lost for several hour. 'hen an American-made scout lug plane from the British fleet located her. Quoting the language of the official British communique, "planet from the carrier Ark Royal ttruck the first telling blows and later other (torpedo carrying) planet from the Ark Itoval and UNITS OF THE AT LANTIC FLEET gave her the coup de grace." (Coup de grace meant literally "grace blow" the blow with which the bull fighter finishes the bull.) The Bismarck It said to have been tlowed down to a speed of about eight knots after hits from two aerial torpedoes from planes launched from British warship. A " FURTHER dispatch assert that: 'Tha cruiser Dorsct- ahlro rammed home torpedoes ,iat finished off tho Bismarck after she had been shelled Into helplessness- by British navy hips and destroyers." AS yet the Important question as to whether the Bismarck was destroyed by plnnes or wor ships is not fully clear prob ably won't be for omc time. ' Too many Important issue are Involved for snap Judgment to be taken. At least the plane Involved In her destruction were operat ing as UNITS OF THE BRITISH FLEET not as an Independent attacking force. THE Issue of alrplnnc vs. wor ship remnlns Indecisive in the eastern Mediterranean on the basis of tndnv's rtlsnntches. The Ttrltlsh admit the loss of two cruisers and four dcslrovers In the bottle of Crete and DAM AGE to two battleshlns and "several other cruisers." But they assert that NO SEA-BORNE German forces have been landed on Crete, whereas reinforce ments ore reaching the allied (Brltlsh-GrecM garrison there This indicates that In spite of severe losse the British fleet there has given a good account of Itself. A S to Crete, the British admit that German air-borne rein forcements continue to arrive, and the weight of this attack has grown from day to day. London say this morning: "At this mo ment the issue of magnificent resistance hongs in the bolonce." 00 much for today' (Tuesday's) news. Tomorrow's (Wednes day's) new will all revolve around what President Roosevelt says in his long-awaited speech tonight. Churchill Announces Victory in Commons; Listeners Jubilant LONDON, May 27 (UP The royal navy atruck In vengeful anger today at Germany's chal lenge in tho north Atlantic, sending the powerful nazi flag ship Bismarck to the bottom of the tea by ahellfir and aerial torpedo, then fanning out in re lentless search for the 10,000 ton cruiser Print Eugen, the Bismarck's escort. Largely responsible for the swift death of the Bismarck, and taking a leading part in the hunt for tho Prim, Eugen, were numbers of American -made Consolidated flying boats, great fortresses of tho air capable of 4UU0 non stop miles. The twlft, heavily armored 35.000-ton Bltmarck con queror of the HMS Hood by an "unlucky hit" Saturday off Greenland und possibly Ger many'! best sea commander. Fleet Admiral Gucnther Lcut Jent, wero ent to death 4 0 0 mile west of Brest, France, at 11:01 a. m. Control of the vital Atlantic shipping lanes Jeopar dized for about 72 hour of the Bismarck's brief but bloody ca reer thus was reaffirmed by thep roud British "senior serv ice" which hat ruled trie oceans for a century. Mad With Joy Prime Minister Churchill proudly announced the sinking to a house of common and Brit ish public which almost went mad with Joy. Churchill gave prompt and full credit for the exploit to the American plane which found the fleeing Bismarck. He said "yes terday shortly before midday a Cataline aircraft, one of con siderable number of those very far-rcactilng scouting planes cnt us by the United State, picked up the Bismarck and it was seen tha wa heading for aTrcnch port, Brest or St. Nazalre. On tills, further rapid disposition were made by the admiralty." Naval torpedo plane from tho aircraft carrier Ark Royal often "unk" in German com muniques but still fighting raced to the location given by the American plane and launch ed their deadly "fish." Four torpedoes found their mark in the Bismarck, already damaged by shells of the Hood and two previous torpedo hits, further reducing her speed and damaging her steering gear. Then Britain's new 35,000 ton Prince of Wale raced up and poured broadside into the stricken nazi vessel, Torpedo planes came on again, and ad ministered the coup de grace. It was a crippling loss to the small German fleet. It leave tho German only three battle shipstwo of these of only 26,000 tons against Britain's (Continued on Page Two) Germans Say Big Warship Fought to End BERLIN'. May 27 (P) Ger many's most powerful battleship, the 35,000-ton Bismarck, was destroyed in the north Atlantic today by a formidable squadron of British warship and planes which had pursued the nazi ves sel since Saturday, when she sank the 42,100-ton battle-cruiser Hood. The German navy's fighting admiral, Gucnther Lucljens, fleet commander, and the Bismarck's commander, Cnptnin Llndemann, as well as an undetermined num ber of the crew were lost, the high command said. It was not disclosed what had happened to the rest of Luctjen's fleet or whether he even hod additional warships accompany ing the Bismarck. The Bismarck's last message, the high command said, indi cated she was surrounded by overwhelming enemy forces and so badly crippled she could not maneuver. It read: "Ship unable to maneuver. We arc fighting to the last shell. Long live the fuehrer." ELEVEN BILLION WASHINGTON, May 27 Wl Federal expenditures for the current flscol year crossed 111, 000,000.000 today to exceed those of any previous complete peace-time year. Wallac Uarllngs. 36. was p. m. Tuesday at Elm and Market REFUSEPEACE Vultee Dispute Near In California; OPM Leader Js Accused By Tha Associated Press An American Federation of Labor official charged before a senate defense investigating committee Tuesday that Sidney Hillman, associate director of the office of production man agement, had a part in "stimu lating" a strike in the Vultee Aircraft Manufacturing plant In California. Harvey, president of the international Machinists union, testifying in Washington on tho San Francisco shipyards strike, commented that a gov. emment representative, who he aid was tent by Hillman, had Interfered with the union' at tempt to iron out difficulties at the Vultee plant. Hillman is former national vice president of the CIO but ha been in the office of pro duction management since it was established. . Earlier Senator Truman, (D Mo,) chairman of the committee, had proposed to William Green, president of the American Fed eration' of Labor, that the fed eration expel the International Machinist association from its rank for approving tho machin ists' strike which tied up $500, 000.000 worth of shipbuilding In the San Francisco area. The CIO United Auto Work ers union served notice at De troit It would seek a wage raise of 1 0-centa-an-hour at Chrysler and other Detroit automobile plants, such as was won from General Motor recently. Pres ent wage rates for the involved companies were not announced Meanwhile, labor difficulties persisted at the Packard Motor Car company at Detroit, and at the North American Aviation, Inc., plant at Inglcwood, Calif., accompanied In each case by threats to strike. Judge Assigned In Klamath Case SALEM, Ore., May 27 (UP) Circuit Judge Ralph S. Hamilton of Bend today was assigned to Klamath county to try the case of the Klamath Irrigation com pany vs. Carlson. The assignment was made af ter Judge Jamea T. Brand of Marshficld, originally sched uled to hear the case, was ap pointed to tho state supreme court. POTATO VOTE PORTLAND. May 27 (UP) A proposed federal marketing agreement to handle Irish pota toes in interstate commerce will be voted on by Malheur county and several Idaho coun tics, the United States depart ment of agriculture revealed to day. Looking Backward By Th Associated Pratt May 27, 1940 Germans broaden wedge between British forces In Flanders and French army; Belgians under extreme pressure. May 27, 1918 United States ready to Join peace league after war ends, President Wilson say. lifted onto tha ambulance stretcher street. Man Injured When Auto Hits Truck Wallace UerUngs, 36, owner of the Klamath Auto Body com pany, was seriously injured at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon when a car on which he was riding crashed into an OK Trans fer company truck at Market and Elm streets. Young Uerlings wa lifting on the fender and radiar of Jerry Tresner'i car, attempting to lo cate a "rattle," when Tresner struck, the truck operated by Cameron Wilson, 54. 1510 Car- lylc street. Wilson wa driving toward the city on Elm street when the car crashed into the rear of the truck body. Uerlings suffered back injuries and cut on the hands. He was rushed by Ward' ambulance to Klamath Valley hospital. Slight Earthquake Felt in S. F. Area; No Damage Reported SAN FRANCISCO, May 27 (JVP) A slight earthquake of six to eight seconds' duration Jolted Sa Francisco, the San Francisco peninsula area and several towns as far south as Santa Cruz at 10:24 o'clock to night but no damage wa re ported. Dr. Albert Newlin of the Uni versity of Santa Clara said his seismograph showed a "light series of shocks" beginning at 10:24 p. m. He said the quake apparently centered within radius of 60 miles of Santa Clara, probably along the old San Andreas fault line west of Santa Clara. Santa Cruz, 80 miles south of San Francisco, was the southern most point reporting the quake, There were no reports of the shock north of San Francisco or in the Sacramento or San Joa quin valley. The University of Santa Clara Infirmary reported it felt the jolt. Telephone company, police and newspaper office switch boards received numerous calls from residents reporting the quake. The shock was felt dis tinctly in the United Press of fice on t h e fourth floor of a downtown office building. Big -Crowd Sees Polack Brothers Circus Tuesday A capacity crowd braved chill breezes blowing across the Klamath fairgrounds Tuesday night to attend the opening night of the thrill-splashed Po lack Brothers 20-30 club circus. Three attractions of the big three and one-half hour program stood out for the throng of ur chins and oldsters. First for most of them was the "Peak of Aerial Wizardry" four aerial apollos in a net less acrobatic exhibit 125 feet above the ground. Three brawny lads and a slim girl per formed seemingly impossible balancing feats as an estimated 20-mlle breeze whipped the high rigging. Second by only a slim margin was Reuben Castang and his trained comedy chimpanzees three adult chimps with a bicycle-riding specialty. Next in crowd favor was tho trio of sleek trained seals under the tutelage of Captain Albert Spiller. The balance of the show, with few exceptions, was one of the best put on locally in recent years. following aa accident at 2:30 U.S. OF PEACE Colonies, Fleet Not To Fall Into Nazi Hands, Assertion WASHINGTON. Kir 27 UP) The French government gave re newed assurances in writing to day to the United State that the French fleet and colonies would not be surrendered to Germany or any other power. A note containing specific j guarantee was delivered by the French ambassador, Gaston Henry-Haye, to Sumner Welles, under-secretary of state. The note, the ambassador told reporters, was drafted by him on instruction from the Vichy government It was intended to remove misgivings here -on the scope of French-German collab oration. The French acted apparently in conformity with a request last week by Secretary of State Hull that the Vichy government should define its position clearly in writing if it wished to con vince the world that pro-Hitler elements were not in supreme control at Vichy. Henry-Haye declined to dis close full details of the note but he told reporters: "We hope that it will be a disappointment to these people who are trying to disturb Franco American relations." Detectives Kill Los Angeles Butler After Robbery LOS ANGELES, May 27 (Pi Detectives killed a butler today after, they reported, he bound a wholesale merchant and a maid, threatened the merch ant's son with a gun and stole $200. Detective Lieuts. Wallace Greetan and William Molle trap ped Ben Smith, 28, in the Wil liam Klatscher home and shot him after, they said, he threat ened to kill them. They told this story: Smith, employed at Klatsch er' palatial home in the Wil shire district, entered the house shortly after midnight, bound the maid. Smiles Love, 48, and forced William Klatscher Jr., 16, to bind his father. While he searched for money, Jeanette Klatsche, 22, freed her father. Klatscher Sr., went to a neighbor's and called police. As they arrived, Smith sought refuge in a closet, using the boy as a shield, and cried "I'll kill anybody that comes through that door." William Jr., shoved Smith and grabbed his gun. The detectives killed Smith. Father of Klamath People Killed in Ontario Accident William Homer Uiley, 61. Malheur county road crew fore man and former resident of Klamath Falls, was fatally crushed by a concrete bridge pier five miles west of Ontario, Ore., late Monday. The pier was under construction at the time of its collapse. Mr. Utlcy had lived in Ontario for the past four years and is survived by his widow, three sons, Harold and Ralph of Klam ath Falls, and George of Ontario, and one daughter, Mrs. Mildred Hinkleman of this city. BRITISH NAVY SUFFERS LOSS Landing of Germans Balked; Land Battle "Hangs in Balance" LONDON, May 27 (UP) British defenders in western Crete gave ground loot by foot in vicious combat today. Horde of German reinforcement ar riving by air were widening a break-through in the sector be tween Malemi and Canea, offi cial sources said. Prime Minister Wlntton Churchill told the house of com mons "the issue of magnificent resistance hangs in the bal ance." Imperial reinforcements are pouring into Crete to bolster the resistance against the eight-day-old nazi invasion. All axis sea-borne landing were report ed smashed by the royal navy with tremendous losses. It was believed probably Ger many already had thrown three divisions numbering 45.000 men into the struggle. In addition to hundred of specialists landed by plane. CAIRO, Egypt, May 27 (JP) Britain's Mediterranean fleet has lost two cruisers and four de stroyer in the raging week-old battle of Crete but has balked German efforts to land scfeborne troops, and the epic struggle-on land now "hangs in the balance," the British announced today. . (In London the admiralty an nounced that it had accounted for 60 officers and 856 men from the ships lost. It said there was good reason to believe that others will be reported later). Sky Troops Land Besides the sunken ships high official quarters said that two battleships and several other cruisers had been damaged, but (Continued on Page Two) Police Arrest Shoulders As Safe - Robber City police late Tuesday an nounced the arrest of Ralph Shoulders, 19, as the burglar who robbed the safe at the Safe way store. East Main and Home streets, on April 27. Shoulders waived preliminary hearing and indictment on a charge of burglary not in a dwelling. The police said Shoulders had been employed at the Safeway store and had been transferred to Grants Pass about 10 days be fore the robbery. He was famil iar with the combination on the safe and had had a key made to fit the store door, they re lated. The officers said Shoulders lifted the lid from the safe after working the combination, put burned paper and gunpowder in the strongbox to simulate an ex plosion. He allegedly threw the lid into Klamath river. To further throw off suspicion of former employes, the officers asserted, Shoulders left a win dow open in the side of the building, although he walked in through the door after using a key on the lock. He allegedly got several hun dred dollars in cash and checks from the strongbox. Police said his purpose was to get money to buy a new car. The complaint against Shoul ders was signed by city police, who had him brought here from Grants Pass for questioning, HISTORICAL STAMP WASHINGTON, May 27 Pi Representative Smith (D-Wash.) introduced yesterday a resolu tion (H. Res. 190) to direct issu ance of a special postage stamp to commemorate the 150th anni versary of the discovery of the Columbia river by Capt. Robert Gray on May 11, 1792. All-Out Aid for Britain Promised By ARTHUR F. DEGREVE United Pre Correspondent WASHINGTON. May 27 (U) President Roosevelt tonight proclaimed an unlimited national emergency and pledged full use of United States armed might, if neces sary, to crush Hitlerism. He announced the proclamation placing the nation on a war footing during a 45-minute fireside chat which was broadcast nationally and throughout the world. Diplomats of the other 20 American republics, Vice President and Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, cabinet officers and other dignitaries were gathered about him in the historic east room of the white house as he made his momentous declaration. Bluntly reasserting the "freedom of the seas" policy which this country abandoned temporarily under the neutrality act, the president stated emphatically that all- HOLD 'BATTLE' Third, 41st Divisions From Fort Lewis To Help In War Games FORT ORD, Calif., May 27 (UP) The motorized seventh division of the U. S. army con solidated its defense positions on time-table schedules today and prepared for .a.jtrategic withdrawal as part of big-scale Fort Ord "battle maneuvers. The division of 15,000 men earlier executed a successful flank attack on a theoretical in vading force. The "enemy was presumed to be marching through the Fort Ord reserva tion after attacking along the highway. The division moved swiftly to its battle stations in trucks and combat cars under blackout regulations. Advance units of the 53rd infantry first contacted the "enemy" and held them off until reinforcing troops gained defense positions. Today's maneuvers were the forerunners of the ninth army corps battle games at Jolon on the Hunter Liggett military reservation during June. The seventh, and the third and 41st divisions from Fort Lewis, Wash., will participate in the corps area maneuvers the big gest on the Pacific coast since (Continued on Page Two) Shotgun Kills 12-Y ear-Old By Accident Leander Warren Riddle, 12, was instantly killed at Beatty late Tuesday by the accidental discharge of a shotgun in the hands of his brother, Simon, 10 The Indian boys were trying to dislodge a stuck shell when the gun discharged, striking Leander full in the chest, ac cording to Dr. George H. Adler, county coroner. Leander and Simon had been hunting rabbits with the shot gun on Monday. It was at that time the shell became fouled in the 410-gauge gun. The accident occurred in the kitchen at the home of their mother, Mrs. Elsie Riddle. Axis Columns Force Egypt Guards Back CAIRO, Egypt, May 27 (IP) A number of small axis columns have crossed the Egyptian fron tier in the region of Salum and advanced several miles to the east, compelling British forces to give ground, the middle east command announced today. British advance units are "suc cessfully harassing and slowing down the advance of these col umns," the communique said. In the lakes area of Ethiopia British forces are engaged "in clearing the battlefield and rounding up scattere dremnants of Italian forces," it added. out aid will be delivered safely to Great Britain and other na tion fighting on the side of de. mocracy. Delivery of this aid, he said, 'can be done, it must be done; it will be done." He left unanswered the ques tion whether convoys would bo used to safeguard war cargoes. He pointed out, however, that the extended operations of th neutrality patrol in the Atlantic are helping to insure safe transit of munitions. Military and naval technicians. he asserted, are working out new and additional safeguard which. will be put into effect a needed. National Policy Clearly and unmistakeably ho stated this country's national policy to be: - v-"iVre shall actively resist whenever necessary, and with all our resources, every attempt by Hitler to extend hi nazi domina tion to the western hemisphere, or to threaten it. We shall resist his every attempt to gain control of the seas. We insist upon tha vital Importance of keeping Hit lerism away from any point in the world which could be used and would be used as a base of attack upon the Americas. 'Second, from the Doint of view of strict naval and military necessity, we shall give every Possible assistance to Britain, and to all who, with Britain, are resisting Hitlerism or its equivalent with force of arms. Our patrols are helping now to insure delivery of the needed supplies to Britain. All addi tional measures necessary to de liver the goods will be taken. Any and all further methods or combination of methods, which can or shall be utilized, are be ing devised by our military and naval technicians, who, with me, will work out and put into ef fect such new and additional safeguards as may be needed." Drastic Step The president did not give even a hint that a national emergency would be proclaimed, until near the end of his re marks. It was one of the most drastic short-of-war steps which he could take and it was disclosed immediately after he had warn ed that work stoppages would not be permitted to hamper the defense effort. The proclamation stated that indifference on the part of the United iitates to the increasing menace of axis conquest would be perilous, Common prudence, it asserted, requires that "for the security of this nation and of this hemisphere we should pass from peacetime authorizations of military strength to such a basis as will enable us to cope instantly and decisively with any attempt at hostile encircle ment of this hemisphere, of the establishment of any bases for aggression against us, a well as to repel the threat of predatory incursion by foreign agents into our territory and society." Harmony Urged The president called upon workers and employers to sub (Continued on Page Two) News Index City Briefs Page 7 Comics and Story Page 18 Courthouse Records Pago 4 Editorials Page 4 Information Page 7 Market. Financial Page 10 Midland Empire News . Page 8 Pattern Page 3 Sports Pages 12, 13