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News WEATHER NEWS Partly Cloudy High S4i Low all Midnight 47 24 bouri to I p. m. ,lt Boason lo data ts Normal precipitation Q as: Last ! o data H.7i PICTURES! Associated Praia Teleroata. NCA Telepho lot and live lectl newapleture and en- graving staff provide Nawi and Herald readara with comprehensive photograph lo tarvle. on IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND Vol 18. No. 150 Price Five Cents KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, FBIDAY, MAY 80, 1941 (Every Morning Except Monday), THE ' News : , . - By FRANK JENKINS 'TODAY'S dispatches Indicate that Italian forces have been landed on the eastern end of -'rcte, thua putting the British VjtUrrck defenders between the Jawa of a viae. The Germane are reported to have captured Suda Bay harbor, giving thrm a landing place for troopa and heavy equipment such as tanki. A REPORT from Italy asserts that hundreds of little Creek sail boa ta loaded with Ger man troopa have been wifely rscortcd to Crete under the guns of Italian warahips, indicating (If true) that the British fleet has been driven from Cretan waters. This Indication Is strengthen ed by a dispatch from Alexandria yesterday saying that a part of the British fleet had arrived at the base there. OARRING a miracle (and mlr acles have been few and far X.setwecn In this war) Crete Is lost to the British. What re mains Is merely a matter of time and detail. TJOW did It happen? 1 1 It la the same old story, beginning In Poland and run ning through all the German conquests since: The Germans had ALL THE AIRPLANES THEY NEEDED and their opponents didn't. Tins writer, having no inside sources of Information, can only gueas. But this seems a fair guess as to what has hap pened In Crete: The British, lacking air strength, undertook to defend Crete with their Mediterranean navy (supported, but INADE . t)trATELYv by lhcau arm of J I lie fleet.) The result Is history. The ADEQUATE German air force first landed enough para rhute troopa to seize a foothold. Then It drove the scanty British air force from the Island, mean while pouring In reinforcements steadily from the air. After that it attacked and ap parently mastered the defending British fleet, which was inade quately supported In the air. THE military lesson of Crete (guessed at from Incomplete and heavily censored data) is this: Only airplanes can successful ly fight airplanes. 'THE lesson is heeded NOW Two days ago. President J' Roosevelt allocated an addition al three billion dollars, most of it to be spent for planes. Today Secretary of War Stimson dis closes a plan to train 8,000 Brit ish filers In this country, be ginning June 7. If it had been heeded years ago, when Colonel Lindbergh warned Britain, France and US of the immensity and complete ness of German preparation for air war, the history of the world In this present era might have been changed. ' A FEW side issues at this point: Germany and Italy are re ported to have relaxed the arm istice regulations to permit France to build up a continental air force for the "defense of her empire." Defense against whom? V Certainly not against the Ger mans, who are permitting her to strengthen herself. One must conclude that she Is getting ready for Britain and for US. A NOTHER sidelight: The German ambassador conferred for an hour this morn ing with Jap Foreign Minister Matsuoka In Tokyo. Immediate ly thereafter, the BRITISH am bassador talked with him for an hour. The seat Japan is sitting on Is getting hotter by the minuto. Looking Backward By The Associated Press ' May 29, 1940 Belgian port of Ostend falls to Germans; allies, n retreat, open flood sluices around Dunkerque to guard last exit to England. Allied forces in northern Norway capture Narvik. May 29, 1916 Riga railroad is shelled by Germans. Named Chief ... Jgp; ri it This is Arnold Gralapp. praaant school auperintendent at La Grande, who haa bean choaan auparlntandant of Klamath Union high school for the ensuing year come auparlntandant of both high and elementary schools here for the period of a two-year contract. Gralapp was selected from among CO applicants for the local Job, regarded aa one of the biggaat educational positions open in the state this year. LUMBER STRIKE Union Head Declares He Can't Call Men Without Authority s. . ., , SEATTLE. May 29 (UP) O. M. Orton, president of the Inter national Woodworkers of Ameri ca (CIO), said tonight he has no authority to call 12.000 striking unionists In western Washington back to work In compliance with a proposal of the national defense mediation board. Spokesmen for employers said they were ready to re-open mills and camps next Monday in re sponse to the board's plea. In a wire to Clarence A. Dyk stra, chairman, Orton asserted that the board's findings were based on operators' arguments. Orton said a membership vote rejected the board's settlement formula but authorized resump tion of negotiations on the union's minimum demands of a 7 cent hourly wage boost, a closed shop, a week's vacation with pay and elimination of piecework. Navy officials meantime acted to release three shiploads of tim ber piling consigned to defense construction in Hawaii. The ship ments were tied up in Tacoma by a strike of CIO boommen. The first cargo will be loaded this weekend. By The Associated Press The defense mediation board cites President Roosevelt's proc lamation on an unlimited nation al emergency Thursday for the first time in an appeal to striking CIO lumber workers In the Pa cific northwest to return to work "as patriotic citizens.' The board appealed to the lumber workers after being ad (Continued on Page Two) Senator Seeks END REQUESTED Vote on President's Policy WASHINGTON. May 29 (UP) Sen. Claude Pepper, D., Fla., who pioneered all-out aid to Britain, sought today to obtain a senate vote of confidence in President Roosevelt's newly enunciated foreign policy but was persuaded to withdraw his unprecedented request. Pepper demanded Immediate consideration of a resolution which would have declared it to bo the sense of the senate Mr. Roosevelt ' was "right" In his Tuesday night fireside chat and ho "deserves the full confidence of the congress and the country." The move was frustrated when several senators served notice they would not give the neces sary unanimous consent. Pepper then reluctantly withdrew his request. Chairman Walter F. George of of Schools Her and en July 1. 1942. will be Llndy Asserts F. R. Argues World Control PHILADELPHIA. May 29(UP) Charles A. Lindbergh charged to night that President Roosevelt "himself advocates world doml. nation when he says it Is our business to control the wars of Eurone and Asia,-and that we in America must dominate islands lying off tho African coast. "Our own president says that the safety of America lies In controlling the Cape Verde is lands off thte coast of Africa, Lindbergh said in his first ad dress since the president's speech Tuesday night. "Even Hitler never made a statement like that." "If we take the attitude that we must control the islands of the eastern hemisphere. Europe has Just as much reason to de mand control of the islands of the western hemisphere," he added. "If we say our frontier lies on the Rhine, they can say theirs lies on the Mississippi. If we attempt to follow a policy as the president suggests, we will start a war between hemispheres that may last for generations. He predicted the world would be thrown "Into complete cnaos If we try to control islands that "do not belong to this hemis phere." He spoke at an America First rally at the arena, only a few blocks from convention hall where last night Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of New York and William C. Bullitt, former ambas sador to France, urged support of the administration s foreign pol icy. FOUND ALIVE KOKADJO, Mc., May 29 () Paul Atkinson, 14, and Melvin Davis. IS, Dover-Foxcraft boys lost In the Moosehead lake re gion woods since last Sunday were found alive today. Confidence the senate foreign relations com. mittee, stating the resolution would "precipitate unnecessary and most regrettable debate suggested the proposal cither be referred to his committee or be permitted to "Ho on the table," where it would be available for future consideration. Pepper yielded but told news men he may bring up the reso lution after he returns from a speaking tour next week. Requests such as the outspoken Floridan's are common to the British parliamentary system under which governments are traditionally obliged to resign when a vote of no confidence is forthcoming. There is, however, no such- provision In the Ameri can system. Nnn-lntervcntlonists on the Re- (Contlnued on Page Two) BRITAIN EYES WORLD PEACE War Aims Announced First Time; German Challenge Must End LONDON, May 29 (UP) Britain announced her war aims today for the first time, adopting President Roosevelt's "four free doms" and adding the stipulation stern military and political meas ures must prevent Germany from ever again challenging world peace. These aims envisage a post war reconstruction of the world by the British empire, the United States and the other "free na tions" unravaged by the war. The government has given no hint of the nature of the meas ures which would be used to curb a German challenge, but both Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Prime Minister Win ston Churchill before the war were among the strongest sup porters of the league of nations. It appears logical, therefore, to believe any peace settlement which they dominate would aim at providing an effective system of collective security backed by armed force. Post Wax Britain's aims were disclosed by Eden in an address at the Lord Mayor s mansion house. They apparently were timed to follow up President Roosevelt's statement of American foreign policy and to answer widespread demands In America particular, ly among non-Interventionists that Britain make known her post-war plans. Eden presented this outline of British war aims: 1. Peace based on President Roosevelt's Ideals of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, free dom from want and freedom from fear enunciated in his January address to congress. 2. "Political and military terms" to put Germany In a po sition where she never again could challenge world peace or become "the worst master Eu rope has yet known." 3. Establish social security abroad as well as at home, through coordinated efforts of Britain, the dominions, the Unit ed States and the nations of South America stabilizing cur rencies, feeding starving peoples and averting fluctuation of em ployment, prices and markets. 4. Extension of this new "moral order," as opposed to Adolf Hitler's "new European order," to the Far East once the Chinese-Japanese conflict has been liquidated. 5. British support of the inde pendence of Syria and of a uni fied Arab world. "What has Germany to offer on her side?" Eden demanded. "Absolutely nothing. . ." "Five times in the last cen tury she (Germany) has violated the peace," he said. "She must never be in a position to play that role again. WASHINGTON, May 29 (UP) Sen. George W. Norrls, (D-Neb.), said tonight that Great Britain should undertake to destrov. after the end of the present struggle, "Every single ship (Continued on Page Two) Government Eyes Price Control For Petroleum WASHINGTON, May 29 (P) Leon Henderson, government price administrator, told sen ators today that officials were Investigating recent gasoline price Increases with an eye to possible price ceilings for the petroleum Industry. Henderson told the senate agriculture committee this after Senator Gillette (D-Ia.) said the motor fuel price had gone up 1 cents a gallon in the mid west and 2 cents a gallon in tne east recently. The increase, Henderson said, was attributed to "diversion of tankers for carrying oil for the British account." "If the tendency' In the oil Industry to raise prices con tinues either at crude or re fined levels we will set price ceilings unless we are stopped, Henderson testified. In earlier testimony, Hender son said he would oppose a suggested 33 per cent increase in railroad wages if the increase could be absorbed only through increased transportation costs. He had been asked by Sen ator Ellender (D-La.) whether he had made any effort "to fix the price of labor." Guard Troops May Remain In (J. S. Service WASHINGTON. May 29 PV Indefinite military duty for the national guard was considered virtual certainty by army of ficials today because of the un limited national emergency pro claimed by President Roosevelt. An early request to congress for authority to retain the 291,- 000 guardsmen in service beyond the current single year of train ing was accordingly anticipated, although no final decision has been disclosed on the question. In the light of the threat to American security pictured by the chief executive, an informed official suggested it would be "hardly logical" to demobilize 18 full divisions of trained troops, representing more than half the number of such major units under arms in all the ex panding land forces. Pending a definite decision, the war department has gone ahead nevertheless perfecting de tailed plans to fill the guards men's places with selective serv ice trainees, organized into en tirely new divisions. JAPS' AXIS TIE Matsuoka Reaffirms Stand; Chat Effect Eyed by Legislators WASHINGTON, May 29 (Pi Responsible legislators said to day there is a growing belief in administration circles that Ja pan's adherence to the axis soon may weaken, and they cited as evidence President Roosevelt's virtual omission in his fireside chat of any discussion of Amer ica's problems in the Pacific. This belief, reported to be en tertained in high quarters, was said to be based on information that business interests apparently were gaining influence In the Tokyo government and might eventually prevail over the mili tary party which led Japan Into the war with China and into the axis alliance. The president made only brief references to the Pacific in his address Tuesday. He mentioned aid to China, but nothing else beyond the assertion that the dictatorships were organizing a system which might be used to force enslaved peoples to build "a naval and air force intended to gain and hold and be master of the Atlantic and the Pacific as well." NEW YORK, May 29 (P) Japanese Foreign Minister Yo suke Matsuoka declared today that the present world crisis must end either in destruction of modern civilization or in es tablishment of a new world or der, Domei, Japanese news agency, reported in a radio broadcast. Matsuoka, addressing teachers at the Ministry of Education, again declared Japanese loyalty to the three-power axis pact. He said that the original text of the pact was drawn up by the Japanese government and that both Germany and Italy had accepted this text without proposing a single modification. TOKYO. Mav 29 UP) Herman Ambassador Eugen Ott conferred for more than an hour today with Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka and their nh- ject matter was reliably under stood to nave been President Roosevelt s fireside chat. Klamath Business Houses to Close Memorial Day Klamath Falls business houses, banks, the federal build ing and postoffice, city hall and courthouse will observe Memor ial day Friday, it was learned Thursday afternoon. Also closed during the day will be the state liquor store. By order of the city council and Police Judge Leigh Acker man, the city hall will remain closed Saturday as well as Fri day. The courthouse will be open Saturday until 1 p. m. The Herald and News will publish as usual on Friday but with an early publication hour. Due to the national emergen cy, the United States coast guard recruiting office in the federal building will remain open Fri day and Saturday. Crete's Defenders Encircled By Nazis - Air Torpedo Strikes Death Blow I mil" s----n-Ti .iTir-ri-i nfiftin A British "Swordiish" torpedo piano, of tho typo which ond- od tho lighting em ft of tho Gorman battles hip Bu march, "ftoroowhoro ovor tho Atlantic."" A cotot of thoso pianos, launch- od from tho anciont ' aircraft carrier Ark Royal disabled tho Bis marck, hold hor halplots whilo units of tho British nary rushed in for tho kill, ending one of tho war. The British admitted in the battle. Germans Deny Death of Max Schmellng BERLIN. Friday, May 30 (UP) Authorized German sources said today Max Schmellng, former world's heavyweight champion reported by the British as having been killed in Crete, is alive. Informants said Schmeling now is at an air force hospital where he was brought from Crete after contracting a "slight tropical disease" a few days ago. Schmeling was revealed for the first time to be a lance cor poral in the German parachute force. Spokesmen said he was among the first group of parachutists landed in western Crete, where he took part in the fighting. Op erating under great difficulties, they said, he helped establish the bridgehead there which made (Continued on Page Two) 'No. V Nazi Held At Ellis Island NEW YORK, May 29 (UP) Immigration department inspect ors today attested Kurt Hein rich Reith, prominent German nazi agent, and took him to Ellis Island for deportation proceed ings on charges that he had given false information on entering the United States from Mexico March 22. Reith had been living at the Waldorf Astoria. He appeared there during the afternoon in custody of immigration officials, asked for his luggage, paid his bill and departed for Ellis Is land. Washington officials said he was the "No. 1" nazi now in the United States. I ekes Asks Daylight Saving Time; Power Shortage.Seen WASHINGTON, May 29 (JP) Interior Secretary Ickes today advocated daylight saving time on a nationwide scale, and sug gested that America may have to resort to restricted use of electricity and institute "gasless Sundays to meet shortages of power and oil. The statement came as an of ficial of the federal power com mission foresaw a power emer gency, "perhaps the most serious in history," and revealed studies were being made on means of diverting power from civilian to industrial uses, to prevent in terruption of defense production. May Hit Baseball Daylight saving, Ickes said, could be instituted by an act of congress, to save substantial amounts of power. in mentioning the possibility tho most dramatic sea battle of loss of tho destroyer Mashona WARSHIP LOST I BIO BATTLE Admiralty Announces 1850 -ton Destroyer Sunk After Bismarck LONDON. May 29 m The British destroyer Mashona was sunk by German planes when they got in the last blow of the sea battle which cost Germany the 35,000-ton battleship Bis marck, the admiralty announced today. One officer and 45 men are missing from the 1850-ton Tribal class destroyer, which went down shortly after the Bismarck was pounded to ruin 400 miles west of Brest, France, last Tuesday morning. The admiralty said that more than 100 officers and men of the Bismarck were picked up after the battleship was sunk. . BERLIN, May 29 m The German high command today credited destruction of 52,000 (Continued on Page Two) Pedestrian Hurt By Motorcycle John F. Fitzgerald, about 50, of Oakland, Calif., was struck by a motorcycle Just east of the underpass on East Main street at 11:20 last night. Ward's am bulance rushed him to Klamath Valley hospital, where it was learned the man suffered from a badly shattered leg and other injuries. An ambulance attendant be lieved two men were riding the motorcycle that struck Fitzger ald. of priorities in the use of power, the secretary said restricted con sumption might easily include night baseball, and he comment ed: "It's more important to make aluminum than to have night baseball." The power shortage, he said, might "be met by moral sua sion," through civilians volun tarily restricting consumption. Turning to oil, Ickes told his press conference the problem was strictly one of transporta tion and he foresaw a possibility of restricted use, especially on the eastern seaboard. In this connection, he advo cated oil pipe lines from the south to the east, where severe shortages of oil are feared be cause of the transfer of one-fifth of the American tanker fleet to (Continued on Page Two) BRITISH LOOK TO CYPRUS AS NEXT DEFENSE Capture of Suda Bay By Germans Makes Route for Panzers LONDON, May 29 (UP Im. perial forces in Crete are in a desperate if not irretrievable sit uation after losing Suda Bar under smashing dive-bomber and land attacks. The loss allows the arrival of German "panzer" units by sea, qualified observers ad mitted tonight. As fresh nazi shock troops ad vanced against defenders ex hausted by 10 days ef hand-to-hand fighting, public attention was turned to the defenses of Cyprus, the British island In the far eastern Mediterranean. It generally is conceded to be Adolf Hitler's next stepping stone in his mammoth scheme to drive Britain from the Middle East. Blasted from their only first class anchorage at Suda Bay, the imperial forces commanded by Major General Bernard C. Frey berg were reported fighting desa perate rear guard actions against overpowering axis land and tea forces. No Landings Germany was expected to jam her heavy equipment ashore at the newly-won anchorage under cover of darkness. It was admit ted the fleet, which has dona yoeman service in blocking ar rival of sea-borne re Inarcements, no longer could be expected to stop all landing attempts now that it has lost its main base. The main Cretan front was; said by tuthoritative sources to be near the shores of the Armyro Bay, 18 miles east of Suda Bay. The British position was doubly hazardous because the Germans appear to have estab lished themselves at Candia, be hind the main British, forces. The outnumbered royal air force, operating from distant bases, faced a huge job of strik ing at the German aerial troop ferries and protecting the worn out British troops from inces sant dive-bombing attacks. Springboards Responsible quarters feared Hitler would force the French government to permit use of Syrian air bases as springboards for invasion of Cyprus. Cyprus could be defended more easily in some ways than Crete because it is only 150 miles from Palestine, where the Brit ish have good airfields and fa cilities. However, it is less moun tainous than Crete and has fewer natural fortifications. From reports received here, the battle of Crete appears to be the old story of insufficient equipment insufficient anti-air. craft to protect vital targets against swarms of stukas and (Continued on Page Two) Memorial Day to Be Observed by Ceremonies Here Homage to soldier, sailor and civilian dead will be paid in fit ting ceremony Friday through out the nation as Memorial day is observed. In Klamath Falls graves of veterans will be decor ated at 6:30 a. m. and on the water of Link river a wreath placed in memory of those who have died at sea. A parade will leave the Link: river bridge at 10 o'clock sharp, proceeding to the armory where Adjutant Norman Bowyer will give the Memorial day address. Samuel P. Miller, chairman ot the parade, asks all marching units and organizations to be on hand promptly at 9:30 a. m. at the bridge. Following the serv ices In the armory, the parade will continue to Linkville ceme tery where Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct a ceremony. 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