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I H the klam&th News WEATHER NEWS Local Showers High all Low 45 Midnight 4 24 hours to I p. m. ,,,, .11 Season to data , . ma Normal precipitation , hm Latt year to data la t PICTURES! Associated Press Tilinuti. NEA Telepho lot and live locl newtplcture end en graving staff provide Newt and Herald readers with a comprehensive photograph le service. IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND J I) Vol. 18. No. 160 I'rice Kivo I I Defense Plants Guarded During By THANK JENKINS CKETE. fiercely, doggedly and bravely defended WITHOUT ENOUGH AIRPLANES, savage ly allnrked with TLENTY OF AIRPLANES, U lost to the Brit ish. "NLY once tinea the war began when for a few des perate houra Ilrltaln'i whole air strength was concentrated In the skies above Dunkerque have the British been on equal terms in the air with their enemy. ' On that one occasion, the Ger mans were stopped long enough to prevent complete disaster. REMEMBER again: It It the LAST BATTLE that counU. Crete isn't the last battle. A ITER Crete will come Cyprus and Tobruk and Alexandria and Iraq. At all these points desperate battles will be waged. At Crete, the Germane have been only 80 miles from the Greek mainland and back of Greece are relatively short linet of communication and supply. At the German! advance, their communication lines will (row longer. At their communication lines row longer their superiority In the air, which at Crete wat ab solute and unchallenged, will become relatively lest crushing. Cyprus and Tobruk and Alex andria and Iraq wiU take time. VEEP thla In mind: At long at the Germans are pointed toward the Near East and Africa, they are POINTED AWAY FROM the British islet. It teemt at true now at ever that In order to win the last battle they must win the battle of Britain. THAT la where WE come In. If the final all-out assault on Britain can be deferred long enough for ut to provide the British with enough weapons for their defense, Including enough planet to DOMINATE the air over and around the British Islet, the battle of Britain will not be won by Hitler. ' Every plane, every gun, every tank, every SHIP we can build between now and the zero hour will contribute tremendously to the tuccest of the British cause, which we have now definitely underwritten. A FINAL thought here on Crete. For three thousand years the happy Island of Crete, surround ed by her protecting ocean, wat unlnvaded. For a thousand years, the wat at peace. "URING these thousand! of years of freedom from Invas ion and the resulting thousand years of peace the Cretana pros pered amazingly. They built up a civilization that for ita time compared with oura. They had such conveniences as bathrooms with running hot and cold water. They developed sculptors and painters. Their gem and Ivory work, their metal and Inlaid work, was at fine as any that mankind has produced. Their textiles and their pottery equaled our best. Their women wore corsets and flounced dresses. Ivory figures dug up In the ruins of Cnossos might easily be used as modcla for to day's advertising of women's ap parel and women's coiffures. Bull fighting and athletic events (on the scale of our foot- (Continued on Page Two) Looking Backward By The Associated Presa May 30, 1040 First of Allied forces to escape Flandera trap reaches Britain; nazi dive bomb ers smash at transports, war ships. May .10, 1016 Germans bom bard Allied lines at Vardar and Kilindir, in Serbia; atrip other fronts to tend troops to Verdun. In The If DayV jl - ' News'' i li (Junta Closely Holiday Scattered Sabotage Campaign Feared in Brief Layoff Period By The Associated Press Military and civil guards stood watch Friday at defense plants from coast to coast, summoned overnight by civilian authorities who spoke of sabotage and mili tary officers who talked only of tactical maneuvers. Highlighting the sudden ac tivity from New England to Cal ifornia was cancellation of leaves of 14.000 Fort Dix. N. J sold iers and a "practice alert" at Fort Custer, Mich., wat to real istic that officers confessed "it even fooled us." The war department said at Washington It had Issued no In structions of any kind to lead to precautions such as were re ported. It said It knew nothing of the activities at Fort Dix and Fort Custer but rjolnted out j that post or corps commanders euvers" at any time. Airplane factories and estab lishments engaged In defense production. It was explained, are under the protection of the FBI and of Individual protection forces at most plants. Anti-aircraft guns were plant ed atop California plane fac tories. Lot Angelet harbor thlps were floodlighted, police guards were augmented In several cities and west coast "patriotic bodies" were asked to stand by. Most spectacular of the mili tary measures was the clamping on Fort Custer, Mich., of a "practice alert" which was so much like the real thing that Battle Creek police took to the streets to warn civilians against armed sentries. "We have been advised that there is a threat to the security of the post and every precaution la being taken to safeguard the post," the office of the command ant announced last night At once, sentries were Increased, fire equipment went into posi tion, guards took over the post's water and power supply and Battle Creek Industrial concerns mustered full quotas of watch men and special police. When the word came that It was all In practice, Capt. Richard Merrick. Intelligence officer, con fessed "It even fooled us." At Seattle, port commissioners ordered extra guards along the waterfront after warnings by the federal bureau of investigation that they should exercise "un usual" alertness over the Me morial day weekend to safeguard shipping facilities. Federal authorities closed the Lake Washington thip canal locks, tourist attraction, to visi tors and doubled the ordinary guard. The locks connect Pugct bound with Seattle's Lakes Union and Washington. Bus Overturns Near Portland; Several Injured OREGON CITY, Ore., May 30 (UP) A north-bound Grey hound bus overturned five miles south of Oregon City on U. S. highway No. 99E late today, in juring several of its 24 passen gers. Oregon City police aald sev eral persona were taken to hos pitals here and In Portland, but believed none was critically in jured. Driver W. J. Hall, Eugene, said his wheels locked after he applied the brakes when a pass ing automobile cut in front of him. The big bus spun on the rain-drenched highway and overturned. Treated at hospitals were: Mabel Baughy, Silverton. Ore., back head and shoulder In juries; Mrs. E. J. Guttlnger, Portland, ' lacerations; Harry Crusdell, Portland, lacerations; Mrs. Frank Britten, negress. Portland, bruises; Lester Carl- Isle, Walton, Ore., bruises. Wilbur Hixon Trial Slated for June 2 PORTLAND, May 30 (VP) Wilbur Hixon, 20, Klamath In. dian, pleaded Innocent to a charge of murder in federal court yesterday and Judge James A. Fee set the trial for June 12. Hixon Is accused of killing Abner McNalr with a pistol on the Klamath reservation March 26. 'Machinery of Defense Must Not Be Interrupted by Disputes" ".nrL ail- i . j II" Wi ;: ''Vr l,p,riL- ..... . , Morning after President be Interrupted by disputes between capital and labor," found machinist pickets doing picket duty in front of the Moore Drydock partially tied up by a machinist DAVIS WINS AT SPEEDCLASSIC Rose Relief Driver in Winning Car; Wil bur Shaw Cracks Up BY HARRY FERGUSON j United Press Sports Editor - INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 30 (UP Floyd Davar-of Spring, field, 111., won the BOO-mile sweepstakes race today stand ing on the sidelines and watching the cars whizz past. He won it because Mauri Rose, whose car was forced out by carburetor trouble at the 61st lap of this 200-lap contest, got behind the wheel of Davis' red and blue Bullet as a relief driver after the first lap and drove like a demented demon to come up from eighth place at the half way mark to finish first. It was an unusual ending for this great test of speed and spunk. Only once before in the history of the race have two men shared the gold and glory. That was in 1924 when L. L. Corum started the race In a Dusenberg special and Joe Boyer relieved him and came home winner. ' Crowd Roars A crowd of 162.000 persons, sweltering in the big saucer, let loose a roar as Rose swept past the finish line under the flut tering checkered flag that hails the victor. It was a record throng for this event and even if the win ner's average speed 115.117 miles an hour was far off the record of 117.200, there were thrills enough. An entire lap behind the rush ing, roaring Rose came Rex Mays of Glendale, Calif., to take sec- (Continued on Pai Eleven) U. S. Ambassador Home From England NEW YORK, May 30 (UP) U. S. Ambassador to London John G. Winant returned to the United States tonight to report personally to President Roose velt and Secretary of State Cor dell Hull. He refused to discuss publicly Britain's war effort and conditions in London. Winant, extremely reticent with newsmen after his arrival at LaGuardla airport aboard the Yankee clipper from Lisbon at 3:57 p. m., snid he first would confer with Hull and then with the president. There was no indication whether he would see Mr. Roosevelt at the lattcr's Hyde Park home where he is spending the weekend or would wait un til he returned to Washington. NOTICE The business of.'.cs. editor ial rooms and mechanical de partment of The Herald and News will be closed for one hour, from 2:30 to 3:30 p, m on Saturday, during the funer al of Loyd Malcolm Cox. ' Funeral services will be held at Whltlock's at 2:30 P. m. t. KLAMATH FALLS, OKKGON. Roosevelt's ominous warning that plant in Oakland. Calif-, one of the strike. Italian Troop Ship Sunk in Sicily Straits ROME. May 30 m The 17.-879-ton Italian liner Conte Rosso, laden with troops, has been sunk by a torpedo south of Syracuse. Sicily, but most soldiers aboard were saved, the Italian high command said today. On the other side of the led ger, the high command said the 1340-ton British destroyer Here ward had been' blown up by bombs dropped by Italian planes The daily war bulletin said 229 members of the crew had been rescued, including 26 seriously wounded. iThe 19-year-old Conte Rosso, traveling in convoy when she went down, apparently was transporting troop reinforce ments to Italian garrisons in north Africa, since the newspaper II Popolo Di Roma said fresh manpower was being convoyed across the Mediterranean by the Italian navy. At the eastern end of the Mediterranean the high command said constant Italian aerial at tacks were forcing the British fleet which had been seeking to prevent the landing of sea borne axis reinforcements in Crete to withdraw toward Alexandria. British Naval Bases Target for Attack BERLIN, May 30 W5) Naval bases at Portland and Plymouth and the port of Torquay were the main targets of nazi air at tacks on the English western and southern -coasts last night, the official German news agen cy, DNB, said today. (The British government said there was little German air ac tivity over Britain during the night, though bombs were dropped at one point in the south without causing damage or casualties). Sinister Influences Bring Trouble to World, May Threaten United States, Says Norman Bowyer at Memorial Service A plea to drive out Isms and blemishes from the American hearts and shores was voiced Friday in a Memorial day ad dress by Adjutant Norman Bow yer as Klamath Falls paid hom age to soldier, sailor and civilian dead. . Cloudy skies and a chill spring wind greeted drum corps. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and other marching organizations which paraded down Main street to the armory at 10 o'clock. Following Adjutant Bowyer's address at the armory services the parade continued on to Linkville ceme tery where Veterans of Foreign Wars conducted a ceremony. At 6:30 a. m. graves of veter ans were decorated and a wreath placed on the waters of Link river in memory of those who died at sea. .."Sinister Influences," Adju tant Bowyer asserted in his ad dress, ;"have literally brought hell to millions of the world's SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1941 defense machinery must "not San Francisco bay area plants JAPANESE MAY ALTER 'PEACE' Change of Policy in Attitude on South Seas Seen Warning TOKYO, May 30 () Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka, reaf firming Japaw adherence to-the three-power pact, declared at a press conference today that she might have to reconsider her "peaceful policy" toward the South Seas. Informed quarters Interpreted this part of Matsuoka's state ment as a direct warning to the Netherlands East Indies, in view of the current deadlock in eco nomic talks. "As frequently has been af firmed," Matsuoka told Japanese reporters, "Japan's policy to ward the South Seas is peaceful. "Should, however, untoward international developments ren der execution of such policy im possible, it is a possibility that Japan may have to reconsider her attitude in the light of the changed situation." Matsuoka referred to what he described as rumors in some American newspapers that Ja pan was becoming indifferent toward the three-power pact with Germany - and Italy, in which Japan is pledged to go to war against any new belligerent attacking any of the signatories. He called the rumors an "absurd misconception." 'There is no question what ever as to the fact that the tri partite pact constitutes an im mutable basis of Japanese for eign policy," he said, adding: "I could hardly believe that United States authorities were entertaining such a misunder standing. ... If such erroneous views are current in the United States they are ascribable to mis leading information spread wll fully." finest people and will soon 'con vince' us if we permit them." If we are to continue to enjoy the fruits of democracy, the Sal vation army leader said, we must drive out self-aggrandizement, self-pity, hatred and selfishness We have been too materialis tic, Bowyer stated not giving time to worship and meditation. When the material has disap peared we go to pieces not so with the spiritual values, we then prove their real worth, he said His address follows: We gather this Memorial day to pay homage to those departed veterans and loved ones, who by their heroism have presented to us the glorious freedom and land we possess. To me the most fit ting tribute we could pay them would be the preservation of this great union and expediting the early return of international peace and righteousness. A young woman said to her Germans Say Crete Victory Completed TO MIKE Orton, Group's Head, Again Rejects Plan Of Mediation Board SEATTLE, May 30 (UP) The International Woodworkers of America (CIO) today rejected a second request of the national defense mediation board that 1 2.000 western Washington strikers return to work. O. M. Orton. IWA president, telegraphed Board Chairman C. A. Dykstra that a referendum of the entire union membership had "overwhelmingly rejected the board's settlement formula. Orton a telegram was a re sponse to Dykstra's declaration that the board could not accept the action of an IWA conference which rejected the board pro posal. Dykstra urged that the proposed settlement be placed before the union membership, It was the second successive day in which the defense medi ation board had met a rebuff from the striking woodworkers. Yesterday Orton told the board he had no authority to call the men back to work. WASHINGTON, May 30 (UP) The national defense mediation board today moved toward carrying out President Roose velt's edict of "no rtoppages" of work in defense industries by ordering its plan to settle the strike of 12,000 timber workers In Washington re-submitted to the membership. " O. M. Orton, president' of the International Woodworkers of America (CIO), 'informed. Board Chairman C. A. Dykstra that he (Continued on Page Two) York Declares U. S. Aid Must Save Britain WASHINGTON, May 30 UP) Before the tomb of the unknown soldier. Sergeant Alvin C. York called today for immediate all- out aid to England, and added "If that means that we have to use convoys, then we should use them." The tall Tennessee mountain eer who became one of the out standing heroes of the World war AEF was invited as prin cipal speaker at Memorial day ceremonies in Arlington Nation al cemetery. Hits Isolationists In his prepared address, York struck out at advocates of "iso lationism." He declared that Sen ator Wheeler (D-Mont.) "ought to know by now that you can't pro tect yourself against bullets with an umbrella." To "a United States senator whose favorite bird must be the ostrich" York coupled a reference to ."a fam ous trans-Atlantic aviator." Both, he said, "feel differently than , (Continued on Page Two) mother, "I can't marry John." "Why not?" asked the mother. "Because he doesn't believe there is a hell." "Marry him, my dear, and between us, we'll convince him." Sinister influences have liter ally brought hell to millions of the world's finest people and will soon "convince" us (USA) if we permit them. If we are to con tinue to enjoy the fruits of de mocracy we must drive from our hearts and shores the blem ishes or Isms, which when re duced to their component parts are nothing but self aggrandize ment, self pity, hatred and sel fishness. Why should we drive away these isms, you ask? America has proven that it's way of life gives us the highest' standards of liv ing. Education facilities for our citizens exceed those of any other nation, we worship as we choose, and we are not subjugated to (Every Only 28 Ships From U. S. Lost at Sea, Claim WASHINGTON. May 30 VP) Apparently authentic reports reached congress today, that only 28 ships loaded with war supplies in United States ports have been sunk en route to Brit ain since the European conflict began in September, 1939. While no tabulation was avail able on the total number of such vessels to clear US porta, inter ested legislators said it was safe to assur-.e that the loss ratio of American goods thus far had been relatively small. Sinkings listed were said to have Involved some food prod ucts from South America which were trans-shipped it ports here. It was pointed out, however, that the sinkings do not include sea losses of equipment produced in the United States and sent to Canada for shipm-nt from do minion ports. The figure of 28 sinkings in the 21 months the conflict has been under way, some legisla tors said, tended to bear out the report Chairman Emory S. Land of the maritime commission gave the senate commerce committee recently. Land revealed that out of 205 (Continued on Page Two) Gailani Flees Across Persian Lin e, Says Report From LondorW LONDON, May 30 OP) The anti-British premier of Iraq, Rashid Ali Al Gailani, has fled into neighboring Iran, it was authoritatively announced here tonight. Rashid All, in power through a coup d'etat, had been leading Iraq forces against the British since they first opened fire on Britain's treaty airdrome at Habbaniyah, Iraq, on May 4. Help Limited He called for axis aid to his cause of expelling the British from Iraq, but apparently on account of Germany's preoccu pation with the conquest of Crete, axis help was limited to a trickle of warp lanes and technicians. The text of the London an nouncement follows: "It is learned in official quar- Kaiser's Condition Reported Serious BERLIN, May 30 (UP) Kaiser Wilhelm II, former em perior of Germany, who has been living In Doom, Hollander 23 years, is in serious" condi tion, a German news agency dis patch from Amsterdam said to night. The former monarch's daugh ter, the Duchess of Braunsch weig, was said to be at his bed side and the crown prince, his son, was reported en route to Doom. the will of a few. Shall we sur render these and other privileges which were so dear to our fore fathers? Liberty In America was plant ed by the Pilgrim Fathers and watered' by their own blood. Soldiers since then until 1918 have continued to give then- bio o d to continue liberty's growth. Some wars have been Justified that righteousness might prevail, but I am convinced, war at anytime is unnecessary if man's compunctions are right. St. James in his epistle asks and answers the question, "From whence are wars and contentions among you? Are they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members. Ye lust, and have not; Ye kill, and desire to have and cannot obtain, Ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that (Continued on Page Twelve) Morning Except Monday). ISLAND TAKEN AFTER 11-DAY FIOjlCLAIM Commander - i n-Chief Of Allied Defenders Said Killed in Crash BERLIN, May 30 (UP) Brit ish resistance has collapsed . "everywhere" on Crete with tha enemy in flight to the southern coast under a murderous rain of bombs, the high command proclaimed today. The reports reached Berlin of the death of . Maj. Gen. Bernard C. Freyberg. the allied commander-in-chief la Crete. The battle of the strategic is land base has been "won" after 11 days of furious, air-borne at tac unprecedented in the history of warfare, it was said. The shat tered British remnants are try ing to flee to Egypt aboard fish ing boats and every available means of escape. - Freyberg, Aide Die Freyberg and his chief aid were said in unconfirmed radio -reports to have been killed In a plane crash while flying to Alex andria, Egypt, after abandoning the struggle in Crete. Today's high command com munique told of the wholesale) surrender of thousands of Brit ish and Greek troops, the cap ture)' of the port of Retimo to complete the mop-up of the Crete) northern coastline and promised grim- reprisals for what It al leged to be the "barbaric muti lation" of German wounded 4nd ria3iiers by . the British an4 Nasi spokesmen said the Brit ish survivors reaching the south ern coast had scant chance of re peating "another Dunkerque." It was predicted they would be? compelled to ' capitulate after finding escape cut off. Allies Trapped , A bloody mop-up of the British and Greek troops entrapped on Crete was threatened as result of a high command assertion German troops falling prisoners had been "mutilated" in a "bes tial manner as only occurred in this war during the Polish cam paign." The report of the death of Ma. Gen. Freyberg and his chief aide. General Gabrey, during a flight from Crete to Alexandria was not contained In the high com mand's communique but was car ried by the official DNB agency which quoted reports of the Da mascus, Syria and Cairo radio stations. DNB said captured British prisoners confirmed Freyberg, one of the British empire's out (Continued on Page Two) Holiday Causes . Many Accidents By United Press The nation counted at least 86 persons dead by violence Fri day night in the first 24 hours of a three-day holiday weekend. Traffic casualties contributed more than two-thirds of the toll. The Memorial day vacation brought out heavy automobile traffic from coast to coast and the travel urge was measured in the cost of human life. At least 66 persons died in au tomobile accidents. Sixteen were killed on California's high ways alone, another eight per ished in Pennsylvania, six in Mis-' souri and five In Indiana. Mas sachusetts and Wyoming counted four traffic deaths each. ' - Three persons were killed In, a single crash at Columbus, Ind. The two cars were carrying 19 passengers, ten in one and nine in the other. Six others were critically injured in the acci--dent.. Drownings, suicide and fir caused other deaths. News Index Church Newt "... Pages 8, -. City Briefs ........:.. ..Page S Comics and Story Page 10 Editorials ...........,...Page 4 Information -..Page 5 Midland Empire News .. Page Pattern Page 7 Sports ', . Page 11