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PAGE TWO THE NT.WS AXP THE HERAtP. KLAMATH VAUS. OREGON Jnno 1. 1041 ! CEASES BATTLE AFTER LEADER FLEES (Continued From Page One) the west through the legendary site of the Garden of Eden are In control of Baghdad's suburbs, and advance units already may have gone into the ancient city itself. Revolt Over Authorized British spokesmen aid the request for an armistice presumably had been granted and that, "as between ourselves and the rebels, the whole thins is over." The pro-nail Iraq premier Rashid Ali Al Gallani. who sciz- ...ed power April 4 and later sought with German help to ex pel British military forces from ' 'the country, has fled the capital. Reuters (British news agencyl ! reported he crossed the border " into Iran (Persia) yesterday, ac '" companied by his chief of staff and a group of officers. The armistice request was said ' : to have been made within the . past 48 hours, apparently by a committee of four in control of Baghdad. No Protection German airplanes and ground personnel still may be In Iraq, one source iid, but he declared the flight of Premier Rashid AU Al Gailani to Iran and not to the Germans in Mosul "shows the faith he places in the pro- tection the Germans can give : him." I Pw c'e" l.the ntirelOb'po: Freida Fanning. Morro ' world," he said, "that any dis pute in Iraq is not between the ' Arab world and Great Britain ' but between us and the Ger- mans." , This source attributed what he . called nazi failure "to fan this Iraq rebellion into something --. ...... ........ - very much bigger" largely to : "the splendid fight our troops have put up in Crete." A Reuteri (British news .. agency) dispatch earlier said '. Arab irregulars, looting and fir ing their rifles in the streets. had caused wild disorders in ..Baghdad as British troops ap proached the city. On amire aaid th Hrnnan anH Ttalian minittap In RanhHaH ! 4A Iran ,lnn, tK Rashid Ali's party, and that the Iraqis would be "only too pleas ert' to nave tne Kegeni tmir1ti t Abdul Ilah back in place of Rashid Ali's appointee. Regent Sharaf. . There -was no confirmation ; here of a report that Rashid Ali j and his regent had carried the boy King Feisal across the bor der with them. The story was regarded as "most unlikely."' Emir Abdul Ilah, the regent forced to flee in April when Rashid AU took over the govern ment in a coup d'etat, has re turned to Iraq in the wake of the British drive and was last re ported at Fallujah. British-held town west of Baghdad. Nation's Death Toll Hits 287 In Two Days (Continued from Page One) in a projection room fire. An 11- year-old hew York boy, playing cowboy, accidentally hanneH i himself. , caiuornia counted 40 dead, 25 of whom died in traffic acci-' dents. Pennsylvania reported 28 lives lost; Ohio 24, and Indiana ' 19. Accidental deaths by states: 1 Alabama 2, Colorado S. Con-! necticut 6. Delaware 1, Illinois 15, Iowa 7. Louisiana 1, Maine ! 1. Maryland 1. Massachusetts i 12, Michigan 17, Minnesota 9, 1 Mississippi 2, Missouri 12, Mon-at tana 1, Nebraska 3. New Jersey 9. New Mexico 1, New York 15. ' North Carolina 1. Oklahoma l' I Oregon 3. South Dakota 1, I Texas 8, Utah 2, Washington 6, West Virginia 3, Wisconsin 8. TRAFFIC LESSON SALT LAKE CITY. Parking meter collectors took two dimes and a note from a downtown coin box. The note mentioned a double cross. Collectors opined it somebody 20 cents to learn dimes won't operate the meters bonlinuout fcrrawt fcund? HIT No. 1 A lupor West urn Thriller! 1 I II kjJkaijJmSmmu' Booked for th Pin Tree day, is "Penny Serenade." Grant, (Continued from Page One) overturned hull, but before a rescue boat could reach them, six members of the party had been washed off and drowned. Five survivors were brought ashore by Buddy and Otis Be veia who effected the rescue in their power boat. They were: Fay Miller, Fresno: Blanche Sherman and Sara Belle Dek- lasa n,,r fame Con I . - Bay, and Claude Miller, of Fresno. Ambulances rushed them to San Luis Obispo where they were treated for submersion Miller said the party had been ! spending the Memorial day i weekend at the Dicturesoue sea-' ., . , 1 1, a, UK Jlk,UICMUC BM- . shore resort and had crowded i. ' into the launch for a ride along',.. " " ure coast. He said the carbure-l tor fouled and caused the en-1 gmTehecdrt was struck broad- j ,C NOTierf side by several huge combers as Crop ftf OH it wallowed helplessly in the!" WM ground swell. An exceptionally Prtifllirtinn large wave completely engulfed i the boat and capsized it. Miller i Said. The survivors clung to the i keel but one by one they drop- .k. . .u. ped into the sea v the - ,h. ,h. lL???. hW ".'I! ! ..- ' wau .' . t UUU, OlA Ul , 1 1 C I party had been washed away The two vnnthc hanlA4 th i v . ,n.vnr, harw a-n brought them to the Morro Bay landing where ambulances rush ed them to the hospital here. British Declare Freyberg Alive LONDON. May 31 !,Pi Gen- eral B. C. Freyberg. command-' er of British imperial forces in Crete, "is alive and with his troops." the war office an - nounced today. With reference to the Gcr- man statements alleging the 1 death of General Freyberg," the announcement said, "We are glad to announce that he is alive and with his troops." The German rariin rpnortad 'yesterday that Freyberg was killed in an air crash while fly ine from Crete tn F.nvni and .. cused him of deserting his com-' mand at a moment of peril. Survivors of amzom Start Home- 21 Held ' ' ne,a (Continued from Page One) tained. are confined to a hotel Biarritz. Tne Americans who crossed int0 Spain said he German navy had been in charge of all survivors until yesterday, when representative of the Berlin foreign office arrived and took over. This representative, they said, was the man who ordered the ambulance drivers held, saying men cdu,e wuuiu oe aeciaea in Berlin. Germans to whom they talked, the Americans said. re ferred repeatedly to "bad treat cost i ment" thev said war ffii-en f:r. man sailors arrested in Amcri- jean ports. NOW PLAYING l From ft Neeti HIT No. 1 flrot Run Feituro ThrHlirtK Advtnturt ttorp end Starring GIRLS UNDER 21 theatre's grand re-opening. Tues co-starring Irene Dunne and Cary Farmers Okay Wheat Market Quotas Here (Continued trom Page One) men would regulate wheat sale f unposing penaiiy on wneai produced in excess of acreage al - lotments. Parity pnoe of wheat is being tentatively figured at $1.14 a bushel at Portland, ana the loan rate at Klamath Falls is expected to be about 80 cents. CORVALLIS. Ore., May 31'tercd in its eastern terminus (i. r uregon wneat farmers j where the Erie, a major earner voted overwhelmingly to con-;0f freight between New York tinue quota marketing restrio j and Chicago, maintained its tions on wheat, a complete tab- i yards and store houses, and ulation from the state's 30 j berthed the ferry boats which wheat-growing counties showed ' ply between Jersey City and tonight. A total of 4581 voted , Manhattan island, yes. 210 voted no. and 1091 The eight-story Erie grain de votes were challenged. 'vator was the first to go. Within The five coast counties and . participate ' . . . . " . " " ftnf nf t " 7". 'IX . , ? "".:. I H vfir S-l stoTiT 1 nt13llnn At lha mi .. . the second elevator went up. BjrLAS B- CORNELL carried a sheet of corrugated HYDE PARK. N. Y.. May Sltirnon h i ... iVke. VtZ. k 1 "" Ickes 0 ne Job Of keeping . 0aftlin a il 11 l J " 4, . . " !" 411 uc ' 'ense needs' was announced xl qua supply tor civilian and de- day by the temporary White : House. Ickes, who has been federal oil administrator for years, re ceived the new title oif "petrol eum coordinator for national de fense." President Roosevelt. In a letter dated Wednesday and ( jannouncea today, instructed the i interior secretary to make "spec- lfic recommendation" for "ac I tion which is necessary or desir- ;abJe . Ickes recommendations are i to '"omitted to federal ageiv 1 cle particularly the office of ' Production management and the i office of price administration "?,u avulan PPiy. to state offi- cia,li' and "ny appropriate , i uiuusii; or pari inereox. ' I The appointment gave ex-! tra. if belated, weight to Ickes' I Press conference prediction i ! Thursday that civilians might i have to give up Sundav drives and return to "gasoline-less Sun- , days of World war davs. He i said transportation difficulties j I n.c uupeuuiE aeuverics ot oil i to the east. Whether his words foreshad owed a "specific recommenda tion 1 could not be determined. NOVELIST ILL u ? , i y 31 (UP) Slr Hugh Walpole, 57-year-old ish novelist, is suffering from a severe heart malady at his home ... ui;, uumoeriana, it was . disclosed today. PLUNGES TO DEATH SAN FRANCISCO, May 31 VP) Mrs. Agnes Gay, 31, plunged to her death today from a fourth-floor window of a hotel at Jones and Ellis streets. She - was dead on arrival at Central Emergency hospital. PLAYS TUES., WED. and THURS. HIT zaMi4rc' i mum s.lav. ;S.i..a."'- EASTERN FIRE RAZES SECTION DFWATERFRDN (Continued from Page One) New York sent two of its fire boats across the Hudson to aid. There were indications that the fire was of Incendiary origin. Witnesses said they saw flumes burst forth at a half dozen points simultaneously. Agents of the federal bureau of investigation moved through the fire area examining wreck age and questioning witnesses. The FBI at Washington had warned authorities in major centers of defense activity to be on the alert for sabotage during , the extended Memorial day holiday. The fire started and spread through areas where barge quan- titles of foodstuffs and supplies jfor Britain were awaiting ship ment. The abattoir was filled with cattle for England, and the 'elevators held thousands of tons lot grain earmarked for that .warring nation. The barges de stroyed at their slips had aboard 40 carloads of f unshed rubber 1 product, ,nd raw rubber. The ; warehouses held oil and rubber, i presumably also for Britain. Guards Doubled The railroad had doubled its usual guard for the holiday, it was learned. The fire was cen- 'half an hour after the fire was reported, its walls collapsed, senaing wneai rtusi nign into ine . lnree nour later e eigni- , ' ' ' ' siorj nrmmc uwura Dy tarsiai- 1 . J . . . . . a . ; . l I .u urrn .in ..nil luui, barley and other grains. P. C. Hannon. president of the 'elevator company, and a police- n-itar v,mnan- mil a nilii-A. I man, walked u p seven stones iand removed a large sum of i money from the firm's offices, j The force of the explosion, when rocI to tne 5trecl ln ront of ,hc Fahian theatrr in Hohoken two - miles away. All communications in the im mml. araa l ,. f . paralyzed and traffic was at a standstill. . . PARLEY CALLED ' (Continued from Page One) gram has "not answered the question" of whether the ap peal also was submitted to the membership. Asked the significance of Murray's signature to the lat- "-'". "iu "Mr- Murray signed the wire M President of the CIO as well as number of the board." Orton and his associates were summoned to meet with the board next Tuesday. Officials declined to state specifically what action would ' be taken. Youthful Foursome Held After Search pnnTr a v n rt s,..., 1 1 i (UP) Two boys from Susan- j Brit-;ville, Calif., and two Portland j ; girls were held in Heppner to-, i night after a two-day search by i eastern Oregon officers. Arthur Duncan, 16. and Eu- j gave his name as Paul Huissel. gene Bradford, 17, were wanted 138. of Poughkeepsie. N. Y. He in Susanville, Sheriff C. J. D. was charged with attempting to Bauman said, on an auto theft - resist search and destroying val charge. uublc property. Quick said the The girls, one 17 and thCjman. a tnolmakcr, rushed into a other 14, joined the boys at building and tore up a letter Klamath Falls, Bauman said j They had escaped from a Port- land institution, he said. No. 1 - teas. ..i i.j EXTRA TREATI John Nesbitt's "Passing Parade" T 5 V IfelL Joan Bennett and Franchot Riot "She Knew All the Answers" with Jay Clarke on the stage. (Continued from Page One) means of replacing, at French expense, her dwindling mer- chunt tonnage, even if it "leads the French population towurd famine." Darlan's statement, made bc- foro French editors in German- occupied France, but not pub licized until his return here from Paris this afternoon, con tended "British imperialism needs the war to destroy Eu rope." Three British planes bombed an Italian merchantman moored in the bay at 8 a. ni. cstcrday the Frem-h mid .hhi.,,, ii,t ,i.. attackers were met with fire nom trench land batteries and (pursuit planes. mere was no announcement or damage on either side, but j-rcncli said the Italian ves- lSC ls(1rco was not hit, al- ' though eight bombs fell around . ner as sne lay moored about two miles from the town. Bundist Camp In New Jersey Closed in Raid ANDOVER. N. J , May 31 (.Vt -BITip iNOrOl.ind. WttCrC toOll, I "ann' of German American Dunn members and associates paraded In the past four years ' beneath waving swastikas and photographs of Adolf Hitler was closed as a meeting place today. Deputies of Sussex county i and Sheriff Denton J. Quick raided the 210-acre camp in the' rolling farmlands of north New ' Jersey yesterday, dispersed 1 00 I picnicking persons, seized pamphlets, swastikas and pic-' turcs of the German fuehrer, and arrested one person. Quick led the raid a few hours i after serving notice on bund of ficers that a bill would be in troduced in the state legislature repealing the camps charter. Then, announcing he acted under "authorization and direc tion of New Jersey Attorney General David T. Wilenz." ' Quick declared the raid meant - breaking up of the camp. "If ,..,rf -m. ,.; scnd them h(irn. hp saj( we , He informed Aucu-t Klnprott. ramp manager and eastern dis trict leader of the bund, that no I more than two persons would I hereafter be permitted to meet ' at the ramn Th i un ,., ;.i ,..n. i.. . the New Jersey nuisance act. holding any place where laws are habitually violated to be a nuisance. The man arrested yestcrdav written in German. The shi-rifl said the letter was "very vain able." He was held without bail, i HIT No. Ml 'i.iwyi1 I fw- Tone in the Love and Laugh opening Sunday at the Esqulie OBiTUARY HOWARD LOUIS TRACY Howard Louis Tracy Jr., In- i fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Louis Tracy, passed away in j this city on Saturday. May 31. Hatty Howard Louis Jr. was a 'native of Klamath Fulls, Ore., and was aged 27 days when culled. He is survived, besides his parents, by a sister De-lores, ot thus city. The funerul service will take place with a grave side service in the Linkville cemetery, on Monday, June 2. at 10:30 a. m. the Rev. C. C. Brown of the First Baptist church officiating. Ward's Klam ath Funeral home Is in charge of the arrangements. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY WANTED Housekeeper for fumily of four. Must be neat and clean, and good cook Good wages. References re- quired. Phone :i(12.V 8 3 WANTED Ride to or near St Joseph. Missouri. 2316 Call forma. 0-3 WANTED Elderly woman for housework. Nice home and salary. Box 892, illy, Ore. 6-3 PAPER ROUTES open. Phone 7471. Boys over 14 years. 6-3, 1 SCHOOL TEACHER wishes sum. mer work. Phone 8428. 6 8 FOR RENT Nice room, reason I able. Both shower and tub bath. 630 N. 10th. 6 3 i THREE ROOM furnished apart ment. Alameda apartments, 1800 Esplanade. 1107tf FURNISHED Oak. apartment. 421 63 TWO BEDROOM, furnished du plex. Adults. $:15.00. Phone 6!M0 4 tit) Hillside. 6 2 FOR RENT Partly furnished five room house. 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Phone 7058. 5-31 Feature Starting Times "Mortal Storm" ot 7:20 10:50 "Banjo" at 9 p. m. 2 KflRBflRfl STflnUJVCK Joel mcCREfl ' laJ NAZISiPUP N CRETE, CUT (Continued from Pane One hitter fighting for the strategic j Island, this Is the 25th annlver-1 sary of the Rattle of Jutland, i which Germans celebrate as a great victory for their fleet over: the royal navy. The entire Ger. man press declared today that now the luftwutfe definitely hud proved Its supremacy over the llritish Mediterranean fleet In the battle for Crete. So far as the newspapers were concerned, the buttle was decid-: ed. In screaming headlines, they j told their readers: "Enemy on Crete defeated, victory Is ours."; German dive bombers were said to have swarmed over the Island yesterday, smashing al Hritnh wherever they could be , found. Troop concentrations In the mountainous Interior and on the southern coast were bombed , and broken up, informed Gcr-. mans suid. ' Scattered delarhments of British-Greek defenders were said to be falling bark on the south roast In hope of being able to get away I under cover of durknrss. The spokesman said that Icra petra, on the south shore near the east end of the island, was the only port the defenders could use for a large scale evacu- J atlon. Even this, he added. Is so choked with sand by long disuse that no large ships would be able . to enter. j "They cannot all escape," he ESCAPE ROUTE STARTS TODAY SCREEN ALL SET TO MARRY . . . BUT WHICH MAN? And up to the last uproarious minute the men them selves couldn't tell her! 4? fc'21'J2 MEW ALLTM1E ANSWERS JOAN terrriMf BENNETT TONE m John HUBBARD Eve A ; are 1?' iW a-aaaaa5" a.ttaissl.jf uiS,.. .HkmM iiM m r a, -I ni" . - JAY CLARKE OW THE 8TAGE 4:40 7:31 9:50 FEATURE at liI0-3tI4-S:27-7i46-I0:0S Oslhl" Oolor Trs.tl HollrwMd Slips 0 ut Oirlnn Osmm ISiIoIms sport RmI Lalmt Haws CONTINUOUS SHOWS FROM 12 NOON Fat of British Defenders in Crete Not Yet Revealed (Continued From Page One) view of the situation but paid trlbuto to the resistance offered by British forces. The Times said: "The outlook In Crete has be come unpromising. "The Imperial forces and thtlr Greek allies have put tip one of the most astonishing and Inspir ing fights yet witnessed In this war. It cannot be doubted that many lessons have been learned in this small campaign." Meantime It was disclosed British war disunities have reached the 100.000-mark fur all three fighting services In 21 months ot war. Almost half the totul were said to be prisoners of war ui Germany. The figures, computed from official casualty lists, show that the war so fur has cost only a fraction of the 3.1110.2:15 Drills!'' men killed, wounded, missing or taken prisoner In the World war, British military and naval cas ualties so far have numbered 101.058, of which 74.184 were from the army. 15.8H8 from the navy and 10IIOH from the air force. ;riend of Hess Reported Suicide LONDON, Muy 31 (Nor wegian sources In London said tonight a German Admiral Bonn, described as nail naval com. mandrr-ln-chief in Norway and a friend of Rudolph Hess, re ceutly committed suicide In Oslo alter a visit from Gestapo Chief Henrlch Hlmmler. STAGE v 7 7 Sat o young man ! so prim and, oh, ; so proper.. .fall for the lines so trim of this eye stopper! FRANCHOT ARDEN William TRACY 1 1 i a Ptitr smith lm An-.; h""t 'f COOL COMFORTABLE HEALTHY V