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By ritANX JENKINS
PONGRESS now haa bafora It
a bill delegating to President
Roosevelt power to tnko over,
temporarily or permanently
NY PROPERTY In the United
(uatei that In his Judgment I
needed to further I ho defense
program.
Tha bill hn In advance the
approval of the President, of the
war and navy department) and
oT tha office of production man
agement. JJNDER It. the President will
be empowered to:
1. Take over and operate any
strikebound munition plunt. or
to taka over any other plant for
any reason he deema aufflclent
In the Interest of national de
fense. 2. Seize and use for the
United States any patents or
licenses under patents, when
considered needed to produce
essential war materials.
3. Requisition ships, wharves,
railroads. FARMS or ANY
OTHKK facility.
4. Sell or otherwise dispose of
n such terms as he deems satis
factory any property, right or
Interest requisitioned.
THE bill provides thot the Prcs
l.ln n.n.1 oiv "fnlr Finn.
pensatlon" for any property re
quisitioned. If the owner is not
satisfied with the compensation
fixed by the President, he may
accept 75 per cent of It and then
sua the government within two
yeari for tha amount he believes
to be fair and Just.
' WASHINGTON dispatches as
sert that substantial oppo
sition to the bill Is appearing In
congress.
The opposition won't bo sub
stantial enough. The bill will
pass.
Probably It should pass. It fol
lows toward American Industry
the same policy Britain, after
nearly two yearn of war expert
k nee. Is following toward British
Industry. Total war Is TOTAL
WAR Just what the name Im
plies. It means participation by
ALL the people not Just the
armed forces. It Is total war wa
are facing.
Those who don't like this and
similar legislation will have to
lump It. Grievances will have to
be bottled up until after tha
war.
T TNDER this bill, the President
will have the power to take
over and operate strike bound
plants. He will thus have the
authority to FORCE labor.
Will he do It?
Probably not.
The President Is sympathetic
with labor so much so that for
all practical purposes we havo a
labor government. Besides,
forced labor won't get ua where
, we want to get.
The British government, hav
Ing full authority to do so, fac
ing a desperate need for war
production, hosn't tried to force
labor other than by public
opinion.
IJRITISH labor, as nearly as
one can Judge from censored
news, Is cooperating fully In the
nation's wor emergency. Labor
leadership in this country Isn't
yet cooperating fully.
As we get NEARER to war.
the pressure of public opinion
will increase to the point where
It will be unmistakably appar
ent that BY ITS RECORD labor
will be Judged and dealt with at
election time In the years that
will follow the war.
If Its patriotic record has been
good, labor after the war will
. HOLD the gains It has so far
( Jinade. If its record hasn't been
good, It will lose all it has
gained.
There can bo no doubt as to
that. Too many voters have sons
in the armed forces or will
havo before tho war emergency
is past.
I TNDER this bill (which is
practically certain to pass)
government will dominnle our
lives. It will continue to do so
as long as we are on a war basis.
There Isn't much we can do
about it now.
Tho question as to whether
we want government to domin
ate practically every act of our
lives PERMANENTLY will
havo to be left until after the
war emergency is past. f
DEATH SENTENCE
OSLO, German-occupied Nor
I way, June 4 W) A German mil
M Itary court at Bergen has sen
tenced Erling Narthinson, a Nor
wegian, to death for attempting
to sail to England. Others tried
on similar charges drew long
prison terms.
DEATH CLAIMS
KAISER AFTER
23-YEAR EXILE
Relapse Ends Career
Of "Woodchopper"
At Estate of Doom
BERLIN. June 4 W Former
Kaiser Wllhelm II of imperial
Germany died today at his exile
estate of Doom in the quiet
backwash of a new German
conquest almost 23 years after
he fled from the crumbling full
ure of his own European war
plan.
DNB, German official news
agency, reported from Amster
dam that the 82-yeur-old, while
bearded former emperor dit-d at
11:30 a. m. (4 30 a. m. EST) in
a sudden relapse of an Illness
which brought members of his
family to his bedside last week.
An Intention! disorder, com
plicated at the last by a lung
embuly, caused his death.
Not to Raturn
Even in death, the "old man
of Doom" is not to return to
the land he once ruled.
He Is to be buried at Doom
next Monday but, on the orders
of Adolf Hitler, a military fu
neral with full honors Is to be
accorded Imperial Germany s
tost emperor.
The German high command
has taken full charge of the
military phase of the funeral,
a token, perhaps, that reconcllis
Hon between the fuehrer and
the former emperor had been
complete.
At his bedside when he died
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'S
TIEUPAVERTED
Die Casters Hold Up
Strike; Timber Head
Flays Dykstra Aims
Br United Press
A strike was averted Wednes
day night at the Cleveland, O..
plant of the Aluminum Com
pany of America when 4.100 CIO
die casters withdrew their mid
night walkout deadline at the
request of the national defense
mediation board.
Tho union action came five
hours after Chairman Clarence
A. Dykstra of the NDMB had
requested workers and the com
pany "to sec that production is
maintained" on vital defease
orders for aircraft and muni
tions parts.
In accepting tho NDMB ap
peal, the National Association of
Die Casting Workers requested
a board hearing on the wage dis
pute bo held cither Thursday or
Friday.
The board set June 9 for hear
ing of the union's demands for
a $1 daily wage increase to re
plnco an eight-cents per hour
pay gain recently granted
ALCOA employes. Five div
islons of the Cleveland plant arc
Involved in the dispute. The
strike call was authorized by a
union election.
At Cleveland, a union official
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British Bombers
Raid Axis Convoy
CAIRO, Egypt, June 4 (D
British bombers made a "high-
ly successful" attack on an axis
convoy off Tunisia yesterday,
blowing up one 8000-ton ship,
the RAF Middle East command
announced tonight.
The convoy was spotted by
American-made reconnaissance
craft, the name tho British ap
ply to the Martin.
A communique said "one ship
of about 8000 tons blew tip with
such tremendous force that fly
ing debris hit and damaged
oth.r ships in the convoy.
Looking Backward
By Th Associated Press
June 4, 1940 Allies abandon
Dunkcrque; British Prime Min
ister Churchill announces rescue
fleet of a thousand ships saved
335,000 allied troops, places
British casualties at 30,000. Ger
man high command calls battle
in Flanders and Artois "the
greatest destructive battle of oil
time."
June 4, 1919 British admir
alty claims sinking of 18 Ger
man men-of-war in battle of
Jutland.
'Old Man of
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Formar Kaitar Wllhalm II. Imperial ruler of Germany during
tha first World war. died early Wednesday at his exlle-hom near
Doom. Holland, whara ha had spant nearly 23 yaara. chopping
wood tor exercise.
Police Seek Second Youth
In Robbery of Oil Station,
Advised 'Kid Will Shoot'
Within 15 minutes after city
the Standard Oil station nt Main I
and Center streets late Monday
night, one of two youths said to
ltavc robbed the place was in
custody, and the information
concerning the second in the;
hands of officers.
Richard A. "Dick" Tanner. 17,
Eugene, on parole from the Ore-
gon state training school atj
Woodburn, appeared before Cir-j
cult Judge David R. Vandcnbcrg j
late Tuesday afternoon and had i
his parole revoked. By 8 o'clock
Wednesday morning, young Tan-1
ner was on his way back to;
Woodburn to serve the baloncc!
of his sentence of approximate
ly three years.
Warrant Issued
Still at lorge late Wednesday
was Marcellls Pcnry "Ted" Win
ters, alleged accomplice of Tan
ner and against whom a felony
warrant was issued from the of.
flee of the Justice of the peace.
Winters has a long record and
local officers were advised by
Eugene officials that the "kid
will shoot." He is said to have
a .32 automatic in his possession
and, according to his friend.
Tanner, boasted that "no cop
will ever take me."
Eugene police said Winters
and Tanner were arrested in
January, 1939. on a burglary
charge. Winters was later pa
roled. He was arrested again in
March, 1940, for car theft and
armed robbery and sent to the
state training school from where
he was paroled August 8, 1940.
Winters was orrestcd again in
January, 1941, at which time
ho admitted having committed
six burglaries In Eugene. He
escaped from custody and was
later apprehended in May of this
year after having committed
General Rilea
Thanks Klamath
For Hospitality
Appreciation to city, county
officials, and to the residents of
Klamnth county for their consid
eration of troops which recent
ly moved through here en route
south for summer maneuvers,
was received Wednesday by
Mayor John H. Houston from
Brigadier General Thomas E.
Rilea, commander of the Fourth
Motor Column, 41st division, US
army.
"Please let me convey through
you to officials of your city and
county, as well as to the people
of Klamath, the sincere apprecia
tion for their treatment of our
men during their stop in Klam
ath Falls. We hope to return
again and may in come way re
pay your hospitality. Sincerely
yours, Brigadier Thomas E. Ri
lea," sold the letter.
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nine more burglaries and one
car theft. Winters was sent to
the stale training school again
and escaped from there May 18.
According to Tanner, who also
has a lengthy record including
tha theft of 18 cars and two
armed robberies prior to March,
1940, the two met In Eugene
last Thursday where Winters
was hiding out In a sawdust pile.
They first met several years ago
and Joined each other In their
crime careers.
In Tanner's car they came on
to Klamath Falls and "cased"
the town, finally deciding on
the Standard station feeling that
it was the least likely place for
officers to discover the theft as
the rear of the building is
against a rock wall and they
could work without fear of de
tection from prowl car lights.
City police were frank in
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U. S. Signs To
Take British
Ship Routes
WASHINGTON, June 4 (P)
An agreement for American
merchantmen to take over all
British shipping routes from the
United States and Canada to
Australia and New Zealand was
regarded here today as the prob
able forerunner of a complete
British withdrawal from mari
time activities outside the war
zone.
Such a withdrawal, with Unit
ed States vessels taking over the
abandoned routes, long has been
considered likely, but the first
formal action did not come until
late yesterday.
Vessals Relaasad
In a brief formal announce
ment, the maritime commission
reported the agreement and said
that a dozen British vessels
would be released for Great Brit
ain's war effort.
The agreement was interpret
ed in some official circles here
as further evidence ot Britain's
acute need for cargo tonnage in
the battle of her ocean life-lines
The expectation wa. that British
ensign ships in the South Ameri
can trade would soon follow.
The maritime commission's an
nouncement capped a day that
saw various aspects of Britain's
life-line battle figure promin
ently in capital developments.
One provocative disclosure
was that "a number" of the com
mission's new cargo vessels had
already been converted into air
craft carriers. John J. Dempsey,
a member of the commission,
gave the information to a senate
committee investigating the de
fense program.
RAIL WORKERS
DEMAND HUGE
WA0EB00ST
$500,000,000 Annual
Increase Asked of
Nation's Railroads
CHICAGO, June 4 (UP) The
nations railroads tonignt facet,
lormal demands for a 3U0,UO0,
UU0 annual wage increase foi
l.lSO.UOU employes.
Delegates oi 14 railway organ
ization, adopted unanimously
today k proposal for pay gains
averaging 30 to 34 cents an nour
lor boli.uOO skilled and semi
skilled workmen. The live ma
jor railway brotnerhoods previ
ously haa asked a flat 3U per
cent wage gain lor their 350,000
operating trainmen.
Today s action by the Joint
council ot 14 unions provided a
united labor front bid lor a
share ol the increased 1941 in
come for American railroads.
Points Listed
The demand was based on I
three points:
1. Wages of the railroad in
dustry are near the bottom ol
the nation's 25 leading indus
tries. 2. The "low and grossly in
adequate wage rates" constitute
a menace to national security
and represents a disparity of in
come among industrial workers.
3. The railroads have been
"backward" in "bitterly resist
ing" workers' requests lor vaca
tions with pay as provided em
ployes in other major industries.
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OIL SHORTAGE
LOOMS IN EAST
Civilian Adjustments
To 'Conserve Supply
Needed, Says I ekes
WASHINGTON. June 4 (ff)
Secretary Ickes said today "all
of us" would have "to make
some kind of adjustments" to
meet the prospective oil short
age which industry representa
tives have suggested might lead
to gasless Sundays and less heat
from oil burners.
"We face a set of hard facts,"
the interior department chief de
clared in his first formal state
ment since President Roosevelt
made him petroleum coordinator
for defense. He added briefly:
Daylight Time
"I am sure that American In
dustry, as well as individual cit
izens, can help to meet the sit
uation. Conservation of petrol
eum products is certainly one
way."
As another conservation meas
ure. Ickes has recommended
establishment of nationwide day
light saving time. It was learn
ed today this probably will be
recommended soon by the office
of production management.
The recommendation, to save
electricity, probably will be
made to governors, one official
said. It is unlikely any legisla
tion will be requested to put the
change into effect.
Secretary Ickes" aides have
estimated that Japan now is im
porting 60.000 to 70,000 barrels
daily of oil from the United
States, sending ships to the west
coast for it.
Oil experts pointed out, how
ever, the Japanese imports from
this country bore little if any re
lation to the threatened petrol
eum shortage in eastern states,
since the deficiency would result
from lack of transportation from
the southwestern oil fields to the
east rather than a shortage of
production and refining facil
ities. The shortage, petroleum ex
perts said, will begin in the east
in July and become progressive
ly more acute during the autumn
months.
Kirk Appeal From
Murder Conviction
Dismissed at Salem
The state supreme court has
granted a motion by District
Attorney L. Orth Sisemore for
dismissal of the appeal ot Luth
er Joe Kirk, convicted in circuit
court here of second degree
murder.
Sisemore's motion was made
on the grounds that the appeal
was not taken in the time al
io, ed by statute.
Kirk has started serving a
life sentence In the state prison.
British Poised
Invasion of
vichy issues
protest on
dries
Ambassador Leahy in
Talk With Marshal
Petain Asks Stand
VICHY. June 4 (UP) The
Petain government tonight ot-j
lie uil ly accused Ureat rtritain ol
preparing a "plan ol action"
against Syria where trench
desert deienses, strengthened
witn consent ot the axu, were
said to be strong enougn to hurl
bacK an invasion.
The government statement
was issued after United States
Amoassaoor William Li. Leany
conlerred with Marshal Henri
Philippe Petain and asked a
definite statement on France's
new "collaooration with Ger
many and the rising French
British tension.
Indicating the nature of ques
tions wnich Leahy may have put
to Marshal Petain, an ollicial
denial was issued ot British re
ports German U-boats already
nave arrived at Dakar on the
French west African coast.
"No Concessions"
President Roosevelt recently
warned any German occupation
ot Dakar, a hopping-off point for
the American continent, would
be regarded as an open "men
ace to American jecurity call
ing for U. S. action.
Earlier in the day the Vichy
government, repeating its earl
ier claims Marshal Petain re
fused to make military conces
sions "to any power," had de
nied a .British "press and radio
accusation France has turned
over six vital naval bases for
Joint use of the French and Ger
man navies.
The British' reports had said
German naval forces,, under a
secret agreement,, bad been
given the right to use Dakar,
Casablanca, Beirut, Algiers,
Villefranche and Sete.
No Aid Sought
Leahy in his conference with
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Pepper Says
Hitler Moves
Toward U. S.
HELENA, Mont, June 4 (UP)
Sen. Claude Pepper, (D-Fla.), in
terventionist leader, tonight told
a mass meeting the totalitarian
nations were "already encircling
the United States."
"Hitler must be destroyed or
he will destroy us," Pepper told
a crowd of 1000 in the capital of
Isolationist Sen. Burton K.
Wheeler's home state. 'There is
no alternative."
"The strategy of encirclement
which Hitler has used with such
deadly effectiveness in Europe
is now reaching out like a giant
boa constrictor around us," Pep
per said.
Dangers Lurk
"Disguised German troops are
moving into Dakar, which faces
the western hemisphere across
the narrowest part ot the At
lantic. "Russian forts lie within sight
ot Alaska. Japan lares at us
from across the Pacific, hungry
for loot and conquest, watching
like a hungry beast for a time
to strike its prey, lurking like
an assassin with a knife to pull
another Mussolini on us and
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Plane Lands Safely
After Tire Blows
DENVER, June 4 (UP) Five
army men who refused to aban
don their big bombing plane af
ter a tire blew out on the take
off escaped injury today when
the ship made a perfect landing
while Denver and Lowry field
firemen stood by in case of a
crash. '
A second ot the three tires on
the tricycle-type landing gear
blew out under the added load
as the ship landed but the pilot
was able to keep the plane un
der control.
Officials said the Medium
B-25 plane was not damaged.
The ship was piloted by Lieut.
Arch Campbell, 28, of Fort
Worth, Tex.
Navy Unsure
Of Effect of
Wide Patrols
WASHINGTON. June 4 JP
Secretary Knox said today that
the navy had been unable to
determine yet whether expans
ion of the American naval pa
trol had substantially reduced
the effectiveness of German sub
marine operations.
Knox said the Germans were
claiming a tremendous number
of sir'ungs while the British
have contended the true figures
were much less. He added,
"hitherto the British have gen
erally been right."
Knox added the explanation
that "we haven't had time yet to
tell just what the results are
of expansion of the United
States patrol.
Extension of U. S. Atlantic op
erations has been under way for
many months. Last week it re
ceived new Impetus from Presi
dent Roosevelt, who declared
that whatever methods neces
sary would be taken to assure
delivery of American munitions
to Britain.
(Maritime sources in New
York today revealed that axis
submarines had extended their
work two-thirds of the way
across the Atlantic. They said
that four British ships were tor
pedoed in a single day in pos
itions roughly 70 miles east of
Labrador and about 350 miles
south ot the tip of Greenland.
London Alarm Sounds
But No Bombs Land
25th Straight Night
LONDON, Thursday, June 5
(UP) German raiders swarmed
across the industrial Midlands
section ol England early today
and opened concentrated attacks
on two cities despite intense
anti-aircraft lire.
London had its third alarm
since May 18 as the raiders,
passed over en route to the Mid
lands during a summer thunder
storm. No bombs had been drop
ped on the capital reveral hours
after midnight.
The raids in the Midlands
were over a scattered area, with
the greatest emphasis in the
western section. The attacking
planes flew in from several dif
ferent directions.
Other raiders appeared in
northeast England and east
Anglia. .
Alter a long lull the all-clear
sounded in London before 3:30
a m. As far as was known the
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Restaurants
Offer Plan
In Wage Fight
A compromise offer to end the
current restaurant employe
wage scale deadlock was made
late last night by the Klamath
Falls Restaurant and Caterer's
association, presumably as an
outgrowth oi a long Tuesday
night conference between repre
sentatives ol the Culinary alli
ance and employers.
The proposal, in a letter to E.
E. Driscoll, attorney lor the un
ion, suggested that waitresses
and dishwashers pay be boosted
20 cents per day to $3.20 in
stead oi the $3.50 asked by the
alliance. II accepted, the plan
would set the two scales above
any other In the state.
Most other wage demands
made by the union, involving
50-cent increases for the balance
of restaurant and bar employe
classifications, were accepted in
the compromise plan. A union
request for an additional 50
cents per day for split shift
workers was not accepted.
Negotiations thus far between
the two factions have ended in
a stalemate. Present at the Tues
day night meeting, last confer
ence ot the negotiating commit
tees, was Mrs. Gertrude Sweet,
international vice president of
the culinary union.
The parley was termed "ami
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For
Syria
QUICK THRUST
EXPECTED FOR
AREACONTROL
Mosul Oil Fields in
English Hands; Move
To Forestall Blitz
BEIRUT, Syria, June 4 (UP)
Britisn bomDcxs staging their
second attack in two oayi on
tms capital ol French Syria to
day blasted and set afire gaso
line storage facilities near tha
narbor area despite a heavy
French anti-aircrait barrage.
The attacks followed a new
warning by French High Com
missioner General Henri Dentz
who accused the British of
"seeking a pretext" lor inva
sion.
LONDON. June 4 (UP .
Large forces oi Britain's middle
eastern army ot 500,000 men to
night were poised lor a possible)
invasion ol French Syria. They
intended beating the Germans
to the jump" alter British seiz
ure ol the important Mosul oil
tields ol nortnern Iraq.
indications ot a lightning
dnusn tnrust at Syria xroni
across the ironuers oi raiestina
ana 'iransjoroania mounted at
ter tne restoration ol peace lq
Iraq and tne elimination ol Ger
man air-torce units wnicn had
been in control ot tne Mosul and.
Ku-Kuk oil regions.
The Middle cast command of
Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell at
Cairo today announced the occu
pation ot the Mosul oil region)
230 miles north ol rtagnaad, pre
sumably by a fast-moving mech
anized column moving ut the)
Tigris valley. It was stated also
the British were in control of
Kirkuk, about 100 miles south,
ol Mosul.
Germans Leave
German air force units, after
abandoning the Mosul region,
were reported to have shifted to
Kirkuk which is the terminus of
the Iraq oil pipeline to Haifa on
the Palestine coast.
Informed British quarters la
Cairo said neither the Germans
nor Iraqi rebels had been able
to cause any real damage to the
pipeline and il oil was not flow
ing through, "it soon will be be
cause our staffs are at work."
Mosul was occupied not only
by mechanized British forces
but by some air-borne troops
flown to the region, it was
stated.
Tonight the British apparent
ly were in control of the vital
pipeline, assuring supplies of
fuel for the British Mediterran
ean fleet, the royal air force and
mechanized forces of the British.
Middle Eastern forces.
"Blits" Feared
Many quarters in London to
night believed that Gen. Wavell
might already be moving up)
formidable forces for an attack
on Syria, to forestall a German
"blitz" toward the Suez canal.
It vas alleged that the French
are seeking to provide Germany
with an excuse for "protecting"
Syria.
After British occupation of
Mosul, key center of northern
Iraq and site of ancient Nineveh,
local authorities in Kirkuk were)
said to have conformed to in
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Trapped Miners
Escape Drowning "
BROWNSVILLE, Pa., June 4
(UP) One hundred fifty miner
were trapped for nearly six
hours in the Taylor mine of tha
Republic Steel corporation to
day by a flash flood in the near
by Red Stone creek. All the men
escaped by wading through
neck deep water.
The flash flood on the creek
resulting from heavy rains
which swept over southwestern
Pennsylvania and the West Vir
ginia northern panhandle wash
ed out tracks of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad and carried
an eight-year-old boy, John
Lacey, to death.
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