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Lata, Matat ami iliklrai CaaatM , tlmi MMtkl LIS i Mutlu 5 25 Oaa w - 0-00 MEMBER AUDIT BURUU OP CIRCULATION They Let It Happen THE Finnish peace, recognized by the world as a smash ing blow to the cause of France and Britain, puts to shame the dilly-dallying tactics by which they permitted the Russo-Finnish situation to come to such a pass. ! Their lack of forthright action to stave off such a catastrophe can be measured, for its ineptitude, by the extent of the damage it has done to the Allies. The most competent observers, such as Webb Miller, the veteran European correspondent of the United Press, regard it as a major reverse for the Allies, with far reaching potentialities. It strengthens Germany's hands in the Scandinavian countries and in the Balkans; it frees Russia to give increased economic, if not military aid to Hitler; it weakens the chances of success for the block ade, considered by the Allies as their most powerful weapon; it strikes a terrific blow at Allied morale and at the same time it skyrockets the morale of the other side. - Viewed in the light of its obvious effects, the Russo Finnish war was a matter of tremendous importance to the Allies, justifying their most intensive effort to bring it to a conclusion favorable to them. . ': Instead, they permitted the Finns to wage a desperate battle against lop-sided odds and, too late, came through with an offer of help whose only effect was to end all possibility of breaking the Russo-Nazi alliance. The favorable situation in which Herr Hitler finds himself may be used by him as a springboard for his feared spring offensive. -. i Unquestionably, the effect hi Britain will be a ques tioning of British leadership, with the possibility of a ehakeup. - -;- This writer, for one, would not wish to be a citizen of a country at war with Neville Chamberlain at its head. This matter of being gallant to Britain's enemies has brought nothing but repeated successes to said enemies. Finn-Russian Peace Viewed As Major Defeat for Allies In Swaying Neutral Powers EDITOR'S NOTE: In the fol lowing dispatch the European news manager of the United Press, who has covered nearly every big story in Europe for the past 25 years, including the Russo-Finnish conflict, analyzes the Importance of the Russo Finnish settlement and Its prob able repercussions. By WEBB MILLER , United Press Correspondent " LONDON, March 13 (U.R) The apparent end of the Russo Finnish undeclared ' war is an Indirect defeat for Britain and France. It probably will bring into play new factors which may have a most important effect on the war between the allies and Germany. Berlin and Moscow will con aider It a major victory. Paris and London must find some formula which will enable them to assert it is not a catas trophe. To conservative students of the European situation, scores of whom have expressed their opinions to this correspondent during the past few days, these conclusions stand out: Blow to Prestige l.The Russo-Finnish settle ment, if finally ratified and most observers here believe that it will be is a definite blow to the presige of the allies in the Scandinavian nations and the Balkans. It brings, to some extent at least, all the Scandi navian nations into the Russo German orbit It probably will weaken Turkey's allegiance to Britain and France. It compli cates the situation in Rumania, where King Carol II has been resisting German efforts to ob tain virtual economic domina tion of his country. Nasi Outlook Upped ' 2. The settlement should im prove Germany's economic out look and hence her chance of defeating the British-French "blockade' war." Germany's strategy is dependent to an ex tent on her ability to obtain food, raw materials, oil and other products from Russia. An end of the Russo-Finnish con flict, which has been absorbing most of Russia's production, will 'release these supplies to Ger many. Finland and the Scandi navian nations, too, now will be increasingly open to German trade. Germany's continued ac cess to the vital Swedish iron mines- would seem assured. Transportation lines which have been tied un by the Russc-Fln-nlsh conflict again will be avail able to the Germans and men who have been employed on the Russo-Finnish fighting fronts may be released to aid in spring planting of crops which also will ue avanauie in some measure to Germany. Tie Stronger 8. Russo German collabora tion is likely to be intensified as result of the settlement Equally Moscow's distrust of London and Paris robably will increase. Russia will not forget the limited aid the allies gave Finland and the major aid they offered the Finns at the last moment There are many indi cations that Germany played a part in arranging the termina tion of the conflict and this will increase the prestige of German diplomacy making easier, pos sibly, other negotiations which the Germans are carrying on. Japan Link Seen 4. In the Far East some stu dents believe, termination of the conflict either will intensify distrust between Russia and Japan or hasten German-inspired efforts to have these two Asiatic powers reach a complete accord. It has been believed here that Japanese policy would swing towards the aggroupment Which Tokvo cnnsirirH o h.. ing the best chance of winning me European war. Recently Tokyo has been leaning towards London and Pari. Th To nan ami now may be more cautious and eventuauy they may swing to wards Berlin and Moscow. 8. In the Mediterranean the blow to allied presige is likely to be reflected in Italv. many may be expected to re- uouoie ner euorts to arrange a Russo-Italian accord which WOUld DrOtect Italv'a aanlrotln-a in the Balkans and help Rome hj press rremier Benito Mus solini's demands against France and Britain for share in the management of the Suez canal, control of the Djibouti-Addis Ababa railway, and an improved position in North Africa. To those of us who covered the Russo-Finnish conflict with Finland's fighting men a ques tion of paramount interest is: Will the impending settle ment be permanent or is Russia merely taking a first bite and waiting to take all Finland when the time is opportune? Time will have to answer that The Panama Canal Zone, hav ing nearly 2000 miles of fine highways on which all traffic travels to the left, is reported to be the only part of , the Americas where traffic drives in that manner. THENW By BmjlMallon .js?' -WASHINGTON, March 13 A cabinet officer has been buzzing into the ears of sena tors that they need not worry about the budget as long as the treasury has $1,800,000,000 ly ing around loose In the stabiliza tion fund, and $1,000,000,000 more in the cash balance fund. It was just after receiving this private advice, the senate appropriations committee threw the budget up the chimney ana increased the farm benefits $308,000,000. The cabinet executive may not have been speaking for the president He did not pretend to. But the temptation he whispered into the senatorial ears was the same as the spend ing wing men downtown have been using sotto voce for weeks in an effort to use the purely bookkeeping money so as to avoid higher taxes or increas ing the debt limit. WAY OUT The lofty official sources of these continuous murmurings have helped to widen the con gressional impression that Mr. Roosevelt would not refuse to be pushed into this way out especially if congress would take the responsibility for the pushing. The prevailing impression is he could wait to see the size of the March IS income tax re turns, and then when the fin ancial deficiencies are apparent recommend more taxes. As con gress is in no mood for increas ing taxes in the shadow of an election campaign, such a presi dential recommendation would no doubt result in precisely the same course as his brash cabinet officer is suggesting. It may work out that way. BORROWED TRICKS Economic tricks by which Britain is financing the war show how different this one is from the last and what a new ly regimented financial world may evolve from the current conflict John Bull has been forced to borrow bodily some of the economic secrets of Hit ler. - , t, , i , British 'banks, :, for instance. are acting at the insistence of the government in diminishing credit for other than war goods. Use by the public of any goods beyond the simple necessities of life is being forcefully discour aged. This will cause the Brit ish citizens to save the portion of their earnings that formerly went into luxuries and semi luxury goods and there will be no place for them to deposit these savings except to lend them to the government for war purposes. See: THE ECONOMIST, LON DON, January.20, 1940, Pp. 88 89. THE FINANCIAL NEWS, LONDON, January 24, 1940, P. 2. ;r - Such a shrewd policy should make money plentiful for this war and enable the government to borrow at around 3 per cent instead of 5 per cent which the last war cost. The policy is not being adopt ed because of any love for Hit ler's method (although he has avoided inflation for some years by this means) but because of necessity to protect the greater good of the nation. The war expenditures are al ready running at the rate of $10,000,000,000 a year (figured on a flat $4 pound), and will probably be well over $12,000, 000,000 in the financial year of 1940-41, and may even reach as high as $16,000,000,000. Revenue cannot possibly be raised above $7,000,000,000 annuaUy. NEW DELAY The Dies COmmittoA uhlnh haa been having difficulty enttinir cooperation from practically everyone else, is now having irouoie getting it from the sup DOsedlv non-nolitipol ional library. Minor difficulties in oDtalning research data de veloped after Poet Archibald MacLeish. whose ninkiah n. ferences are the subject of sen atorial debate, was appointed librarian by President Roose velt. Climax came Inside ,hon a Dies clerk telephoned for magazines on soviet Russia. The libra rv attaeha rnllt that the library did not hav the requested material. ' Dies committee mpmhor snatched the phone from his clerk and said: "I'll expect those masazlriM over here in thirty minute nr we may have something pub licly to say about it." . . The magazines arrived in iuen minutes. , - TOO MUCH Coincidences are not uncom mon in WPA but even broad- minded congressmen, not averse to a junket themselves now and then, were stopped cold when they heard of a WPA official whose business took him to THE NEWS AND THE HERALD. SIDE GLANCES COMt 1W Tf WfA MWVKt. WC. T. ML WO. U. fc, 9AT, Off. "Smart? I'll say he's smart 1 ter in Latin and she Louisville during the running of the Kentucky derby, to New Orleans during Mardi Gras. and to Florida during a Washington cold spell. The official will be asked by a house committee to ex plain and the matter will be made public. Stop and Go HERE'S A PUZZLER FOR YOU: , How long do you think it takes you to react to an emer gency situation? If you're driving along, for example, and a car suddenly pops out from a, side drive how long do you suppose it would take , you to start apply ing the brakes? The answer, according to the National Safety Council, is . . . at least half a second. Many drivers require one or one and a half seconds. The average is three quarters of a second. . Therefore, if you have an ave rage reaction time and you drive along at 30 miles an hour, your car will go 33 feet from the time you spot an emergency until you even begin to apply the brakes. And even if your brakes are in very good condition and the pavement is dry, your car will travel another 47 feet at least before the brakes bring it to a stop. Add it up 33 feet plus 47 feet. That means it takes about 80 feet evert under the very best conditions, to bring your car at a stop at 30 miles an hour. That's more than six car lengths. The moral is this: If you aren't sure that the path in front of your car is clear and safe for at least a distance of six car lengths, it Isn't safe to drive 30 miles an hour. CITIZENS' TRAFFIC SAFETY COUNCIL. ItCAF Strike Charges Upheld By Canada Hoard 13 (U.R) Charges by Ontario 12 (U.R) Charges by Ontario Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn that students at the Royal Can adian Air Force training camp went on strike because of in adequate training and camp life generally were upheld today in the findings of a special board of inquiry. Witnesses at the inquiry, con ducted by Provincial Police Commissioner W. H. Stronger under the constables' act, dis closed that the students walked out on February 10, that it took camp officers three days to round them all up" after which blanket leaves were granted in the hope the demonstration would not be revealed publicly. EZJI NOW PLAYING 2ND HIT "W A J All" THE SON OF A WITCH! WEIRD! THRILLING! fj lj : KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON He wroto Doris a love let- can't even translate HI LESSONS IN COLOR SET FOR TWO EXTENSION UNITS Discussion of color for the In dividual will be led by Mrs. Winnlfred Gillen, Klamath coun ty home demonstration agent when the Shasta-Homcdale ex tension unit meets Friday, March 15, at 10 a. m. to 3 p. m at the home of Mrs. Stella Wells, last house on Sullivan's lono off Shasta road. A cordial Invitation is extend ed by the group to all women in the community. There will be a potluck luncheon served at noon. Members are asked to bring table service. Coffee will be provided. , The Falrhaven-Keno exten sion unit will meet at the Log Cabin for a potluck dinner on Wednesday, March 20, at 10:30 o'clock. The demonstration will be on color for the individual, and will be presented by Mrs. Win nlfred Gillen. , All members and friends are urged to be present at this meet ing, as new officers will be elected. Airplane Lands on House In Yamhill PORTLAND, March 13 WV An airplane landing on top of a Yamhill house was investigat ed today by federal Aeronautics Inspector Charles Walker. Walker said last night the pilot, Chris Benner, and a pas senger escaped without serious injury although the ship, owned by Norman Ralston of Hlllsboro, was demolished. OBITUARY . JIM DUKE Jim Duke, a resident of Like ly, Calif., passed away in this city Tuesday morning, March 12. The deceased was a native of Modoc county, Calif., and was aged 77 years when called. He Is survived by 2 nephews, Albert and Ed Hess, and a niece, Beulah Allen, all of Likely, Calif. The remains were for warded to Alturas, Calif., Tues day afternoon. Final rites and interment will take place in Likely, Calif., Thursday, March 14. Ward's - Klamath funeral home in charge of the arrange ments. Give your palate a breakl Just taste Wieland's Extra Pal Beer. NOW I10M THtMWf MOH 01 KONTIII KIITOIT .. STOUT Tit in liiaMf aallitra Ml I If. ILSO 11 ?s T ITI Circuit Judge Edward B. Ash urst Tuesday dented a motion for mistrial made by Attorney Howard McCulloch of the de fense counsel In the case of C. O. Chrlstenson versus the Ore gon California and Eastern rail way, and others. McCulloch, earlier In the trial, had been denied a motion for a change of judge. The motion for mistrial was based on the grounds thut prejudicial evidence was admit ted. The defense nuido strong objection to testimony of plain tiff's witnesses who took the stand Tuesday. Tuesday afternoon's t a 1 1 -mony consisted largely of state ments from W. Mayberry and A. Peterstolner, O. C. & E. rail road men who are dofomlants in the case. Fourteen Head In Louisiana Cyclone SHREVPORT. La., March 12 (U.R) A 70-inlle-an-hour wind tore through residential sections of Shrevcport today, leaving 14 dead, 16 injured and heavy property damage. National guardsmen were mobilized to patrol the damaged areas. Red Cross workers, fire men and police cooperated in removing wreckage and giving aid to Injured andi those whose homes wore damaged. Eight of the doad were ne groes. Identified white dead were Mr. and Mrs. John Bau guss, Mrs. Hcttie Armstrong and E. G. Woodward. Hospital attendants reported T. K. Giddcns, one of the state's wealthiest mon, had littlo chance to live. The storm caught him In his automobile. ARRESTS MADE IN THEFT OF RELIEF GOODS FROM DEPOT INDIANAPOLIS, March 13 (yp) Slate police Investigating the theft of thousands of dol lars worth of food from the fed eral surplus commodities corpor ation have arrested seven In dianapolis men. Four were taken into custody Monday. They are Otha Graves, 47, and Elbert F. Price, 30, charged with petit larceny, and Arthur Benn, 37, and Thomas Spiers, 47, charged with receiv ing stolen goods. Graves and Price were em ployed at the local depot from which the FSCC distributes food to the poor. Benn has a grocery and Spiers a tavern. Arrested last Saturday were Dell Graham, 47, in charge of the station, and George E. Car ter, 38, supply clerk, accused of petit larceny, and Clarence Alli son, 48, shoe repairman for the center township (Marion county) trustee, charged with receiving stolen goods. State Police Detective Russell Coons said that in the last year lard, butter, raisins, flour, beans, oranges, corn meal and other foodstuffs worth thousands of dollars had been stolen from the warehouse and sold to many merchants and hundreds of in dividuals throughout Indian apolis. During 1939, according to rec ords of the U. S. bureau of pub lie roads, more than 17,000 miles of highway of all types were completed. o.V "LUCKY NIGHT" yaylos TOMORROWl PfWTTlTBffiillI.ltl:IJ-iill ri i ii -m m 1,, ..t.. I i.Mitu T.M Mil'.... is sIH "" DUHHE1.B0VEB Wffffl MORROW C0jM Rob't Benehler Aot SPORT J.ATE8T WEW8 3ye A Scrap Quilt Proves Smart Economy uouwuom Ctv;v - PATTERN ( Four easy pattern pieces make this gay scrap oiillt. Plnwheel. You'll be fasclnati-d with piec ing It. Pattern 1)908 contain the Block Chart; carefully drawn pattern pieces; directions for cutting, sewing and flniihlng; yardago chart; illustration of By DR. MORRIS FIBHBEIN Editor, journal of the American Medical Association, and of Hygtla. the Health Magailne CHILDREN naturally love to play at games In which they Imitate their elders. One of the most common Is the gamo of "doctor and nurse" In which, of course, there must also be a patient. Many parents become serious ly alarmed when children play at being sick because of the common superstition that they will sooner or later actually bo come 111. For the same reason, many parents prevent children from playing at crime with the idea that the old games of "cops and robbers" Is likely to lead to a felonious career. This Is symbolic magic. From all discussions of this typo. It Is necessary to scpornto tho Influ ence of the power of suggestion. Belief of this type can bo so powerful in the human mind as to suppress even attempts at somo of the greatest new dis coveries that may bo made. . For Instance, when Edward Jan ner first announced tho pos sibility that smallpox might be prevented by inoculating Indiv iduals with materials from cow pox, all sorts of cartoons be gan to be distributed showing human beings gradually chang ing into cows growing horns and tails, and even developing a hairy coat. There was not '". slightest reason to believe that such changes would occur. Peo ple forgot that every day they themselves wore eating large amounts of beef,, and that they were not turning Into cows. LAST DAY COM wa "HE MARRIED HIS WIFE" TOMORROW ...THE BOYS Thought SCHOOL WAS SWELL... when lane be came the qveen of the CAMPUS! !LLiiUC March 13, 1040 UounrtioM Art llriMiks . Main This Vour Gayest Scrap ' Quilt' Pluwlicc) Sftft quilt; color schemes. To ohtiiln this pattern send 10 rants In coin to The Herald and News, Household Arts de partment, Klamath Falls. Do sure to write plainly your NAME. ADDRESS and PAT TEltN NUMBER. While many an educator Is opposed to having children u muvlvs or plays In which crlma is depleted, even though the moral may always be, "Crime dors nut pay," there are others who believe that cltliurvn whu have no criminal tendencies are not likely to become criminals merely because they enjoy play ing "cops and robbers." There Is a much better argu ment against too much attention to crime that the time might bo better spent in more con structive employments. The emphasis on the idea that belief may canto actual Illness of the body Is not sound scien tifically. On tho other hand, the power of suggestion can con vince people so cortalnly that they are ill that they will actu ally produce within themselves muny of tho manifestations of serious illness. SKELETON EXPOSED v BY DITCH WATER POKTLAND, March 13 W--Wnur cutting Into an Irrigation diteh bank exposed human skeleton apparently burled fir a ihallow grave in pioneer days. Charles Haines, Diamond valley furmer, advised Sheriff C. W. Frailer the skull was crusnea and the position of the bones Indlcolod the body had been rmmniii . n . . nv. - T 1 uaf-f'-v-i-rv' Hni Inn lll3tl. throlik. United States, averaged 13.30 cants a gallon, the lowest since 1033. Taxes during 1030, aver aged S.44 cents a gallon. JOEL MeCREA 1 aa 5r-'iaiii,ir,Hi ff.l.'rrrrrrS
