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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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