Anut'7. 1041
THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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REA GETS SET
FDR HUGE JOB
FOR DEFENSE
By PETEH EDBON
Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON, An. (I II
looked for time aa thotitih
the now vast nnd still
SrowliiK IUiriil Electrification
administration mluht bo sacrific
ed In Iho Interests of mitlonnl
(ltfiMini, but by dint of cmic
close fltturlnu, plua 0 alluht nil I ft
In tho objecllvoa of tho REA Job
to tlo It In mora closely with
(lofcnjic. tho $10 million approp
rliillon for this flscnl year will
11 bn nurd.
ftEA' miiln problem has been
to vet an allocution of metal.
REA Hurt Hro now nbout ho If
aluminum nnd hnlf copptr. Alu
minum la nut for tho durntlon,
but It la a safe bet now that REA
will not tho 73,000 tona of atcol
nnd tho (17,000 tona of coppor
for 305,000 mllca of wire, tho
3000 tona of ilnc needed for
Knlvniilzliitf polo top nnd uy
assembly unlta, the S000 tona of
porcoluin for Insulator, and
timber for tho two million polos
thnt will bo needed to carry
the prournm Into tho fnll of
1042.
You mluht not think tlmt tho
expansion of a rural electrifica
tion prog mm had anything to
do with national defense, but
REA flU Into tho picture like
this:
First, a bl campaign Is on
to prove thut "food will win
the war," Anything thut helps
In tho production of food, helps
win the war. Electrification of
farms helps Increaso tho pro
duction of food. Electrification
of farms therefore helpa win
tha war.
Second, there Is a shortage of
power, particularly in some
regions. REA figures that by
taking a good part of Its ap
propriation and putting it Into
ateum or dlcsel generating sta
tions, strategically located, It
can allevlato this power short
age. Then, when tho war Is
over, theso power stations will
be available to feed Into new
rural distribution systems until
tho country Is covered.
Urbanlias Attention
For dumb clly fellers, and
for boya who left Die farm be
fore this wonderful age of rural
electrification began, it may
have to be explained how this
Juice Is used. Take dairy prod
ucts, for which there Is now
an oxtra demand from Britain:
Electricity runs tha milking ma
chines, water pumps for the
stock, separators and refriger
ator systems to keep the milk
from spoiling. . -
Toko poultry: A farmer who
doesn't hove electric lights in
tho hen houses, to make the
biddies work overtime and all
tho time, simply can't compete
with modern neighbors who do.
Taka truck farms: Hot beds are
no longor heated by manure,
but by electricity.
Incidentally, REA, through
tho U, S. Film Service, achieved
something of an artistic tri
umph recently through lt docu
mentary movie, "Power and
the Lund," which explained all
this. It's as good as tha much
discussed "Plow Thnt Broka tho
Plains." and "Tho River." In
tho REA contribution, Director
Joris Ivens looked around till
ha found a nntiirnl cast of
actors In Bill nnd llnr.cl Parkin
son and their family, of Bel
mont county, Ohio.
Ivens filmed tha home life of
tho Parkinsons, B, E, before
electrification. Coal oil Inmps,
hand 'milking, bntbs in a tin
tub, soured milk in tho roman
tic but inefficient spring house.
Then tho life of tho Parkinsons,
A. E. after electrification,
Lights nil over tho place. Hoi
nnd cold running wnter, Shower
baths. Milking machines and
electric Iceboxes, Rndlo, electric
stove nnd nil tho other luxuries.
A Liva Wire
REA opened up shop In 1D.1B
with n $14,000,000 npproprln
Hon. At thnt lime, it was call
mnted thnt only 743,000 of tho
6,800,000 U. S. fnrms hnd elec
tricity. Since then, nnd up to
June 1, REA ha hnd appropria
tion of $374,000,000, It has
strung 354.000 miles of wire.
It lias (10 generating plants of
Its own, coaling $11,000,000.
House wiring nnd plumbing
cost $7,000,000 nnd distribution
systems $348,000,000.
11 hns advanced loans In 824
co-operntlves with 1,170,000
customers, nnd tho nrrenrnges
on loans Is less than 33 cents
per $1000 a good record for
any bnnk. Tho money Is there
fore coming bnck, with the ex
ception of $4,000,000 nnminl
administration costs, which the
department of agriculture con
tributes nnd writes off.
Tho over-nil fnrm clectrlflcn
lion plcturo todny Is thnt two
million out of tho six million
fnrms aro now wired, a 300
per cent Increaso in six years.
REA distribution system buy
688 million klllowntls from
private nnd government plants
nnd they gnnernto 45 million
klllowntls of their own. These
'Mystery Ships' at Attention on New Northwest Base
ntWitWSiwl)wil
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Slesmlng as thay atand "at attention" at Fi-Its Field, Hpokanc Wash., 25 B-2 "mystery bomlwrs ' are shown
tned up for Inspection by Ma). Den. John F. Curry, commander of the Second Air Force. The I7th Bom
bardment Oroup and 80th Reconnaissance Squadron are stationed at the field.
REA power' planta aro all over
tha country.
Right now, REA figures that
by , temporarily sidetracking
soma of its planned distribution
systems and going in for more
generating systems It can re
lievo power shortages tremend
ously. One of its Ideas is for
a wholo system of connected
plants In and around Arkansas,
to furnish' powor for greater
production of aluminum most
critically needed as defense
material.
Wire-Topping by
Lineman Brings
Startling Newt
BAMBERG. S. C Ann IWri
The telephone operator tried all
morning to nnd Mcywerd Brax
ton or psrtanburg about 200
miles awav. to tell him of hl
brother's death. She docided to
try onco more.
At that moment, Braxton, a
telephone linesman, climbed a
polo near Spartanburg to cut In
on a wire for a test and heard
his namo called.
EVERY LITTLE BIT
OXNARD. Calif., (P) Add
aluminum aources:
Police Chief George Pryer
raided a poker gamo and Con
fiscated a quantity of aluminum
Chips. , ,-
They'll be used as evidence,
then turned "over to" tlio OPM,
All Is Apprehension
Chubby, a neighborhood kitten, meets Tippie, who boasts a strain
of Eskimo dog, at' the annual pet show ot the Children's Aid So
ciety in New York. Tenement children's pets without pedigrees
have their day at tills show.
Ox-Cart Revived as
Gasoline Banned
PENACOOK, N. ., Aug. 6
(JP) The horse nnd buggy days
hnvo been revived in several
communities as a result ot gaso
line sales restrictions at night
but this community has returned
to the period of the ox. cort.
. Monday night David Morrell
took his girl friend for a ride.
When he called on Miss ''Joan
Stuart he helped her onto an
ox cart. The tail light was a red
lantern and Morrell blew an old
horn to acknowledge greetings
of passing automobiles.
Some oj tho funniest stunts
In the movies don't get' any
luufilis.. They're-puUcd-by the
censors.
Nl
PPQN MOVES
INTO DELICATE
SPOT IN EAST
By DEWITT MACKENZIE
(Tha Bpaclal Naws Service)
It needs no major prophet to
assure us that there, are the
makings of a brand new war in
the far eastern crisis, but it
would be a mistake to assume
thnt shooting is inevitable.
I don't believe that Japan
wants war at this precise mo
ment with Britain or Russia or
the United States much less a
combination of the three. How
ever, it's quite clear that the
Nipponese, In trying to get set
so that they can take advantage
of any major German success
In the European war, have ma
neuvered themselves into a
mighty delicate position.
In short, the Japanese are
running the very evident risk
of military action by Britain.
Moreover, authoritative sources
in Washington express the be
lief that the United States wilt
support any action that England
takes: The Russian attitude
hasn't been disclosed.
At Just what point John Bull
might fire a gun in anger is a
matter of earnest speculation.
The question of immediate con
cern is whether Japan, having
occupied the forbidden land of
French Indo-China, will now
dare the momentous step of
seizing the neighboring state of
Thailand.
Possession of Thailand, as well
as French Indo-China, would
give the Japanese a powerful
military base from which they
could strike in any direction.
The snatching of Thailand would
immediately Increase the threat
against Britain's great naval
base of Singapore, the Dutch
East Indies with their wealth of
oil, rubber and other essentials,
and the Philippines.
Will Britain strike if the Japa
nese carry out their aim of seiz
ing Thailand? That's what
Tokyo would like to know,
along with the rest of the world.
One would expect Nippon to go
as far as humanly possible with
out precipitating war, and then
sit very tight pending definite
indication of how the European
conflict is going.
However, Japan is so far com
mitted to her expansion pro
gram that a major German
break-through of the Russian
front at. this precise juncture
might Impel her to cast off re-
No, Siri Honest, It's Not a Torpedo
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Much as It might resemble a projectile of war the bulleshaped gadget
suspended In the middle of this picture Is not at all I ejrplos ve It s
forged steel pin to help hold together two spans of the Pit River Bridge
being built over a future arm of the Shasta Reservoir near Reddwg,
, , Calif.
straint and go all-out for. her
objectives. Whether the reds
hold, or don't hold, therefore
becomes a mighty item.
We undoubtedly would get
considerable light if we knew
what Constantin Smetanin, so
viet ambassador to Tokyo, said
to Japanese Foreign Minister
Toyoda during their conference
Tuesday. Did the red envoy by
any chance assure Admiral Toy
oda that Russia would abide by
the neutrality pact ' signed in
April with Japan? Under that
each agreed to keep hands off
in event the other should be the
"object of military action on the
part of one or several powers."
In other words, if Russia kept
this bond the Muscovite-would
not intervene in case Japan
should be the "object of mili
tary action" on the part ot Brit
ain and maybe others, certain
ty that the bolshevists wouldn't
make common cause with the
British in the far east undoubt
edly would have a tendency to
stiffen Tokyo's attitude toward
John Bull.
NERVE MESSAGES
It has been found that the electro-chemical
imoulses by which
nerves carry messages from one
part of the body to another travel
at the rate of 400 feet a second.
Visitors Consult
Local Chamber on "
Varied Subjects .
Tourists, although no longer
required to register, still- come
into the chamber of commerce
in large numbers to obtain in
formation about roads, fishing
and other matters, according to
Violet Wilson, assistant secre
tary of the chamber.-
A few tourists still ask about
registration, not' knowing that
the legislature at the last session
repealed the law. requiring, out-
of-state motorists to register. .
The chamber of commeSrce
maintains a large supply of maps
and folders for the use of vis
itors. i
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SOUTHPAW WINS 21
JACKSONVILLE Winner
of 21 games already this season
for the Fort Pierce club of the
Class D Florida East .Coast
league, Chester Covington 'has
been sold to-Jacksonville-of-ttre
Class B South Atlantic .'' ,.
The southpaw f irebaljer, won
14 games before suffering his
first defeat. He struck out 183
batters in 219 innings. ..
He is 30 years old.
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Read the Classified page..
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SALEM. Aug. 5 (m Stata
Insurance Commissioner Seth
B. Thompson said in hil annual
report Tuesday that Insurance
companlei "are being efficient
ly managed" and that a "sub
stantial margin of surplus and
contingency . . reserves 11 avail
able, to take up the shocks of
variation In experience f r o m
year to year, so as to leave
capital and statutory reserves
unimpaired." . . . .'
Life insurance companlei. at
the end of 1940 carried a total
of $756,087,530 Insurance in
force on , 494,027 Oregon poli
cies, an increase during the
year of $20,250,666. These com
panies paid, out $16,516,187 in
benefits during 1940; .and col
lected $22,306,929 In premiums.
. Stock fire companies collect
ed $8,517,579 In premiums dur
ing the year, an 18.64 per cent
increase over the previous year.
They, paid $3,821,051 in claims.
Two Executed as ; .v.
Spies in Britain .
After Secret Trial,
' LONDON, Aug. . Jth-Ktl
Theo Drueke, 25, a German citi
zen,, and Werner Heinrlch Wael
ti, 29, identified in an official
announcement as a Swiss, we're
executed today at Wandsworth
prison as secret agents for Germany;-'
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; They were! convicted under the
treachery act after a secret trial
June 12-13. ,, . :
' A statement by the home Of
fice said that the men, who were
arrested near Edinburgh, Scot
land, apparently had been landed
near the British coast by sea
plane and had rowed ashore in a
collapsible rubber boat.
When seized, the statement
declared,; each. was. equipped
with a portable . wireless trans
mitting and receiving outfit, .a
large sum of English money and
emergency food rations, includ
ing German sausage. 1 ;
Both men -had foreign' pass
ports and spoke English. .
pneras arrested at a station
while, studying- a timetable .and
the other was picked up later the
same day, the home office . declared.
"tt-'saidthe- men apparently
had planned to proceed - into
southern England to engage 'in
espionage work; ...'. 1
Factory , sales of cars nd
trucks in., the .United States m
April wefe estimated "af 458,000
units. . - . . .,
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A Little-Realized Fact
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'HETHER your car has gone three thousand
V V or thirty thousand miles your engine
may have a higher compression today than
when it was brand newl j
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Such still higher compressions tend to make an
engine less efficient, not more efficient! They are
the cause of motor "let-down". . . the "pinging" and
engine sluggishness you begin to notice, with the?
same gasoline that worked "perfectly" before, !
Carbon is what causes this trouble. Carbon, ac
cumulating in today's small combustion chambers,
making them still smaller, your high compression
still higher! Such" carbon deposits can't be avoided
completely, regardless of what kind of oil or gasoline
you buy.' .
What is the cure? For temporary relief, you can
change the spark adjustment at a cost of both
fuel and motor efficiency. Or you can have the
carbon removed regularly every few thousand miles.
But we recommend something much simpler
. . a change to Shell Premium Gasoline.
This super motor fuel automatically compensates
for carbon-created compression increases as they
occur.- It's made to deliver maximum knock-free
power every mile you drive. . - v
The secret of it is a . special blend of clean-burning
gasoline fractions . . . a patented, scientifically
prepared anti-knock compound . . . and powerful
alkylate, (similar to that used in 100 -octane
aviation fuels). -Thus,' to new cars and old, Shell
Premium gives faster knock-free pick up . . . cooler
running ... and excellent mileage. -
Shell Premium cosh 2 mora than "regular." But
if you drive the average amount,' it will cost "you
only about $1 extra a month for Shell Premium's
promise of literally thousands of extra miles of
new-car performance.' '
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