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Good Reaction
A SUDDEN activity in defense bond and stamp pur
chases was one of the first local reactions to the an
nouncement that the United States wasat war with Japan.
Klamath people, and no doubt Americans everywhere,
are- well aware that war requires money, and are ready
to contribute their share in this emergency.
- ; Another local development following the war out
break was a rush to the recruiting offices of army, navy
and marines. All did a land-office business on Monday,
and were still signing up recruits on Tuesday.
; Still another reaction to the startling news was public
response to the appeal for registration in the civilian re
serve. Large numbers of people had not registered when
the roll was taken last summer; some, no doubt, because
they were not here at the time or the matter slipped their
minds, but possibly others because they could not en
vision a situation where civilian Teserve service would be
necessary.
Those persons who have been given already responsible
work in connection with civilian defense were also quick
to respond to the situation that developed at week's be
ginning. There was almost unanimous attendance at uie
various meetings which were called on momentary notice
Monday.
All of these are good signs. They mean that the people
of this community are waking up to the demands of the
hour. They are patriotic and willing to do their part.
Tfhe important thing is to direct their efforts into the most
ettective channels.
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BrPAULriALLON,
YASHINGTON, Dec. 9 The
Jap war madness Is in it
self a defeatist confession. Her I
rash statesmen would never
have taken war action against
tho United States if they
thought there was the slightest
chance they could survive their
military and economic predica
ment in China.
The theory that they might
nave been inspired by a desire
to help Hitler is not forceful
Hitler is too far away to do the
Japs either harm or good. They
were just so near defeat they
had to dare everything, in hopes
that Hitler could win in Rus
sia and in the world, and ex
tricate them from their difficul
ties. '
Dictatorial statesmen act from
personally selfish motives at
times. Totalitarian rulers tell
their people nothing straight.
Hence the Jap diplomatic and
military bunglers were particu
larly free to gamble the future
of their nation even to a sui
cidal extent.
False Security Dissipated
pEPORTS of hostile planes off the coast of the United
states, were undoubtedly received at iirst witn sKep
ticism by most of the residents of the area that was en
dangered if these were actually hostile planes. But army
repetition that an actual approach was made changed
scepticism to a realization that war and all that it means
are" at the very, threshold of this area and we must be
repared for every eventuality.
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r :- ac is amicuit to snane ourselves into mis unaerstaiiu-
ihg. Everything of the kind has seemed far away, as it
was. But it is no longer, and the sooner we realize it the
better off we aU will be. Monday night s developments
flame with shocking suddenness, but they served a pur
pose in lifting residents of the Pacific coast out of a fog
oi iaise security.
It Cannot Be Tolerated
TIMES are such that irresponsible automobile operation
. . cannot be tolerated by a serious people going about
the serious business of winning a wan Carelessness, un
necessary driving, thoughtless disregard for the rights of
cithers, must now be condemned even more strongly than
ever before.
,. In the past few nights and early mornings, conditions
ifa. the Klamath district have been extremely hazardous
tot automobile operation. Fog has frozen on the pave
ments; making them ice-slick, but they do not have the
appearance that customarily goes with such danger. The
result is that many people have run unexpectedly into
skid traps, with disastrous results.
tv Automobile accidents are a waste that we in America
have permitted to go on in increasing volume. The country
is in no position today to absorb waste of any kind. Care
ful driving will eliminate one source of waste that is
largely unnecessary and cannot longer be tolerated.
Mannequin-Maker Leaves Legs
t In Christmas Stocking Gifts
BEVERLY HILLS. Calif.. Dec.
9 (JP) Some lucky soldiers are
going to get gift-filled wax legs
and masks of movie stars for
Christmas because a morale of
ficer 'way up In Alaska had a
bright Idea.
Lieut. M. W. Foresman. nr.
ale officer at Fort Greely, Ro
man, Alaska, made the unique
request to Katherine Stubergh,
who produces wax mannequins
and masks for film studios. The
officer explained that since there
"are no . recreation facilities, it
makes me do strange things,
such as requesting "a mask of
a good looking girl." There are
6000 men at the camp.
?"I have planned a Christmas
party," Lieut. Foresman wrote.
"To add a little zest, I am writ
ingto several notables, asking
NOT TWICE
Sneaking a couple of aircraft
carriers up near Hawaii before
declaration of war is one thine
out getting them near enoueh
again will be another. In fact
Retting them home again may
turn out to be something. The
Hawaiian attack was obviously
a demonstration designed more
tor a psychological effect than
for military damage.
UNIFIED
The composite immediate
opinion in Washington was that
the Jap statesmen unintention
ally performed a favor for us
There will be no strikes in this
country now. Whatever diver
gences of public opinion may
have impeded this government's
purposes against the nazls, cer
tainly nas vanished by action
or uie Japs.
FRENCH BASES
A Roosevelt plan to seize
French bases on this side of the
world has been simmering in
the martial machinery here for
me past lew days.
, Troops have been guardedly
snllted to points where they
couia spring with ease uoon
Martinique and French Guiana
They were set in motion the
moment dispatches came out of
Vichy suggesting Petain might
weaken and let- Hitler use
irench bases in Africa.
ine Vichy dispatches put
great emphasis upon Petain's
refusal to give up the French
fleet, but greater accent was
placed here on the suggested
base surrender. It implied
French bases in this hemisphere
migni no longer be secure in
Petain s hands.
If anyone in any caDital in
the world Vichy. Tokvo. Hel-
sinki thinks Mr. Roosevelt is
still restrained very much by
opposition in this country, hp
is only fooling himself danger
ously.
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"So my rent is coming, is it. Mr. Dlchanty? Well, so Is
Christmas I"
that each contribute something,
and these will be given to the
outstanding soldiers in camp
We hope it will tend to keep
their chins up a little higher."
Miss Stubergh not only is
sending two masks, of Hedy
Lamarr and Marlene Dietrich;
she made a life-size wax leg,
dressed it up with a mesh stock
ing, garter, boudoir slippers and
a bit of lace at the thigh, and
filled it with trick puzzles,
candy, woolen sox, playing
cards and a shaving set.
Miss Stubergh liked the Idea
so well she's sending another
gift-filled leg to Sgt. Dick Norton
at Camp Roberts. Monterev.
Calif., That'll be like old times
to Dick. He used to work for
the Stuberghs.
Former Ambassador
To Russia Dies
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FARMINGTON, Conn., Dec. S
(VP) Former Ambassador John
Wallace Riddle, 77, died here
last night. He was ambassador
to Russia from 1906-09 and Ar
gentina from 1921-25 when he
retired. He also had held other
diplomatic posts, including as
signments In Turkey, Egypt and
oeroia.
Mrs. Theodate . Pope Riddle,
nis widow; a step-sister, Mrs. F,
W, M. Cutcheon of Santa Bar
Barbara, Calif., and a sister-in-law,
Mrs. Blair Flandrau of St,
Paul, Minn., survive him.
Read the 'Classified page.
Power Lineman
Electrocuted
ALBANY. Dec. 9 (IP Charl
Boyd, 83, mountain States Pow
er company employe, was elec
trocuted last night when a tele
phone line he was repairing in
North Albany contacted an 11,-
uuu-volt power line.
Mountain States offices said
he was not on duty at the time
oz me accident.
Eight sets of twins are includ
ed In Colombia's largest family
of 32 boys and girls.
George Washington's cabinet
had only five departmental sec
retaries, I
LIBYAN WAR
The British are setting amply
reorganized to crush the nazi
General Rommel in Libya, after
the initial discouraging results
of their hopeful campaign. Their
slogan is to "Give Rommel to
Churchill as a Christmas Dres-
ent." As the slogan implies,
they hope for decisive action
within the next two weeks.
Their new scheme contem
plates the full help of the navy,
in coordination with land t
tack. The Mediterranean fleet
is being thrown in fully upon
Rommel's line of supplies along
coastal roads back to Bengazi
ana even Tripoli.
If the British get Rommel,
Hitler will feel decidedly un
comfortable in those French
African bases, protected largely
uy ni-armea natives and the ex
ceptionally speedy Italians.
AUTO TAX
One tax which possibly mav
not be collected is the levy
aimea at more American citi
zens than any other the $S
yearly use tax on autos. It
would hit 30,000,000 car own
ers (three times as many people
as pay income taxes).
The treasury- has been
scratching its head, wondering
how to collect such a cumber
some levy. It has turned over
to a . private statistical organ
ization the onerous duty of mail
ing out 30,000,000 demands,
and announced that certified
checks (no others) will be ac
cepted in payment, although in
come taxes may be paid with
any kind of check except a rub
ber one.
But the house deficiency sub
committee has been deliberately
looking the other way, every
time the treasury and the bud
get director has demanded a
$4,500,000 appropriation to pay
the cost of collection. The bud
get request was sent up weeks
ago and no action has been
taken. Time is short. First pay.
ments for five-twelfths of the
year are due February 1.
Meanwhile a repeal move
ment has been started by Rep.
Jed Johnson of Oklahoma. In
both the treasury and congress,
there are apparently a growing
number of officials who think
this nuisance tax outstrips all
other now prevailing nuisances
in annoyance value.
NOT EASY
Hitler will have more trouble
getting those French bases than
he had in getting the Dromi.se
of them. The superiority of the
British fleet in the Mediterran
ean means he will have to fight
nis way across to them, and
then fight to keep them. The
British have shunned French
north African bases for diplo
matic as well as military rea
sons (the difficulty of getting at
them). But if they pass to Ger
man hands, they will become
enemy territory.
WATCH SPAIN
Watch Spain for evMpnro. nf
further nazi diplomatic aggres
sion, it woum be easier for der
iuenrer to maintain Mediterran
on iidvdi oases mere man in
trench Africa, and the first
suggestions that he knows that
fact have been coming out of
opain in diplomatic pouches.
Gems oi
Thought
SALT LAKE CITY. Dec. 9
(UP) American woman must
toon abandon their skirts for
the overalls of a workman, ond
take their place beside welders,
im-clinnics and skilled laborers.
Brig. Gen. Lewis Hershcy, head
of the nutional soloctivo ser
vice, warned today.
Pausing in the Utah capital
on an extended tour of western
selective service headquarters.
Hershcy predicted a vtit
change In selective service
classifications.
"Wo need more men," he
said, "while I'm not predicting
an emergency, wo must be pre
pared if one occurs."
Ha suld thut the only way
the army could bo increased
was to force it by taking men
in class 2A and 2B out of de
fense employment and into the
army.
"This will result in forcing
men above the 28-yesr-old
group into defense Jobs," ha
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crochet this beautiful mid fam
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Rosa Bonhcur. Done In mercer
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Q. How can I remember to buy
a defense savings bond regular
ly? A. Enroll in your company's
pay-roll allotment plan; or have
your bank deduct the price ot a
bond from your checking ac
count balance at stated intervals;
or write the Treasurer of the
United States at Washington, D.
C, to send you a reminder per
iodically. Q. What is the principal dif
ference between Series E de
fense savings. bonds, and Series
F and G?
A. Series E bonds are for own
ership only by individuals in
their own right and are Issued
in amounts from $18.75 to $750
(cost price). Series F and G
bonds are designed for Invest
ment by corporations, trustees,
associations, partnerships, etc..
as well as individuals, and range
from $74 to $10,000 (cost price).
Any bond gives the purchaser
the opportunity to have a share
in national defense.
Note To buy defense bonds
and stamps, go to the nearest
postoffice, bank, or savings and
loan association; or write to the
Treasurer of tho United States,
Washington, D. C. Also stamps
are now on sale at retail stores,
the factory workers is 22.
That's too young. Women will
figure more prominently in de
fense." At tho present time, airplane
manufacturing companies have
found that women can do a
better job than can men, he
declared. They not only are
smaller, and can got into close
places for welding, but they
also do a better "detail job,"
he continued.
"Now don't get the Idea we
are trying to wreck industry.
"Wo are now re-studying clas
sifications, and an announce
ment on our plans will be
made Inter."
Hershcy said that the classi
fications wouU.1 not go Into ef
fect probably until June of
next year.
But we're beginning now to
educate the people and the em
ployers to the fact that they
can get along when we start
drafting defense workers," he
added. "It's all a matter of
keeping the stage set. In our
game, wo can't toko a chonce."
Hcrshcy's remarks were in
line with those made In Wash
ington by Lieut. Col. Joseph F.
Battlcy, a selective service ad
viser, that the army, in case of
emergency, may hove to be
doubled or tripled at a mo
ment's notice
"Who knows." Hershcy add
ed to Bqttley's statement, "we
moy even hove to quadruple
it."
His next stop will be Boise.
Ida., where he will visit the
air base and selective service
officers,
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Klamath rails Do not send this
picture, but keep It and the num.
brr for reference Ho sure to
wrap coin securely, as loojo
coin often slips out of the en
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In Words of Jack London,
Nazis Losing Their Velvet
OBITUARY
ROSETTA BOWMAN
Rosetta Bowman, for th
years a resident of Merrill
-re, passed awav at "nfr,.i
i-oini, ore., on Sunday, Decern
ber 7, 1941. at 5:45
ing an illness of one month. She
was a native of Dayton. Wash .
ana at me lime oi ber death was
agca 88 years 11 months and siv
days. Surviving arc two sons,
Melvin A. and Leonard Bowman
of Merrill, Ore., and one daugh
ter, Mrs. Marion Hedrlch of
bprague River, Ore.; five broth
ers, M. P. Moore of Moscow,
Ida., M. C. and Charles Moore
of LaCrosse, Wash., three sis
ters, Mrs. Homer Fleming of
-awrosse, wash., Mrs. Calvin
Hasklns of Merrill, Ore., and
Mrs., Harry Sever of Pullman,
Wash. The remains rest in the
Earl Whitlock funeral home.
Pine street at Sixth, where
friends may call after 4 p. m.
Tuesday. Notice of funeral to be
announced at a later date.
Texas Technical college has
made uniforms for the members
of Its 70-plece band from wool
woven In the school's own mills.
Filaments of the first electric
lamps were made of carbon.
Courthouse Records
MONDAY
Complaints Filed
J. W. Kerns versus Ray Ed
wards, Minnie Edwards, State of
Oregon and Louis Svehlak. Suit
to collect promisory note. WH
liam Ganong, attorney for plaintiff.
Pauline L. G o d o w a versus
James E. Godowa. Suit for di
vorce. Plaintiff charges cruel and
inhuman treatment and custody
oi two minors and that her maid
en name, Pauline L. Riddle, be
restored. J. C. O Ncill, attorney
for plaintiff.
Marriage Licenses '
NORTH - DECKER. Edwin
Charles North, 21, Red Bluff,
rancher, native of California.
Marilyn Florence Decker. 18.
Tulclake, housewife, native of
Nebraska.
FROST-PIZER. Melvin Edwin
Frost, 21, Klamath Falls, dec
orating contractor, native of Ore
gon. Lorena Florence Pizor, 20,
Portland, stenographer, native of
Washington.
Justice Court
Orlle Kennerly. no tall light.
Fined $5.50, suspended.
Franklin L. Warren, void for
eign license. Fined $10.
Berry M. Blackwell, drunk on
public highway. Fined $10 or
five days. Committed to County
jail.
DRAFT CHANGES
SALEM, Dec. 9 (P) State
selective service headquarters,
ordering Immediate classifica
tion of all registrants, told local
boards today it Is likely that the
law deferring men over 28 years
or age would be repealed soon.
Legislature May
Be Called Upon
For Defense Fund
SALEM, Dec. 9 W) Senator
Dean H. Walker and Represent
ative Robert S. Farrcll Jr., lead
ers of the senate and house of
the state legislature, pledged to
Governor Sprague yesterday
that the legislature would give
him full cooperation during the
war
They said the Multnomah
county tax muddle, for which a
special session has been demand
ed, has been pushed into the
background, and that the hollti-
cal campaign would receive
little attention in the next few
months.
Governor Sprague told them
he has not completed estimates
as to how much money would
dc required lor defense pur
poses, unly $08,500 is available
in the emergency board fund,
but the cost of the state guard is
estimated at more than $500,000.
Some legislators expect a spec
ial session to appropriate the
money.
The governor said he has been
deluged with telegrams from
Oregon citizens offering their
services.
TEAM SAFE
SALEM, Dec. 9 WP) Governor
Charles A. Sprague received a
coblegram today from Roy S.
Keene, Willamette university
football coach, that all of the
Willamette football team and
party is safe and well in Honolulu.
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BttaaaDeiowe Rio Grande!
By DoWITT MtcKENZIE
Wide World War Analyst
Jack London, who not only
was a master-writer but an ex
pert in things pugilistic, used to
say that every time a man does
battle In the ring lie loses some
of his velvet, that Is. bit of his
youthful strength and power of
recuperation.
Signs along the now blizzard
swept, frozen wastes of the Rus
sian war front are strong In the
suggestion thnt the nnzis hnve
lost a very conside'rable amount
of their velvet since they started
beating their heads against the
Muscovite wall. Their striking
power Is noticeably weaker, and
on the southern front even their
defensive resistance has lowered
so that wo have the amazing
spectacle of a German debacle
westward from the Rostov zone
This Is not what we hove hern
schooled to expect from the lilt
Icrlon machine that "can't be
stopped." Indeed, such a reversal
is so foreign to the nazi opera
tions thus far that one Is Im
pelled to caution In reaching con
clusions. An Interesting apprais
al of the position Is Riven by
Russian General Bodln in the
army newspaper Red Star.
"The Initiative now Is In Rus
sian hands," says Bodin. "but the
strength of the Germans Is not
crushed. The enemy has many
tanks and reserves."
That looks like a fairly shrewd
estimate, though we do need to
sec a little more before taking
it for granted that the present
phenomena means that the In
itiative has definitely passed
from the Germans to the bol
shcvlsts. This much Is obvious:
Thnt the Invaders have lost much
velvet and that the reds are on
the offensive In most sectors.
For the first time the nazls are
showing signs of heavy exhaus
tion. Moscow reports that along the
sea of Azov tho Germans have
continued their headlong retreat
bcyong Tanganrog, with the bol-
shcvlsts In hot pursuit That
means a retirement of more than
40 miles, and the end of the deb
acle Isn't in sight. The Russians
also claim the initiative on the
bloody Moscow front.
It Is true that the nazi diffi
culties are due In part to unusual
circumstances. For Instance, the
German radio, ns heord In this
country by NBC. said tho disas
ter on the southern front was
due to a change of woather
which "rendered useless the
mechanized might of the German
army." There might easily be
something In that, thouah It
wasn't explained whnt effect the
weather had on the Russian
mechanized forces.
Undoubtedly the near-arctic
conditions on nuich of the sov1-t
front hnve played n ronMilrr.'il'U
part in the iiul difficulties. Thn
Hiisslnns report thnt even In tho
n. 1 1 1 ti-r .south they nre finding
the froen bodies of (inrtuitn sol
diers. Indicating n luck n( pr
paredne.vs fur such weather. Sup
plies nnul lio coming up slowly
through the snow-drifts along the
nttcmuitr'd lines of rornmumrn.
tlon. In this connection one won.
der whether nhiindoiunent ..
ninny nuzi tanks mi nus gusolina
supplies have failed.
However, the Hitlerites hs
made ninny of their own troubles
by tnklng huge limners at vari
ous places In nn effort to achieve
scmo worthwhile victory nl
most any kind of triumph, either
moral or strategical. They need
such a victory both for home con
sumption nnd for the effect
abroad, especially In view of thr
critical position of thrlr rrhi
lions with Kninre and Japan.
Civil Air Patrol
Recruits Sought
By La Guardia
WASHINGTON. Dec 9 (A)
Enlistment of 180,000 filers and
100,000 ground crew men In a
civil olr patrol was sought .to
day by F. II. l.nOuiirdln. direct
or of civilian defense.
He asked last night for 00,
000 licensed pilots, 90,000 stu
dent pilots nnd 23.000 civil air
craft. The patrol would u;-o
2000 airports which now havo
no military or regulur commer
cial airline operations.
Major General John F. Curry
of the army air corps was named
commander.
LaGiiunlia said the Idea was
to make avallablo Immediately
the "potential vnluo of defense"
of the civilian filers.
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