December 17, 1041
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Sense in Censorship
?A N indication that good sense is making headway in the
r development of news censorship is the appointment
6f Byron Price as director of the new set.up.
Mr. Price is executive news editor of the Associated
Press, a practical newspaper man with extensive exper
ience and recognized ability. He will have the confidence
M the press, the. press associations and presumably, 4ie
Cause of his appointment, the army, navy and govern
tnental offices. , ...
f What Americans want in war news is unvarnished
truth, with censorship "applied only to prevent the dis
semination of information that will give aid to the enemy.
Moving here and there in the administration circle m
recent years have been certain individuals with ideas of
Controlling public information to the point of making it
Jill look good for the regime in power. It would have
been disastrous to have given war-time censorship power
to any such person. ...... , ,
I The men who collect the news for the newspapers and
fadio stations of the United States are patriotic citizenR
Svho can be depended upon to avoid mistakes that will
Jbe helpful to the enemy. If there are exceptions, they
Swill be discovered by their employers and eliminated.
Jt will be possible, therefore, to permit a considerable
freedom, appropriate to a democratic nation, with the
fules carefully worked out and understood by all. hen
question of propriety of news is involved, a check must
fee made by an authority that can be easily reached. .
I Heartening this week-was the blunt,' straightforward
Mtory of Pearl Harbor given out by Secretary of the Navy
-Frank Knox. It satisfied the American people, who were
(beginning to grumble about an apparent attempt to make
la secret 01 tnat wnoie situation, an gouuuiug jmoimco,
Jt gave the public a feeling the mistakes would be investi
gated ana not permitted to
want.
9
This City "GroWs Up"
a Ail
EHE livintt in a "erown
orate system of traffic
I . . . a ,
Bld.tiinera trvlne to looK DOtn
the war and all, it's quite a
trust Frank Hamm and his
Spurn.
There are probably. bugs
ill have to be ironed out as
r noma thincs that don't look
raffie encrineers HvinK in
ands of others who trade' and drive in the city. The ex-
Iperta no doubt will discover
thing about it.
There is quite a lot of
pf habits established in the devii-taKe-the-nmdmost era
now at an end. Stop-light running cannot be tolerated
jfor long. It is dangerous and is unfair to those who make
n honest effort to obey the. rules.
Rugged individualists, who are really irked by the
ew era of traffic control, will find the going more to
;heir liking on Pine street,
ilternate routes. If the signal system breaKs up the neea
ess concentration of traffic on Main street, it will have
accomplished an important,
situation. i i
jFres Raging
Ifn Hongkong,
Say Japanese
TOKYO, Wednesday, Dec. 17
iCTJF) (Official Japanese broad
jeasts recorded by United Press)
jA dispatch to the newsoaper
Klchl Nlchi today reported fires
met by "indignant Chinese" were
Iraglng In besieged Hongkong
jind the city was in "utter con
fltuilon." .
k The dispatch said fires were
Spreading in the Victoria center
mni Happy Valley district of
JHongkong. The fires, according
jto Nlchi Nlchi, were set by Chi
nese who were ired by refusal of
jBritlsh authorities to capitulate
(to tba attacking Japanese forces.
i- A Bangkok dispatch said the
United Press and Sydney Herald
Bangkok correspondents were
iarrested Sunday 30 miles from
feangkok while they were "at
Jerapting to flee to the Burma
order."
V The two newspapermen were
returned to Bangkok under
eavy guard and charged with
Spreading malicious propaganda
jagainst the Japanese. .....
f- Japanese authorities claimed
JBith landings in Malaya, Philip
pines, Guam and now British
CSorneo, the Japanese have
fthown they are able to estab
lish footholds at any British'
American defensive - position in
ne pacific area.
Earlier Navy Minister Shlgl-
ro Shimada told a war session
the diet that since" outbreak
the U. S.Iapan war the Jan-
kntse have "sunk three Amerl-
an battleships, one submarine.
n mine sweeper and one large
raniport
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signals that has a lot of us
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ways at once, w nai wuu
strain. But give us time we
boys will do that and we'll
in the traffic system that
experience dictates. There
- risrht to some of the 16,497
Klamath falls and the tnou
these things and do some
stop - light running, the result
Klamath avenue and other
improvement in the. general
Red Cross Lists
Places to Take
Contributions
Contributions to Klamath
Falls' voluntary Red Cross
drive for' war funds will lie
received - at the following
places:
Red Cross Headquarters.
First National Bank. ..
U. S. National Bank.
First Federal Savings and
Loan Association.
Radio Station KFJI
Herald and News.
Chamber of commerce
G-Men Nab Cows
As Saboteurs
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UP)
It wasn't saboteurs who short
circuited high voltage wires con
necting the Bonneville dam
power station in Oregon with
the Columbia power line last
Saturday night.. .
The culprits, the Justice de
partment announced today, were
cows with itchy backs. They
scratched them on guy wires of
poles supporting the lines.
It won't happen again, the G
men said.
THEORY COLLAPSES
CHICAGO W) A friend told
Helen S e n n e any Chicagoan
could experience such a degree
of solitude in busy Wabash ave
nue at the rush hour that she
even could go singing down the
street unnoticed. -'
So,., picking her way across
Madison at Wabash, one of Chi
cago's noisiest intersections, she
began singing "When Irish Eyes
Are Smiling," but - her solo
swelled into a chorus as police
men, cab drivers and pedestrians
joined in.
News
Behi
By BmjlMmlon
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17
Navy Secretary Knox only
hinted at what this government
has discovered about Japanese
fifth column ing when he said it
was more eiticienl than the
worm-burrowing of the naiis.
A Pacific-wide system of un
derground communications by
short wave radio has been de
tected as the basis of J up spy
operations. Small sending sou,
some especially adapted to use in
cellars or ground shelters, are in
daily operation over that half oi
the world, especially along our
coast and in our island posses
sions . . . These reach only to
small fishing boats offshore, but
the fishermen relay the informa
tion to battleships, and the re
ports are then sent to Tokyo.
Cases upon which our agents
are working are not yet ready
for disclosure, but a sample is
turnished by the experiences of
the Chinese in two instances
known to our authorities. When
the Japs seized Hainan, the Chi
nese belatedly, discovered that
an old farmer, 'who spoke only
Chinese and was married to a
Chinese, had been radioing from
a dugout cellar out on his farm,
daily weather and other reports
to the Japs for 20 years. His
family was unaware of his activ
ity. When the Jap forces steamed
in to take over Hainan, local
guides met them in the dark at
remote beaches to lead them by
hidden paths to places of strate
gic importance. They were
ready to shoot before the Chi
nese inhabitants were aware of
being attacked.
TIMING
How well the Japs were in
formed by these means at Pearl
Harbor is illustrated by certain
facts Knox neglected.
Being fully aware of the hab
its of ine dawn air patrol, tney
chose tne precise moment oetore
its return to come in. Tne time
selected also had been set for
the arrival of a fleet of our four
motored bombers from Califor
nia. Thus our men at the listen
ing devices, hearing planes ap
proaching, easily tell into the
error of Delieving they were the
returning patrol or the bombers.
ESCAPE
The inexplicable phase of the
first light even now, is not that
the Jap aircraft carriers could
slink in close enougn under cov
er of peacetime darKness (know
ing the habits of our inadequate
patrols) but that they were able
to escape untouched afterward.
The unvarnished .truth is
simply this: One of our army
planes did pick out one of the
scattering dap planes and at
tempt to follow nim back to spot
the carrier. The Japs, however,
did not-go directly to their land
ing ship, but assembled at a ren
dezvous. The lone army pilot
was unable to pursue such for
midable opposition to its lair,
and so many of our planes (prac
tically all?; had been destroyed
on the ground, he could not get
the help needed to pursue tne
matter beyond the rendezvous
The fast Jap carriers had such
a head start on our surface snips
by that time, we could not over
take them except through the
air. Our Incoming bombers had
to be refueled and refitted for
fighting. No other planes were
available.
OVERDONE
The stories of suicide bomb
ings seem to have been over
done. The Japs came fairly
close to it against the Prince of
Wales and Repulse, but not close
enough to call it suicide. Cap
tain Kelly, our first hero of the
war, who sank the Jap battle
ship, was not trying to commit
suicide. He just did not release
hi bombs in time, and his ship
was caught aloft by the explo
sion of the battleship.
Mr. Knox said the Japs have
used no secret surprise weapons,
but the two-man submarine in
which they actually penetrated
Pearl Harbor was a surprise to
most authorities in Washington.
Talk about such a tiny torpedo
craft had long been heard in
naval circles, but no one except
Mr. Knox and company knew
the idea had gone beyond that.
No critic of government se
crecy will care to say Mr. Knox
did hot come clean in his. re
port. He not only gave the
facts, but he furnished three
pages recounting the exploits of
individual American boys on
that front line. With this kind
of intelligent publicity, the navy
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she always calls on me when she gets stuck with her
home work!"
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Radio Rtctptlon Problem
BONANZA, Ore. (To the
Editor) Through your paper I
wish to point out to the civilian
defense board, Copco and the
radio commission the deplorable
conditions of radio reception In
this community.
Some months ago I presented
a petition to Copco signed by
a large number of residents of
Bonanza protesting the interfer
ence of excess static from trans
mission line and transformer
stations. We wore told they
would ' look into the matter.
Shortly after their investigator
examined the conditions, and
found there was plenty of in
terference. When questioned closely he
admitted that the line was of
old equipment and that it was
the cause of our trouble.
Now I believe I have the sup
port of the majority of our
people when I request that
steps be taken to remedy this
condition. At this time we are
requested to refrain from using
the telephone and our local cit
izens want to keep In close
touch with the defense council
and its requests.
Radio is therefore of supreme
importance to us but last night,
December 13, we were conv
pelled to turn off radios, and
could not get information be
ing broadcast regarding black
out instructions to be carried
out Sunday evening, December
14. We are all patrons of CofH
co service and believe we are
entitled to an immediate rem
edy. We are 100 per cent back
of defense but wc must know
what is required.
When we are faced with re
stricted phone use and practical
ly no radio reception, we are
helpless to do our part.
H. J. TICKNOR.
(Editor's Note: Under air raid
conditions, it is customary to
order radio stations off the air
because of the help they may
be to enemy planes. This is
not the fault of the stations, the
power companies, or anything
else except the war.)
HERE'S AN IDEA
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., (To
the Editor) Buy a bond for de-
wlll have no trouble about en
listments.
Chinese and Filipinos here
abouts have taken special pre
cautions to publicize their iden
tity. Joe Chiang, famed Chinese
correspondent wears a sign say
ing: "Not Japanese, please!" Fili
pino taxicab drivers proclaim on
the windshield: "I am Filipino,
100 per cent for the USA."
Today
and Thursday
No. 1
Ann Shirley
Anne of
Windy
Poplars"
Hit No. 2
William Oargan
J5LE OF
DESTINY"
Shows as usual during blackout
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fense! Put your money in de
fense stamps! The idea is great.
We're all for it. But after all,
the term "defense" is abstract.
Just where does Mr. Jones
S18.73 go? Where does Mary
Smith's 10 cents go? Where w:ll
the money from the dances lor
defense go?
Why not have a drive to raise
money for a bomber from Klam
ath Falls or Klamath county?
Every bond bought over a cer
tain period of time could no to
ward the bomber "Klamath."
Give dances the proceeds will !
help buy our bomber!
Then fly the bomber to our
new airport for christening.
What a day that would be for
Klamath Falls!
Remember Pearl Harbor!
SID L. PETERSEN
OLD GLORY
(Dedicated to the men in the
service)
Old Glory, it's good to see you
fly!
To see you survive as nations
die!
My eyes how they glisten liko
- the dew,
When fluttera unfurled the
red, white and blue!
Each star and each stripe a sigh,
a tear,
As we welded a nation strong
and dear:
Though often we clashed In
rocky glen.
We picked up the flag to go on
again!
We injured ourselves as children
will.
When liberty beckoned far up
hill; Though scorn and derision oft
were ken,
We picked up the flag to go
on againl
Like brothers in blood but not in
heart,
How we bitterly fought to
break apart;
But lured by the souls of dying
men,
We picked up the flag to go
on againl
We saddened our laughter with
world strife,
As lightly we valued human
life;
Though knee-deep we sunk in
marshy fen,
We picked up the flag to go
on again!
Old Glory, your cause is not In
vain,
Though the lessons to learn
may hold their pain;
No tyrant shall drag you to his
den
We'll pick up the flag to go
on againl
Elizabeth Alice Thies
Rods Reals deals
all the best makes The Gun
Stora Puekett and Houston
714 Main.
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NOW PLAYING
JACK 0AKIE
George MURPHY
LINDA DARNELL
Walter BRENNAN
MILTON BERLE
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Defense
Bond
Quix
Q. How does the government
feel about people who redeem
their defense savings bonds?
A. If the circumstances make
It necessary for people to draw
on the savings represented by
the money they have loaned to
the government for national de
Cense, that is their privilege in
the purely voluntary defense
savings effort, but of course you
can't spend your bond and have
It too.
Q. May the owner of a defense
savings bond tell It or give It
away?
A. No. Defense savings bonds
are not transferable. Owners are
permittod to redeem them prior
to maturity In case they want or
need to do so.
Note To buy defenso bonds
and stamps, go to the nearest
postofflce, bank, or savings and
loan association: or write to the
Treasurer of the United States,
Washington. D. C. Also stamps
are now on sale at retail stores.
Three days moro of school and
Kin lath county children are
concentrating largely on Christ
mas programs before trjelr re
lcme Friday for a vacation that
will last through Decemner 28th.
New excitement has been
added this year, as several coun
ty schools have changed from
traditional evening programs to
afternoon to avoid possible
blackouts.
Christmas programs on ched
ule are: December 17. Shasta
primary, Altamont junior high.
Sprague River and Bonanza. De
cember 18, Bly, Keno, Shasta
Intermediate, Summers, Henley.
Merrill and Malln. December
19, Weyerhaeuser Camp, Fort
Klamath nd Algoma. December
20, Modoc Point. Chlloquln
school Is having room programs,
and joining all other organiza
tions for a community program
sponsored by the churches and
PTA.
Former Sailor
Vows to Avenge
Old Ship Buddies
SAN FRANCISCO,' Dec. 17
UP) Vowing to avenge his for
mer buddies on the sunken de
stroyer Downes, ."Jack" Leo
Stapleton, 22, formerly of Port
land, Ore., was back in the navy
today.
"1 should have been at that
forward S-inch gun when the
Japs came over," he said. "That
was my station, and my second
station was a machine gun."
Stapleton finished his enlist
ment in February, 1940, and
was working In an auto supply
firm's shipping department
when he learned his old ship
had been stink.
Accepted for rcenllstmcnt
yesterday, Stapleton said his
wife would live with his family
in Portland.
HE'S OUARDHOUSE-PROOFI
WICHITA FALLS, Tex. OP)
Maj. Glenn C. Thompson, depot
supply officer, was certain he
had the army's personnel ex
perts stumped when he wanted
a safe cracked.
Officers thumbed through
classification lists and dis
patched Pvt. Dana T. Mudd to
the scene. He twiddled the dials
a while and the big safe door
swung open.
Private Mudd is a locksmith.
OBITUARY
PETER ENAR FRYXELL
Peter Enar Fryxell, for many
years a resident of Klamath
county, passed away at his late
residence In this city on Tues
day, December 16. Deceased was
a native of Tolsby, Sweden, and
was aged 80 years five months
and 13 days when called. The
remains rest In Waid's Klamath
funeral home. Notice of the fu
neral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
OFFICERS FOR
BLACKOUTS IN
BLY SELECTED
BLY On Saturday evening,
December 13, Jack Harrison, de
fense coordinator for the Bly
district, called a meeting of citi
zens to get organized and make
plans for carrying out precau
tionary blackout measures and
civil defense work.
Those appointed to be respon
sible for various specified tasks
were Fred Stone, CCC camp;
Clark Abott, light and power;
T. E. Shea, water; R. E. Detrich,
first aid; Leo Moll, fire: Hubert
Pound, Jeff Causble, Joe Harris,
Norman Bannister, Carl Dearlng,
Joe Mllllgan and Leonard Dyer,
wardens; Willis Panke, general
traffic and polled, Ernia Car
stan.i, telnphone, Jim Fltzgarald,
telegraph. The CCC ramp will
be headquarters for the radio
transnilttur and doctor.
Klamath Indians
Hold Election for
Business Committee
The Klamath Indians held an
election on Tuesday, December
18, for members of the trlbol
business committee. Members
elected will hold office for two
years starting January 1 and
will hold meetings four times a
year to discuss business of the
tribe.
The election was held In Chll
oquln and Bcatty by secret bal
lot. Those eight elected are as fol
lows: Dice Craln, 141 votes:
Jnmrs Johnson, 115; Lea Corbel!
104; Syldan Cruma, 111; Wernlo
Foster, 02; Tom Long, 62; Joseph
S -Ball, 87, and Boyd J. Jack
son, 85.
Bly
BLY Mills In the Bly district
are now working two six-hour
shifts.
Harold Crane spent a few days
of last week In San Francisco on
business.
Lem Houston who has been
In charge of a camp at Drews
Creek moved the comp to Bly
lust week. Ma directed about 40
CCC boys doing road work since
last April.
Mrs. Ward and family mt
the weekend In Ashland. Her
mother, Mrs. Holms, became HI
while visiting here and wished
to be near her doctor.
Mrs. John Bceler Is In Port
land. Becler will drive up there
i when she is ready to return to
Bly.
Aaron Hoffman Is in Lakavlew
with some CCC boys building a
ski slide.
Mr. Hnrboson remained away
from his work at the CCC camp
for several days last week duo to
lllnes of his wife.
E. X. Kendall is in Ashland
confined to his bed with an In
fected knee.
Art Estgate and family moved
to Klamath Falls on Monday.
He has been working In the meat
deportment at the Sycan store
the past year and Is being re
placed by Mr. Mondenhall, form
erly of the Sycan store at Beatty.
Bob Poteet and family are liv
ing in Bly again. Bob will be
on his former job at the Sycan
store. He was employed at the
Beatty store before It burned
down.
Alyce Boyd Is spending a few
days In Portland with her hus
band. The beauty shop Is open
and making appointments upon
her return.
Cards were received by sev
eral people In Bly from Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Coke announcing the
birth of a baby boy at Medford
on December 6.
Shirts that are Different
nowar Styles lower Prlcts
Broadcloths Silks Oabar
dlnas Frt Xmas Wrapping.
The Gun Stora 714 Main.
PLAYS TOO AY
TWO COMEDY
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Gems of
Thou (j lit
enduiuno Treasures
How much better Is It to fl
wisdom than gold! And to gel
understanding rather to be cho
sen than allvrr! Prov. 18:18.
By wisdom wealth Is won; but
riches purchased wisdom yet for
none. Bayard Taylor.
Salf-forgetfulneas, purity, end
love are treasures untold con
stant prayers, prophecies, and
anointings Mary Baker Eddy,
Therefore, come what may,
hold fast to love. Though men
should rend your heart, let than
not embitter or harden It. T.
W. Robertson.
There never did, snd never
will exlat anything permanently
noble and excellent In the char
acter which Is a strangor to the
exercise of resolute self-denial.
Walter Scott.
What thon remains? Couraga.
and patience, and simplicity, ana
kindness, and last of all, Idaas
rcmnln;sthn are the things to
lay hold of and live with. A. C.
Benson.
Christian Science
"God the Preserver of Man"
was the subject of tha Lesson
Sermon In all Churches of
Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, De
cember 14.
The Golden Text was. "With
hold not thou thy lender mercies
from me, O Lord; let thy loving
kindness and thy truth continu
ally preservo me" (Ps. 40; 11).
Among tha citations which
comprised the Leuon-Scrmon
was the following from the Bi
ble: "God that made the world
and all things therein, seeing
that he Is Lord of heaven and
earth, dwelleth not In temples
made with hands: neither I wor
shipped with men's hands, as
though he needed any thing, see
ing he glveth to all Ufa, and
breath, and all things. For In
him we live, and move, and have
our being, as certain also of
your own poets have said, 'For
we are also his offspring' " (Aoti
17:24, 2S, 28.)
The Lesson-Sermon aluo In
eluded the following correlative
passages from the Christian Sci
ence textbook. "Sclenco and
Health with Key lo the Scrip
tures" by Mary Baker Eddyl
"The Spiritual mnn's conscious
ness and Individuality are reflec
tions of God. They are the em
anations of Him who la Life,
Truth and Love .' . . God, the
divine Principle of man. and
man In God's likenms are Insep
arable, harmonious and eternal.
God and man are not the name,
but In the order of dlvlna Sci
ence. God and mnn coexist and
are eternal" (p. 3.18 )
Courthouse Records
TUESDAY
Justlc Court
Donald Joseph Wilson, drunk
on a public highway. Fined 110
or five days. Commlted to coun
ty jail.
George Dumore, drunk on
public highway. Fined 10 or
five days. Commlted to county
jail.
Floyd Leroy Joiner, violation
ot basic rule. Fined SIS.
John Kandra, unlawful ule
of liquor. Released on $100 ball.
Orville Sutton, i nlawful tola
of liquor. Ball set for (100.
Marriage Licenses
LAFLEUR JONES. John Oil
bert Lafleur, 27, Klamath Falls,
mill worker, native of Wiscon
sin. Marjorl E. Jones, 29, Klam
ath Falls, office assistant, native
of Kansas.
STILL A RECORD
AURORA, Neb. OP) J. A.
Isoman, a Sunday school teach
er, still has his unbroken at.
tendance record, Ihunks to
cooperative class. '
I s a m a n came to his class
every Sunday for more than 21
years, so when he became ill
and couldn't leave his bed, tha
class came to him.
Read the Classified page.
and Til LltSDAY
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