THE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
December 18, 194
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Reducing Distance and Time
LITTLE by little the distance to northern points from
Klamath Falls grows shorter.
Earl Reynolds, secretary of the chamber of commerce,
received word this week that state highway surveys show
1.05 miles will be cut from the length of The Dalles-California
highway when the new contract just north of
Klamath Falls is finished. , .4 , . u
This contract extends from Terminal City (just be
yond Pelican City) across, Wocus flat to the Algoma hill.
The work is now well underway.
Next In line for construction north of town is the
stretch from Algoma to Barclay Springs. This work will
cut another 1.8 miles from the highway distance. No
contracts have as yet been let for this work.
In both cases, the actual mileage reduction fails to
tell the whole story. The construction eliminates many
curves and the time saving will be more impressive than
the saving in distance. , . , , . . ,,
' ' Just what will happen to highway work during the
war period is not certain at this time. Curtailment is
expected on many projects. But continued improvement
of The Dalles-California highway might be considered as
a military improvement
A Continuous Alert
T HE first stage of war excitement is passing. People
who couldn't eaU( it's a fact that local restaurants
had a "bad day December 8) are eating again. The af
fairs of everyday life are getting a share of attention
once more. Most people are sleeping better.
" This is all to the good, provided it does not mean
the beginning of a period of detachment and false se
curity in individual and . .community relationships with
the war situation. " ; , .
; Defense preparations that were started on December
8 are worth continuing and developing if they were worth
starting. If it was smart to be alert to danger on De
cember -8, it 4s smart to be.alert today. We woke up to
Hiinatmn f a lnt nf thmtrs on that Monday after
-war broke out things that are. vastly important, and
must not be treated indifferently until the last shot is fired
Jn this war.i -
' :- People thought of the possibility of sabotage, of dam
age to transportation facilities or industries that can oe
lielpful in the war effort. Immediately, protective steps
' were taken. The wreckers did not strike but that does
hot mean they will not strike.. Their opportunity will
come if those protective measures are relaxed through
false security and carelessness.
s We have had a practice blackout, and we' got a scare
when there was a report that enemy planes were over
San Francisco. People are beginning to think that after
all, there was no real danger, and that the whole thing
was just hysteria. That, again, is a dangerous line to
take, for it -leads to relaxed nrecautions that will give
the enemy If he chooses to strikeall the advantage of
surprise, ground guides and unprepared opposition.
.'' It is difficult to maintain a continuous alert. But if
;w are intelligent, we. will do just that. We can hope
that the destructive force of war stays far away; but we
'know that it can come close and we must be prepared
;ir it ' "
p V At War With Hitler
tVFS, we are at war with Hitler, formally and to the
' finish. It came on so gradually that the mechanics
!of the declarations by both sides were received without
'atartlement or an upsweep of feeling in the United States.
:!n fact we had been in the war long before it was de
clared. The formality made very little difference, and
.'perhaps because Hitler is busy right now with the stout
hearted Russians, there have been no notable contacts
at yt. Those have all been in the Pacific with the slant
'eyerl little yellow men, who are Hitler's allies.
'. Most Americans, or at least those on the Pacific coast,
'are to concerned with the war in the Pacific they give
little thought to the fact this country is really at war on
two fronts. There has been an ominous quiet in the bat
tle of the Atlantic; something is likely to break loose
there at any time. The Germans reputedly have an aug
mented submarine fleet ready for action, and unless they
are completely distracted by the reverses in Russia and
Libya, they must be planning some devilment on and
under the sea of the kind at which they are so proficient.
Then there are the possibilities of a sudden plunge across
the channel at England, or an assault upon Turkey.
: The chances are that we will soon get a more defi
nite realization of what it means to be at war with Hitler.
And we pray the shrewd fanatic will get a definitely un
pleasant realization of what it means to bo at war with us.
Boats Drift Too
Near Naval Post
- ASTORIA, Dee. 18 (UP)
Three Columbia river fishing
bests were chased away- by
machine gun fire when they
drifted too near the Tongue
Point naval air station grounds,
fishermen reported today.
Bullet hit some distance from
the boats. They were In a zone
recently closed to unauthorized
boats.
V FIRST LOCOMOTIVE
'"Richard ThrevHhlck, en Eng
lishmen, designed and built the
first locomotive to run on rails,
tn 1804, he demonstrated hit ma
chine's ability to haul heavily
laden ore cars several miles.
IJttoa
and BUMjoa Oouttat
Sitka Evacuees
Reach Seattle
SEATTLE, Dec. 18 W) A
ship bearing 36 women and chil
dren hastily evacuated from
Sitka, Alaska, site of a U. S.
naval lase, arrived here yester
day without advance notice.
Passengers said they had only
12 hours notice in which to pre
pare to leave and that the boat
was blacked out on the entire
voyage south.
One of the most important
tests conducted to aid airport
construction is that required to
determine the kind of surfacing
demanded by s particular soil to
withstand the load of the heavi
est type of modern plane in all
kinds of weather."
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 Ad
vance warnings to worker
and housewife that war-life be
hind the lines will be different
this time are beginning to be
realized. You will see the change
within 60 days
It is true those old meatless
days, motorless Sundays, one
lump of sugar, weaker coffee are
not in prospect now. A shortage
of ships may cause some eventual
deficiencies in sugar and coffee,
but not soon. Meats, vegetables,
cigarettes will be plentiful, al
though higher in price. Canned
goods will be available (defense
regime has already allotted suf
ficient precious tin for that pur
pose). Tea, pepper, tapioca and
possibly soap will be scarce.
By Bmjl Hallon SP
In general you can count onjwhich wil1 Produce more reve
getting sufficient food, clothing
and services. Shortage in domes
tic wool goods will be made up
by British importations and by
cotton textiles. Synthetic silk
goods do not yet seem ready to
do the same job as silk at the
same price, but they will be
available.
As this is a mechanical war,
the main privations of the people
will be centered in mechanical
lines. High-test gas will be de
nied to motorists, and saved for
planes. Plenty of straight gas
will be available. New autos will
not be manufactured. Used cars
will soar in price. (Perhaps one
auto concern will be allowed to
turn out 5000 cars or so a year).
We had about a ten months
supply of tin when the war
started, and have arranged for
more from Bolivia. But the use
of tin containers for oil. beer
and such consumer goods will
be stopped. Wooden, plastic and
glass containers will be favored
(despite the opposition of big oil
companies). Rubber tires will not
be available. Synthetic rubber
will eventually be furnished as a
substitute. It wears better, but
costs much more. Out of our lives
will go new radios, typewriters,
vacuum cleaners, washing ma-
chines, housing facilities. Lim
ited will be the supplies of furni
ture, furnaces. Prices will con
tinue to rise. Rents will be put
under control
In short the consumer will suf
fer in every line which demands
metals or raw materials from the
Far East.
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HITTING OUR STRIDE
This country just hit Its real
defense production gait as the
Japs struck at us. By New Year's
day we will have spent about
$20,000,000,000 on defense arm
aments (half the national debt
we were worried about). Three-
fourths of this represents defense
armaments actually produced.
(the rest being administrative ex
penses, etc.)
But our stride will widen in
creasingly from now on. Our old
program calls for $32,000,000,-
000 next year, $40,000,000,000
the year following. For the three
years this represents roughly a
$80,000,000,000 effort.
The billion dollar figure has
been used so loosely in thct last
few years it has lost its im'prog
siveness, but you can get a bare
suggestion of what it means by
recalling that this figure equals
what every man, woman and
child earned in the U. S. this
year.
UP IT GOES
But this old program Is to be
extended. The figure of $150,
000,000,000 Is being freely used
w. o.
to spank me for being sassy,
back to me you say that's just
old Jones spirit!"
as a goal. That represents a hope
still on the astronomical side, but
the defense economists can see
where $130,000,000,000 could be
spent by the end of 1043. They
are measuring available labor,
plant expansions, full possible
utilization of resources.
Such an expenditure would
lift our" national income from
$92,000,000,000 this year to
about $125,000,000,000 for 1943.
This is nearly $1000 average for
every man, woman and child in
the country.
NO WORRY NOW
No one here is being deterred
by any thought of difficulty in
raising Jihese unprecedented sums
of money or of paying the in
terest on the increased debt
later. We are moving into an
ever rising new plane of income,
debt, expenditures. The swelling
national income represents an
expanding reservoir, from which
the treasury may siphon greatly
increased sums in taxes and bond
Issues to pay for its bigger ex
penditures. As for servicing the post-war
debt burden, the economists
foresee a much higher peacetime
plane of business for the future
nue for government: Opening of
foreign markets, after victory,
coupled with the deferred de
mand for the autos and vacuum
cleaners you cannot buy now,
should be enough to preserve
balance.
The current prica inflationary
trend is bound to continue. No
one knows how far it will be per
mitted to go. But this, too, may
prove to be a factor that may be
useful in handling the debt later.
War Deals Blow
To Columbia
Fishing Trade
ASTORIA, Ore., Dec. 18 VP)
Wartime restrictions dealt a
heavy blow today to fishermen,
accustomed to rich haulj at the
mouth of the Columbia river.
Fishing was banned in two
zones. one surrounding the Ton-
gue Point naval air station, the
other including all of the river
west of a line running from the
Point Adams coast guard station
on tne Oregon side to McGowan
"".'" "sningion siae,
The latter area has long been
one of the best lower-river fish
ing grounds.
Boat travel in both zones was
restricted in the order issued by
Lieut.-Commandcr M. P. Jensen,
coast guard port captain, In the
zones craft may not move or
anchor at night and may. anchor
in the daytime only for Inspec
tion. They must not loiter in
the Tongue Point area and must
keep well away from the station.
Other regulations require that
inbound fishing boats receive
instructions from the coast guard
at Buoy 14 and that outbound
boats receive instructions and
authority from the coast guard.
Vessels may not enter or leave
the Columbia from sunset to sun
rise. Courthouse Records
WEDNESDAY
Complaints Filed
Anna C. Martin versus Lois
E. Burriss, et al. Suit to quiet
title. F. B. Chase, attorney for
plaintiff.
Stato Unemployment Com
pensation commission versus
Arthur L. Lundgren. Plaintiff
asks judgment against defendant
in sum of $134.22, together with
interest at rate of 6 percent per
annum of $128.53. W. H. Dash
ney, attorney for plaintiff.
Justice Court
Donald Buck, unlawful sale
of liquor. $150 cash bond filed.
By the middle of 1943, war
and navy department heads ore.
diet airplane engines totaling 12,-
duu.uuu norsepower will be pro
duced each month.
INDUSTRY AND
LABDRTOLD TO
GET TOGETHER
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UP)
President Roosevelt yesterday
told labor and industry to get to
gether on voluntary program
to prevent defense strikes or
other work stoppages and, If
possible, to hand him a unani
mous agreement to that effect
by tomorrow night.
War production must continue
unbroken, he declared.
He met with 13 Industry repre
sentatives and an equal number
of labor leaders who convened
at his call to formulute, with
two presidential moderators, a
voluntary agreement for unin
terrupted production.
Place Time Limit
Reminding them "we haven't
won the war by a long shot," Mr.
Roosevelt said he expected the
conferees to help "Just as much
as If you were in uniform."
He suggested they place a time
limit on their speeches and work
toward the goal of "a unani
mous agreement by tomorrow
night, Thursday, or at the latest
Friday night," in order to
achieve "speed, and more speed"
In war production.
Speed is "of the esaence. Just
as much in turning out things
in plants as it is among the
fighting forces," he said.
"Two weeks ngo, I suppose
the average American felt either
that we wouldn't get Into the
war or, that if we did, we would
mop up, if It came to war in
the Pacific, in very short order.
"Real Danger"
"Of course, as we have begun
to realize now, and realize more
deeply as time goes on, there Is
very real danger to the whole
world, because there is a new
philosophy In the world which
would end for all time . . pri
vate industry and . . trade un
ionism equally.
"It is a real danger. We have
not won the war by a long shot
It is going to go on for a long
lime.
The conference was called by
Mr. Roosevelt last week in the
hope that industry and labor
could get together on a mora
torium against strikes, lockouts
and jurisdictional disputes.
He named as conference mod
erator William H. Davis, chair
man of the national defense med
iation board, and Sen. Elbert D
Thomas, (D-Utah); chairman of
the senate labor committee, as
vice-moderator.
CIO President Philip Murray
previously had suggested the
parley. The CIO, AFL and In
dustry spokesmen gave advance
pledges of cooperation.
"Primary Thing"
While the intiai meeting was
underway the federal maritime
commission revealed all Sea
men's vend Longshoremen's
unions had agreed not to strike
during the war and their leaders
and ship operators had decided
to establish either regional
boards or a national board to
settle labor disputes.
Mr. Roosevelt, emphasized the
"primary thing" is "to keep the
work going."
He- said he was asking a halt
to work stoppages only for dur
ation of the war, and added
that "after this war is won, let's
go back, if we want to, if we
have to, to old Kilkenny."
"And you know what a Kil
kenny fight is," he said. "But
that is something that we can
put aside until that day comes."
"We have to feel that we, all
of us, are subject to a self-imposed
discipline. In other words,
I think you want and I am not
telling you in the sense of an
executive order, or as president
but as an American citizen
that you must reach an agree
ment." RECORD .
During 1939, a total of 23.356
vessels with a total tonnage of
11,993,815 entered the port of
Vancouver, British Columbia.
for an all-timo record.
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ENDS TODAY
Anna Shlrlay
'Anne of Windy Poplars'
- HIT Ho. t -William
oarsan
'Isle of Destiny'
FRIDAY - SATURDAY
Two Big Hits!
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WILLIAM BOYD
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SHORTAGE OF WHEAT
CROP HELD LIKELY
CHICAGO, Dec. 18 P The
United States' first wartime
wheat crop is likely to bo the
smallest in several years, unless
there is a sharp expansion in
acreage seeded In the spring
wheat belt next summer.
This was Indicated by analysis
of private estimates of winter
wheat seeding this fall for har
vest next year. The small crop
is in line with long-range gov
ernmental plans, however, in
view of the record-breaking sup
ply of wheat now available In
this country and virtual stagna
tion of export trade in recent
months.
Two crop experts who made
comprehensive surveys of seed
ing throughout the southwestern
hard wheat territory and In the
Ohio valley soft wheat belt
agreed that the acreage planted
was slightly larger than the gov
ernment allotment had provided
for, despite an unusually wet
fall that prevented much plant
ing. In connection with the re
duced acreage, the advocacy by
Chairman Fulmer (D-S. C.) of
the house agriculture committee
of removal of all restrictions on
production of farm products at
tracted much attention. The
bulk of the nation's wheat acre
age is seeded in the fall. Spring
wheat acreage harvested this
year represented only about 28
per cent of the total and, under
the allotment for 1942 harvest,
spring wheat farmers had intend
ed to cut seedings next year.
Two crop experts estimated
the winter wheat acreage at 41,
205,000 acres compared with
46,271,000 a year ago unci a 10
year average - of 48,057,000.
Farmers actually harvested 40,
316,000 acres last summer for
production of 084,966,000 bush
els, one of the largest crops on
record.
The Moors invented the tam
bourine more than 2000 years
ao.
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CHRISTMAS
PARTY
Saturday
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ON THE STAGE
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Red Cross Lists
Places to Take
Contributions
Contributions to Klamath
Falls' voluntary Red Cross
drive for war funds will be
received at the following
places:
Red Cross Headquarters.
First Nntlonal Bank.
U. S. National Bank.
First Federal Savings and
Loan Association.
Radio Station KFJI
Herald and News.
Chamber of commerce
Union Announces
Wage Increase for
Big Lakes Workers
Announcement of a two and
one-half cent per hour wage
boost fur nearly 300 employes
of the Big Lukes Box company, ',
effective January 1, wos mode i
lolo Wednesday night by Wilbur .
Yeoman, representative of the
Lumber and Sawmill Workers
union (AFL). ;
The increase, Yeoman said,
brings the minimum scale at :
Ulg Lakes to 72 cents per hour,
highest wage scale in the basin
area.
The announcement was made
at the conclusion of negotiations
between the LSW and officials of
tho company, according to the
unionist. Also incorporated In
the agreement were provisions
for a week's vacation with pay,
beginning in 1042, for Big Lakes
employes.
Yeoman said the agreement
came as a rider to an existing
collective bargaining contract
between the box company and
tho LSW,
Trans-oceanic telephone con
versations aro sent through a
"scrambling" machine that
changes the low ond high tones
to opposltcs. At the olhor end,
the speech goes through an "un-
scrambler."
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TAX REFERENDUM
SALEM. Dec. 18 (,r Attor
ney General I. H. Van Wlnkl
held yesterday that referendum
petitions again.it the two-cent pri
packago eigaret tax. puued by
the 1941 leglnlaturr. were in
sufficient because thn nUito Re
tail Grocers' association, spon
sors of the referendum move
ment, failed to detail Its expendi
tures in Its campaign against the
tax.
If Secretary .of State Earl
Snell accepts the ruling, tho tux
would become effective How.
ever, a court fight Is expected.
ENDS TODAY
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Waavar Sraa. and llvlfy
'TUXEDO JUNCTION"
- HIT Ha. I -taa
Oartlla Ole Saran
"ROAD AGENT"
FRIDAY - SATURDAY
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