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March 80, 1942
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LInsy C.
rE memory of Linsy C. Sisemore will live on in the
hearts of hundreds who knew him as a gentleman, a
friend, a historian and a father who was like a brother
to his three sons.
For 42 years, Mr. Sisemore lived in Klamath county,
operating a ranch in the Wood River valley. Throughout
that period he carried on an active interest in the affairs
of the community, the stat9 and the nation. He was one
of the county's best-known citizens, and his name was
always synonymous with Integrity, high citizenship and
ojontTcrucuvs euaeavor.
' As he advanced in years, Linsy Sisemore became a
"grand old man" to the hundreds who knew him. He had
a; remarkable memory for events of the early days, and
he became an authority on the history of southern uregon.
Not only did Mr. Sisemore remember in full detail the
thinsrs that happened in the long ago, but he could tell
of them with a sense of humor and of human interest that
made him a fascinating conversationalist. Linsy Sise
more's memoirs would have been a remarkable volume
f pioneer lore,
i It is each man's privilege, if he will, to contribute to
tlia welfare and the progress of his community, and to
the happiness of those with whom he associates. Linsy
Sisemore did all of this in full measure. He would not
want us to say that Klamath county owes him a debt of
any kind. But if there is a
to his community, Mr. Sisemore discharged that obliga
tion completely. He has now
ones.
More Than a Ship
. ' (Christian Science Monitor)
Americans can do it!
Thafs what half a world had been shouting.
"And the rest of the world had been whispering it.
Those who were free shouted it
i Those who had lost their freedom whispered it.
Americans can do itl
i Then the waiting.
- "What are we waiting for, America?
, Still tha waiting. " '
" : "If s later than you think, Americans 1"
- It was. w '.
j In fact, it was December 7.
'And then silence.
' And atUI the waiting.
"Shipmente to Russia smaller than promised."'
"Air power key to Jap victories."
! '?Wheres the Navy?"
But America could do It
.Wasnt that what they all said.
America could . . . ?
. "Planes promised."
"Billions appropriated."
"By this time next year "
But down over the steppingstones of the Pacific tur
jjrld streams from Nippon trickled, tumbled, poured.
"Too little . . . too late."
Even America?
Then a creaking and a groaning.
The blunt impact of battering ram on wedge.
They are "driving her up," up onto the ways.
Thirty-five thousand tons of her.
Thirty-five thousand tons of fizht
Thirty-five thousand tons of "America can do it."
Multiply it by nine months.
Because, nine months ahead of time, the "Alabama"
lid down the ways to water.
Nine months that could have been used up by strikes.
Nine months that could have been argued away, over
contracts.
. . Nine months that could have been eaten up by spread
ing the effort a little thinner, making more work for more
men, for longer. ;
Nine months of "time to spare" that could have been
consumed without getting one minute behind schedule.
"It's only one ship."
But it's the America we've been waiting for.
"We'll have to have more ships than that"
But this way is the way we can get them.
This is the way we can get planes.
This is the way we can get tanks.
' This is the way we can get victory.
This is the way we can win peace.
Pilot Found Paddling Home
From Crash in Channel
LONDON March 20 VP)
On Friday, the 13th, RAF Squad
ron Leader J. C. Carver, whose
Bpinirt was damaged In a dog-
fijrhl at 1S.000 foot raHlrwwl hi.
mates, "now I'm in a Jam," and
pioppea inio ine sea near the
channel Islands.
At S a. m. Monday a destroyer
iouna nun DODDing cneeriiy
long In tiny rubber boat on
the pitching channel, alternate
ly singing about mother's apple
pie and blowing on a little tin
whistle.
The air ministry news service
old the story of the cruise in
which the 26-year-old pilot not
only was captain and crew, but
also navigator, propeller and
hip's orchestra.
"What the devil did you pick
me up for? rm OK. I've got my
course set for Portland Bill,"
Carver told his rescuers, men
tioning a point of land Jutting
titter
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debt which each man owes
left us with pleasant mem-
out from the English south coast.
"I'd have been there by day.
light anyway."
The destroyer's navigator
checked up. Carver was on his
course, SB miles from his desti
nation. Since last Friday he had drift
ed up and down the channel with
each successive tide. But, stead
ily paddling with his hands, he
had made 40 miles in a straight
line.
He had a chocolate ration for
food, a bottle of water and he
found the tin whistle in his
pocket.
"I whistled," he related, "and
I sang. I sang a song about
mother's apple pie because I got
rather tired of chocolate."
" One Pulitzer tirize of S3000 l
awarded for the best book of
the vear about thu hlatarv nt th
United States.
ay JAUL f JAL LON
WASHINGTON, March 20
" TU. I 4 -
xoiu uvji ui ma news irom
the Jap war front has been lost
In scattered communiques.
i is true our navy has not
done much with the main Jap
battlefleet. It has not even
been seen since the war started.
The Japs are keeping their bis
capital ships out of their south
Pacific campaign in fear of our
flying fortresses and submar
ines. Big battle wagons do not
even carry depth bombs for de
fense against subs. As they
cannot be maneuvered swiftly
they must rely on destroyers for
sub protection, and upon air
craft carriers for protection
against planes.
But day by day in every wav.
our navy and army have been
pecking away mainly at the in
dispensable, but unspectacular,
phase of the Jap attack the
transport, supply and tanker
ships, and their convoy protec
tion. Up to Wednesday night the
United Nations had put out of
action nearly one-fourth of Tok
yo's estimated supply wagons of
the sea, without which their ad
vance cannot be maintained or
their conquests held, and 44 of
the cruisers protecting them
(out of a total estimated
strength of 56 Jap cruisers.)
SCOREBOARD
The scoreboard in this supply
shipping here shows: sunk 110
(including 7 by the Australians);
damaged 54 (including IS by tne
Australians); total put out of ac
tion 164.
Jap merchant marine strength
was estimated at 898 ships for
this type of service on the eve
of the war, counting everything
above 2000 tons. . Of these 717
were freighters, 132 combined
passenger and cargo ships, and
49 tankers. But 162 were under
3000 tons and could not be used
for the farflung service of this
attack. So 736 is a fair estimate
of what the Japs could use and
164 is about 22.3 per cent of
this, now counted as out of ac
tion. '
This pinch of ships is import
ant furthermore, because the
Japs cannot produce them as we
can. Her merchant shipbuild
ing capacity is limited to 300,000
to 400,000 gross tons a year
while we expect to build 6.000,
000 gross tons this year and 10,-
000,000 next.
Furthermore her lifeline must
not only supply the Jap armies
in the scattered islands of Ocean
ia, Malaya, the Philippines, In-do-China
and Java, but also
their main army in China. Their
supply line from Tokyo to Port
Darwin, Australia would run ap
proximately 2800 miles long.
The farther they go the more
supply ships they will need to
sustain themselves.
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TOLL MOUNTS
Even with the main Jap fleet
hiding at home, the toll of fight
ing ships is beginning to mount.
United Nations claim -to have put
out of action four stray battle
ships of an estimated 18 (it may
be more) in the Jap fleet. Only
two were sunk, two damaged.
Jap loss in aircraft carriers
has run higher than you would
think, with half her estimated
strength put out of action (three
sunk, two damaged.)
Cruisers and destroyers are
types she must have to protect
her supply convoys. We claim
17 cruisers sunk, 27 damaged, or
a total of 44 out of action. (She
is reputed to have only 56, but
she probably has more.) Of her
estimated strength of 136 de
stroyers, 22 are claimed sunk,
12 damaged, or a total of 34.
In submarines, her losses have
been light, 10 sunk and two
damaged out of estimated
strength of 78. Sub-losses, how
ever, are difficult to calculate
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You'll Be Sorry
If You Miss It!
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"You'll Lfke this place, Tom thev still leave their sugar
bowl on the tnDlc."
accurately, and no doubt
has lost more than claimed.
she
NOT TOO BAD
When you add it all up, the
uiMiiiu st-ioacK we suuered in
the Java sea (loss of 12 fighting
ships of the United Nations
without compensating compara
tive damage to tho 'Jap navy) ap
pears less discouraging. Un
doubtedly this was the greatest
loss our side ever suffered actu
ally fighting on the high seas
under any flag in any war, if
measured in United Nations
losses against enemy losses. Ap
parently the Dutch commander
exposed his joint fleet north of
Java without an avenue of es
cape. Details are lacking.
But the navy now believes it
has sunk 88 Jap vessels of all
classes since the war began, the
army 19, the Dutch 61, Austral
ians seven 17S sent to the bot
tom. The navy claims to have
damaged 27 more of all classes.
the army 21, the Dutch 30. the
Australians 1593 more out of
commission. This makes a
grand total of 268 ships that
have been put out of action.
The scorecard does not com
pare sharply with Admiral Shi
mada's claim that 'the United
Nations have lost seven battle
ships, two aircraft carriers, 12
cruisers, 22 destroyers, 44 sub
marines (whoop!) and 42 other
warships sunk (mosquito boats?)
and four battleships and 72 oth
er warships damaged (canoes?.)
He told his diet 128 merchant
ships had been sunk and 92
damaged an overall total claim
of 425 ships which seems to be
far more than the United Na
tions had in that part of the
world. Maybe he sank some of
his own.
Lifer Returned rc
Oregon Pen 22
Years After Escape
SALEM, March 20 UP)
Twenty-two years after his es
cape from the Oregon state peni
tentiary, where he was serving
a life term for murder, Ralph
Turpin, alias Robert Jordan, will
be returned to serve the rest of
his sentence, Prison Warden
George Alexander announced.
Turpin was convicted of the
murder in Josephine county of
William McAllister, and he en
tered prison Sept. 13, 1917. He
soon was made a trusty at the
prison farm, and escaped in
1920.
When it takes to its wings, the
navy's 140,000-pound flying
boat will be the largest flying
ship in the world. It has a wing-
spread of zoo feet, its 117-foot
hull has two decks, and it can
carry enough fuel to fly It non
stop -cross the .Atlantic and
back.
r funniest
THE NEXT BIG PICTURE
SPENCE is crazy about KATE I
rsatvfeuf $h's
WOMAN
m) A GEORGE
yy
IT SET SPEED
SALEM, March 20 (UP The
state highway commission has
no authority to fix a blanket
speed limit of 40 miles an hour
in compliance with President
Roosevelt's request to all stqte
governors, J. M. Devers, coin
mission attorney, said Wednes
day in an opinion for the com
mission.' Only the legislature has au
thority to do that, Devers said,
and the next legislature docs not
meet until January.
The commission will meet In
Portland tomorrow, and prob
ably will consider the matter at
that time.
The 1941 legislature boosted
the speed limit from 45 to 55
miles an hour, but gave the com
mission power to fix either high
er or lower limits on sections
where desirable.
But, Devers said, the commis
sion does not have authority to
change the maximum limit on a
statewide basis.
Courthousn Records
THURSDAY
Dismissal
State of Oregon versus War
ren "lunt. Suit to collect contri
bution dismissed on motion of
plaintiff. C. T. Terrll. attorney
for plaintiff. D. E. Van Vactor,
attorney for defendant.
Complaint Filed
Robert Gourley versus Cali
fornia Oregon Power company
et al. Suit to collect $629.24
damages. A. C. Yaden, attorney
to plaintiff.
Marriage Applications
LINVILLE-DEPUY. Everett
J. L 1 n v i 1 1 e, 21, truck driver.
Resident of Klamath Falls, na
tive of Oregon. Maxine Faye De-
puy, 20, cashier. Resident of
Klamath Falls, native of Oregon
Justice Court
David Harold Cox. No warn
ing device. Fined $7.
William Terrence Foley. No
operator's license. Fined $5.50.
Porfirio Lope Nabor, One
head light. Fined S5.50.
Benjamin H. Hill. No operat
or's license. Fined S5.50.
Raymond Harold DeGagne.
Void foreign license. Fined
$5.50, suspended.
Lorenzo Woodrow Sampson
No operator's license. Fined
$5.50.
Frank Asbcry Biles. Axle
overload. Fined $10.
A tough new armor plate only
one-quarter of an Inch thick
which turns off 30-caliber mach
ine gun bullets withqut a dent
Is' one of America's newest con
tributions to the safety of crews
of its combat airplanes.
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OETIIEHfEAtt
STEVENS PRODUCTION
one) flroratest roM I I I S
ih FAY BAINTER REGINALD OWEN
Telling
The Editor
lotion printad two muat not bo mora
than aoa worda in lanith, muat bo writ
Ian lacibl, on 0N HOB ot tho panar
fttr, and muat bo algnad. Oontrlbullono
followtnj Ihoao rulao, aro warmly wafc
oomo.
REPLY TO COOPER
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., (To
the Editor) The article ap
pearing In your paper on March
11th, ontltled "Labor and War,'
by John Cooper was one of tha
finest pieces of anti-labor propa
ganda that I have read for soma
time, and there Is no doubt In
my mind that tho Honorable
Mr. Cooper thought It was so
good that he has already sent a
copy to our congressman in
Washington.
It so happens that I have been
working on the Title Lake Sump
project since last Nov. as a car
penter and can give soma true
facts about the working
conditions. We nover had any
troublo with the contractor and
he treats us fine; but the
weather conditions and rouds
were very bad. Therefor the
Job was at a standstill for many
days In succession which is no
fault of either the contractor or
the so-called unpatriotic labor.
It appears that the thorn In
the side of Mr. Cooper was the
time and one half for overtime
and Saturdays, that did not come
out of his pocket. Let me show
you how much money a carpen
ter makes on a Job located as
this ono was. If I am fortunate
enough to put In a full week,
that Is 5 eight hour days, I
receive $47.47 and In order to
earn this I hove to drive my car
70 miles a day and 13 of these
miles over a road filled with
rocks and ruts which docs not
do our precious tires any good.
Anyone knows that It costs ap
proximately $10 to drive a cor
350 miles, so that leaves $37.47
and that I actually put in 12
hours a day to work an 8 hour
day. On an average we lose one
day a week, which leaves about
$28.00. I wonder how Mr.
Cooper would like to maintain a
home on that amount. Surely
he does not pay more for his
groceries, lights, etc., than I do.
Now about Joe Willis, who
Cooper stated was a selfish,
hard headed, unpatriotic labor
leader. It may Interest him to
know that Joe Willis Is hired by
a majority vote of each crafts
that he represents, and that he
only carries out tho requests of
each local, therefor Mr. Cooper
Is accusing the majority of the
construction workers in this vi
cinity of being very unpatriotic,
and that does not set so good
witn us. He also stated that
labor should be drafted for the
purpose of winning this war.
If that becomes necessary It will
be through the efforts of Mr.
Cooper and his kind, that spread
anti-labor propaganda.
Another interesting thlna is
that the majority of our armed
forces comes from the ranks of
labor, and when my number
comes up, which will be very
soon, I will be willing and proud
to go wnercver I am needed.
However I would like to go with
the thought in mind that I will
be fighting for my home and
better living conditions for the j
laboring class of people and not '
for the Mr. Cooper's of this coun
try that use war tlmo and anti-.
labor propaganda for their own
personal benefit
Respectfully yours,
KARL H. JOHNSON,
1832 Last Street.
"POP CHASE" MAY RUN
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore. (To
the Editor): I wish to comment
briefly on the coming party pri
mary election, and nominations
for our local officers.
Personally I believe In the
two party system and nomina
tion by parties, but this cannot
be a successful procedure unless
at least a majority of each party
RAINBOW
TODAY
AND
SATURDAY
ALSO
THE RANGE BUSTERS
IN
'THUNDER
RIVER FEUD'
""STHE HONEY OF Wrf
THE "FUNNIES"
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lrVS ,("iHI V&P
"j Willi. Trey'-Otplm Htmi jl
Ooofii Warn h& i4JjJ
should support the candidates
that they shall have nominated.
Locally this his not been done.
For this reason I ahull not par
ticipate In the nomination ot
candidates for the local offices
but I shall use my best efforts
In thn nomination of state and
conurcitstonal candidates of my
party, imd when nominated, I
ahull support them to the limit
of my ability. No, I am not sore
about the last election, and
have a whole lot more regard
for my successful opponent than
I have for soma of tha members
of my party who were so afraid
of their own election that they
wished to trade Mr. Chase off,
all along the line.
It wits not In the cards for me
to bu elected to a third term for
the vary good reason that all
of tlia county court lived in town
or near town, and for the fur
ther reason that I had held the
office for two torms (only two
terms, not six), but there was
no good reason why I should
not havo had a bettor party vole
than I did get: In fact if It
had not been for a few of
my warm personal republican
friends, I would have looked
very sorry. Now, many of my
friends, both republican and
democrat, hive asked ma to try
again this time, and I have not
yet decided whether I will or
will not be a candidate for com
missioner. However, I have defi
nitely decided ' that If I should
run for any office it will not
be as tho candldato of any party.
J his is a poor yeor for rabid
partisanship, but we still need
good sensible, patriotic, unselfish
men to keep tha home fires
burning, and perhaps It would
be a good thing also for tho local
democrats to learn thot they Just
cannot preservo their organisa
tion by voting the other ticket.
It would not be proper for me
to make any further definite
statement in regard to my own
Intentions at this tlmo nor until
after the primary clactlons, how
ever I wish to assure all my
friends thot their desires are
being carefully considered, and
that Pop Chase Is still a political
quantity to be reckoned with.
Respectfully,
WM. F. B. CHASE.
Cost of Living
Rises 10 Per Cent
NEW YORK. Murch 20 UT
The upturn in the cost of living
in the post 12 months is put at
10.6 per cent by the national In
dustrial conference board.
Of 67 cities surveyed through
the country, the board reports
that all showed an increaso in
living costs, with the largest
Jump, 16.2 per cent, noted In
Syracuse, N. Y., and the smal
lest, 7.4 per cent in Newark,
N. J.
The rise In New York was
estimated at 10 nor cent.
SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY ONLY
TWO FEATURES
AND
PDDDI WM a
TODAY and TOMORROW
. TWO REALLY GREAT PICTURES!
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From tha Klamath Republican
March 20, 1(02
Klamath Agency Item: Ray.
Calme failed to hold services
here last Sunday on account of
tha scarcity of oil. (Coal oil for
lighting, presumably,)
A ball will be given at Hous
ton's opera homo to ralae funds
for a ladloa' brass band.
Three hundred pounds of oats
were, stolen from Hov. Hurblt a
granary last woek. It Is certain
ly the lowest type of thief that
will steal from a preacher. It Is
as surprising as would b the
theft from a newspaper.
From the Eranlno Harald
March 11, 1932
City Police Judge Roy Fouch
Biir
was arrested lint night on aa
charge of driving whilo Intoxl-W
cated.
Engineers of the Southern Pa
cific will confer Saturday with
Mayor Cofcr this week on pro
posed plans to remove the center
support haiard on Esplanade
street.
One ot the heaviest spring
rainstorms in years bombardod
tho Klnmath country last night
and today.
Oregon State Will
Buy Bicycles for
Extension Staff
CORVALLIS, March 20 OF)
"Bicycla No. 10, lusued to Dean
Schoenfeld for trip to south
farm." "Bike No. 18 Issued toftk
P. M. Brandt for trip to dairy"
barn."
Such entries as thene on thn
school of agriculture records at
Oregon State college will soon
be a reality, as 23 bUcs have
been ordered through the statu
purchasing agent to be added to
the "car pool."
With diminishing tires and no
new ones promised, the experi
ment station and extension ser
vice staff men will be Issued
bikes Instead of cars for short
official trips to the various ex
perimental tracts and farm
buildings within a few miles of
headquarters.
Looking for Bargains? Turn
to the Classified page.
PELICAN
THEATRE
POPEYE
CLUB
SATURDAY MORNINO
10 O'CLOCK
THE RANGE
BUSTERS
in
"THUNDER
RIVER FEUD"
AND
7th Thrill Picked
Chapter
DICK TRACY VS. CRIME WC.
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Virginia OHmar Jann Carrea'lna Mary Howard
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