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!"", "V PAGE FOUR - " Maujgi.m-i:plev- , A temporary eomblruttoii of the Rvrnlng Duald ftenoon except Bund' t Esplanade and Pin Herald ItiMithfiii Co. and tha Klamath K Bnurad At tecnnd dM matter at tha poe toff ice of Klamath Fall. Ore., on Aur"t to, 1W under net of consrcia, March i, IS79. Member of Tha AuocUted Ptmi Tha Aisoctated Pren fa eicluilvclv entitled to the ute of republication of all bt dlipat4iicriltrtt It or not other tit credited in thia paper, and alio tlia local now puhlUhnl therein. All right- of republication of apedal dUpatchea ara alio wwvw. MKMBER AUDIT BUUKAU OP CIRCl't.ATlON , Represented National! by Weat Holllday Co., Inc. franthcy. New York, Detroit, battle, Ohtcato, Portland, I-oi Ana-flea. St. Tottla, VaioinW B. C. Copies of Tha Heiald and ab'lil tba Klamath Fall market, may r.e oniamra tor me mm"! m nj w um wmw uemrrca oj "W.t.r On. Thi Ona Year1 UAIL RATKS FAYAIUK IS ADVACK 8; Mill III KUmtUi. Ukt, Uodoc uJ Eliklyoo CouMlH Three Monthl . Six Montni Out r What Is Airport Status? THE Klamath municipal airport is in a peculiar status at this time. -. ' , Bought and originally developed by the city, the air port in the past two years has benefited from heavy ex penditures through the civil aeronautics administration, with the army engineers in charge of the construction. Recently, the army notified the city it would take the field over. A contractwas duly drawn and signed by city officials., and forwarded to .the army. Army officials at the tirite indicated some action would be taken imme diately, but several weeks have passed and thus far the city officials have not received the signed contract from the army. . Whether the airport is city-operated or army-operated at this time seems to be uncertain. City officials say they have not been informed definitely as to the army's plan. They .do need to. know, of course, whether the field is their responsibility now, or somebody else's responsibility. We .feel, along with most Klamath people, that the Klamath airport should have ajilace in the defense of the Pacific coast. At the present time, it is helping in the war effort, for it is being used extensively for civilian pilot training under a contract with the government. But Klamath people feel it should play a greater role in the defense 'program, and it is disturbing that action with regard ?tib it is delayed. ' Engelbright Has Opposition NINEf tefms in congress have given Harry Engelbright, of the huge northern California district, a reputation for being practically unbeatable. But in this war year, when politics generally is quiet, Republican Engelbright finds -himself in a tough campaign for the nomination in thef-August primary. What happens is of interest , here, for' Congressman Engelbright is well known in Klam ath, and it is of particular interest to our friends iri the Midland'Empire areas south of the California line. , Counties . in Congressman Engelbright's district are Siskiyou; Modoc, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama, Plumas, Sierra, Nevada, El Dorado, Amador, Inyo, Calveras, Alpine, Tuolumne, Mariposa and Mono. The district covers 51,850 square miles. But , it is somewhat similar to the .second district in Oregon; for while it is big it is not populous. About 220,000 i residents are scattered over the sprawl ing district. , Perhaps thfctmoat formidable candidate to come out against Veteran'Eirgelbright is R. R. Henderson, 39-year-old lumber operator of Lone Pine, Inyo county. Henderson has received, considerable publicity because of his unique campaign; F He is-spending a-lot of money on the vote drive, and it is reported that his lumber truck drivers and other employes have volunteered to help write cam paign letters. . -. TheQther candidates are Frank G. Finnegan, a lawyer of Nevaaa.Cify,: which, is also Engelbright's home, and Gertrud.y,.' Clark, .a prominent clubwoman and veteran campaigner.- She lives at Sutter Creek. Congressman Engelbright, who has often run without opposition, has' some reason to worry this year. Even so, it is conceded ?by , California observers he will be tough to beat. He has taken care of his district for years on a multitude of issues, and he has worked himself into a position of power in Washington, where he is the repub lican whip'. His opponents may undertake to make some thing of the' fact that he voted against some of the ad ministration's war measures before Pearl Harbor. :The rice in. the adjoining district is one of the few lively snots, in a' dull election year. People over here who have enjoyed, cooperation of Congressman Engelbright in various projects of trans-state character will not be displeased if he is reelected, although, of course, making the decision: is strictly a California matter. He Was Hungry, and That Started All ihe Trouble Albert .fay Smith languished in the Klamath county bastlle today, where' he'll continue to rest until 15 days from Wednes day, July.. 29. ., ., AH on account of he was hun gry. He was drunk too, it's said, nod the combination led liim to walk into the home of one Mr. Wonser at 4144 Boardman ave nue one night early this week Slot Machine Drive Held Success SALEiyt, . July ,31 (fl3) Very few slot.jnachines now arc op erating in Oregon,-State Police Superintendent Charles P. Pray said tooayrfc";ci)nitoeitihg ''oh. the results of the drive against the machines which , 'Is being made at the- request of Lieut. Gen. John L. peWitt,., western, defense cdnimander. ' He saidf ' the ' drive would con tinue. Some machines, .he ex plained, might bo placedjn op GET THE MB MtnifilDf Editor wid the KUmith N-, Published wj tru, KUruth Fall, Oregon, by tb Iiibllhln Company News, toxetner wild complete mromauon .mcr in my V" J.S5 - 6.00 and demand that a meal be cooked and served to him post haste, gratis and with coffee. Sugar, too. That combination led Mr. Wonser, according to the tale of justice court officials, to call the gendarmes who led Mr. Smith into safer keeping and a chars ol being drunk In a private place. The charge was good for 15 days. And so Is Mr. Smith. eration again, but Pray said that "If they are, our men will confiscate them wherever we see them. Operators don't need to think this drive is just a brief flurry that will be forgotten." EVERY SATURDAY NITE Mutlt m OREGON . HILL BILLIES News Rfht ja- ii jla (r! THENfi By PaulHvllon WASHINGTON, July 31 The British are really making hash out of German industrial cities one by one, but exper ience on this night bombing front has placed certain definite limitations on what can be done with it. The impatience of certain Am erican observers at the failure to develop these grand aerial as saults faster and -'further, has cast some reflection on British efficiency. It is not that. Tiie British started this super bombing campaign the night of May 30-31, with a thousand plane attack on Cologne. They went back at Essen and the Ruhr with a thousand planes two nights later, but could not dup licate these attacks again for nearly three weeks. They hit Bremen with a thou sand planes on the night of June 25, and then skipped three weeks more before marshaling seven hundred for an attack on Duisburg, July 13-14. Two weeks later they put six hundred over Hamburg cn two successive nights (dropping 175,000 incend iaries and using 4000-ton bombs). Not inefficiency, but insur mountable obstacles of weather and operations forced the long intervals of comparatively quiet nights when only a few squad rons were able to indulge in this new type of warfare. COLLISION LOSSES The British found, for in stance, that their losses from collisions among their own planes were greater than from enemy action, on moonless nights. This meant they could efficiently hurl thousand plane raids at Germany only half of the month, when the moon per mitted, and even in that half of the month only when there were no heavy clouds or rain to ob scure vision. Summer night raiding is fur ther restricted by the fact that only four hours of darkness is to be expected in the latitude of German Industrial cities (which are on the latitude of Labrador). This condition, however, will improve constantly as winter draws near, and eases the com plicated . traffic problems of putting as many as a thousand ships into the air over a single city at different levels and in consecutive attacking squadrons. When you figure that the Germans have hundreds of in dustrial cities spread all through Europe, over a much wider area than the industry of England, and face all other" practical lim itations, you will see fully the difficulty of wiping out Germany by this means. It is easy to talk of mustering the 5000 bombers necessary for sustained super bombing attacks, but quite another thing to get a thousand of them in the air half the time. . There is no question about the damage done when they hit. The British have accurate reports of damage done, these having seep ed out through Switzerland from the accounts of neutral consuls (largely Latin-American) in the German cities which have been attacked, and from travelers and German newspapers reaching neutral ground. No neutral re port is necessary, however. Everyone knows the damage the Germans did in Britain and they never put into the air more than 300 planes at night. ' The nazis leveled Coventry in a few nights, never using a third as many bombers as the British can occasionally put into the air now. ' "SECOND FRONT" Thus while this aerial battle ground, sometimes called the second front (first in this col umn) can be accounted a sub stantial success so far, there are few who believe it will be able to take the place of a second front by land invasion, no mat ter how greatly it is expanded. British losses have averaged slightly less than five per cent, which makes raiding entirely successful from that standpoint, but' It is difficult to believe super-bombing can do more than soften Germany for invasion. The new 4000-lb. bombs, sup posed to destroy an entire city block, were first used expert. mentally at Duisburg, July 13-14, with such success they will be employed on an increasingly . . I- Aleves KITS mm HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON SIDE GLANCES com. iW3 iv mca muter, wc. t. m. wro. u. "Well, let's see you display some of your executive ability by bringing the children under controll $Y ester tluMfs From tha tiles -j 40 yoor li;!:,ogo, end .10 ."SOsiljlijii From the Klamath Republican July 31. 1902 Editorial: There is enough power going to waste here and at Keno to form the backbone of an all-electric railroad system from Sacramento, Calif., to The Dalles, Oregon. . James Jeffries won in the eighth round in his pugilistic encounter with Robert Fitzslm- mons at San Francisco last Fri day. It is reported to have been a hot contest, to the delight of 8000 spectators. The San Fran cisco Examiner, however, claims the fight was a "fake. The principals and others interested, however, assert the fight was fierce and genuine from start to finish. From the Klamath News Jul-.- 31. 1932 Appropriation' of S120.000 for completion of tho Alturas-Malin highway has been made, accord ing to word from Alturas. . Showers were general over this area today. Seed Dotato Droduction will be the largest in history in the countv thi vear. it wax nredlct- ed by County Agent C. A. Hen derson. Pullman Company Reports All-Time High in Transport CHICAGO, July 31 The Pullman company reported today it carried an all-time hlgn in troop movements and tne year's peak in civilian travel during June. The number of soldiers, sail ors and marines transported in organized movements in Pull man cars totaled 563,200 dur ing June and the total for the first six months this year was more than 3,000,000 the com pany said. Civilian, travel in" Pullmans, the company said, is running more than 30 per cent ahead of last year. large scale as the plan of attack expands this fall. Americans participating so far, are not fighting as units. They merely fill in British squadrons. Six or eight partici pated in the first daylight raid on Holland last week and an other similar size group this week helped out in an attack on France. Further Investigation reveals they flew British Boston Douglas bombers only' because the neces sity for coherent squadron maneuvering required them to use ships of the same type as the British. Dealer shortages put new value on used merchandise. Cash in on your "Junk" through a classified ad. Phono 3124. . pat, off. WAR QUIZ 1. The sandstorms of New Mexico gave this division its nickname, the "Sandstorm Di vision," and a cow's skull and Mexican water bottle provide its insignia. In World War II, this division was formed of National Guard units of the Da- kotas, Minnesota and Iowa trained at Camp Claiborne, La What division Is this? 2. Col. Don C. Faith, Infantry, is one officer who won't bark to his troops: "All right, men, let's get In there and fight." Why? 3. What are the sweetest words a soldier hears? . ANSWERS TO WAR QUIZ 1. This is the insignia of the 34th Division. 2. Colonel Faith directs the training of women officers of the W. A. A. C. at Fprt Dcs Moines, Iowa. 3. "Come and get It." What ever the bugler may do with mess call, men in line must wait for the mess sergeant to call the company to a meal with these time-honored, revered words. 1-B' Seven volunteer Klamath county men, classified as 1-B by selective service headquarters will leave here In August for induction into the army, the draft office revealed today. Three board 1 men will leave on the night of August 6 and four board 2 registrants will leave August 10. They will be assigned limited service duties. The men, all volunteers, are: Board 1 DcLap, Loyd Jr., Modesto, calif. Miner, Everett Leroy, Box 1074, Murphey, James Michael, Hart hotel. Board 2 Duffy, Patrick Joseph, Chllo quln. Hood, Charles Bcntrlm, Keno. bmlth, Sylvester Harris, Spra gue River. Bailey, John Paul, 131 South Fourth street. What la tha equation between the planes sent to Russia and those figures in the snow be tween Leningrad and - Moscow? Dean Achcson, assistant secre tary of state. ilil;lhhH"li Always 20c plus tax Today - Tomorrow Heart-Pounding Action! CHAHK CHAN nmn lu (hum ti MA 'M.-- H mm ft Efcl sidneyTwir FARMERS URGED TO TAKE FIRE FIGHTING STEPS 'The best time to slop a fire is beforo It atiirts," said J. R, McCambrldgo, assistant county agent, in painting out to farm ers the pressing need for taking immediate steps toward fire pre vention. He outlined tho part each farmer can play in preventing tragic losses by fire as follows: 1. Remove all hazards such as weeds grqwing next to build' ings and fences, leaves aecitmu lated on roots, and oily rubbish around garages and p u m p houses. 2. Check all electrical wiring to see that there are no uninsu lated wires exposed or loose connections where shorts could develop, 3. Plow a few furrows around grain fields adjacent to grass land, 4. Equip house and barn with fire extinguisher. i 5. Flit two or three old bar rels with water and station them, with buckets, in handy places near buildings. 6. Keep a ladder handy io reach roof fires If noccssary. Cooperation of individual farmers is absolutely necessary, McCambrldge said, In order to ninko effective tho emergency farm lire protection program in this area. Under this project, tile 20 townships In the county have been divided into 18 dis tricts. Each district has a fire chief .assistant fire chief and a crew of from 10 to 15 men, who have volunteered their time and equipment. Their work is di rected and coordinated by Coun ty Fire Warden Marlon Barnes. The volunteer fire chiefs and their districts are Rex High, south Poe Velloy; Don Llskcy, north Poe valley; Glenn Dchl inger, west Stukel: Lewis Kan- dra, Merrill; Clarenco Hard, Old Fort road; Cllve McPherson, Lower Klamath lake; Harry Wll. son, Malln; Harvey Clugston, north Malin; Marlon Barnes, Olcne; Harlan Prough, Hildc- brand; Oscar' Campbell, Langell valley; Cecil Holey, Bonanza; Willis Fearrlen, Swan lake; Mar tin Stoehslcr, Yonna valley; George Lewis, Wocus, Algoma and Shady Pine; Percy Dixon, Henley. County fire warden Is Marlon Barnes. To give emphasis to the need for constant alertness ond pre paredness, McCambrldge cited figures on fire losses compiled by the National Board of Un derwriters. For the five years from 1928 to 1032, tho figures show a loss to American farms of $356,193,770 In buildings, crops, livestock and equipment. these losses, he said. Include only those sustained by under writers, so that If tho figure were Increased by 25 per cent it would still be conservative. Man-Mad Fires The only one of the common causes of fire which can't be prevented by the individual, Mc Cambrldge pointed out, Is light ning, The others overheated chimneys and flues, sparks on roofs, matches and cigarettes, petroleum and its products, stoves, hot ashes, coals and In cendiarism are all innn-madc and can bo man-controlled. "We must remember," Mc Cambrldge said, "that fire fight ing consumes manpower so ur gently needed for war produc tion; fire destroys buildings and equipment difficult if not lm possible to replace;, fire wipes out in a few minutes the results of a lifetime of toil and savings. Ninety per cent of these losses are due to carelessness ond could be prevented. Let's each do our part." PRISCILLA LANE BETTY FIELD RICHARD WH0RF r 'mr ""' ' 'K 6Y ADVENTURE "'nD!L' Moj.-Gon. Gerhardt m T.i-'? ir.f ,-'.f ' r . -i- ..c.r" Commanding gcnaral ol the Slat InfnnUy division, which will be activated August It at Camp Whit.. Modiord. PUBLIC INVITED ' TO Cf. CAMP WHITE, Mcdford, Ore., July 31 Major General Cha. H. Gurhardt, commanding gen frl of the 8!st Infantry division, which is to be activated here Saturday, August 15, toduy Is sued a public invitation to cit izens of Klamath Kalis and vi cinity to attend mid participate In tin- Activation day ceremon ies of the new fighting unit. Along with tho general public, the commanding gcncrul of tho 91st Division extended Invita tions to oil World War "91st" veterans, who will be honored guests and all other ex-service men. Nlnty-flrst vets will have noon mesa with the units with which they served. The activation ceremonies will Includo talks by present and former members of the division, a memorial period honoring vet erans lost In net Ion and who have passed on since the days in France, music ond demonstra tions by the various arms and service making up a modern di vision war machine. Major General Gerhardt, a West Point graduate with years of splendid military experience, and a cadre of officers and At listed men came to the Mcdford cantonment In early July to pre pare tho new Southern Oregon army base for activation of the unit. Tho commanding general expressed a sincere hop that the occasion would promote a close bond of friendship and as sociation between the civilian and military residents of all Southern Oregon. Conducted tours of the Im mense Camp White rantonmont will be a feature of the activa tion activities. Wcllcslcy Head Will Lead Uncle Sam's Sailorerres WASHINGTON, July 31 tP It's Lieut. Comdr. Mildred H. McAfee, USNR, If you please. Within the next few days Secretary of the Navy Knox Is going to let out the secret that ho, tho admirals and Commander-in-Chief Roosevelt have agreed on Miss McAfee. Welles ley college's 42-yrar-old presi dent, as hcod of Uncle Sam's sailorettes. President Roosevelt yesterday signed into law a bill creating a femlnlno naval reserve, desig nated as women appointed for volunteer emergency service nnd promptly dubbed the "Waves" to release men for active sea duty. The new naval service will Include 1000 commissioned of ficers and about 10,000 onlisted members. The corps will be shore-bound sailors and the law prohibits their bolng sont out side v the country. ' mm fv (lit :K i.o w'Af mifl mm v ' v i July 81. 10U -14 TUBES, 44- TO Fourteen tubes and 44 recaps were awarded eligible driver In the July 20 meeting of the Klamath county war prlco and ration board, It was announced today by the hoard office. The IW follows: James T. Wfltklns, three tub, brakeman, A. K. Bryant, one tube, con structor. Gu 0. Johnson, four tubes, ranch and P. O. Mamie Fornsworth ,one tube, ranching. Thomas K. Dorknrd, two re caps, rear chalnmou. . Lars A. Wostlln, four recaps, four tubes, log scaler. W. C. Qulgley, four recaps, mechanic. Richard Hocflcr, two recaps, farming, Huntington Taylor, thrca re caps. Georga H. Ilouck, on tub, (arming. A. Bocchl, one recap, farm ing. llorlon Cadwcll, two recaps, mall carrier. Klamoth county school dis trict, oleven recaps. . Tulana Farms, four recaps, farming. Carl G, Reymers, two recaps, trucking. Lost Hlvcr Dairy, four recaps, dairy. Safeway Stores, Inc.. three re caps, food distributors. George W, McCollum, two re caps, lumber. Dorris Recreation Program Sets Dance , DORRIS An old-time done will bo held Saturday night it the Dorrli city hall under th ' sponsorship of the Dorrli reere-' atlon program. 'I A local orchestra featuring ' fiddles, guitars and hoe-down music will play under the di rection of Ed Vlets. A lawn chaise lounge, built by "Grampa" Chompio on a donation basli from materials purchased by th recreation group, will be a sp-. clal attraction, We can all be thankful that some barbers don't illustrate , their funny stories with cuts. I NOW! FIRST HIT if r ?CLt Adalph MENJ0U Jatklt COOPER iMltaGRANVUU 2ND HIT RECAPS GIVEN EUES Coming Sunday I ..mi, ..m. tv) mw whim mm n Second Feature Out orYour Oil!. R8U"" 0 ALSO "CALLING ALL MARINES" "PRISONER OF JAPAN" Ul Ul farvlu Your Burner How! K NO Call lor Ntwt ! SEE CHMQ33 (33 And th latest MARCH OF TIME Klamath Oil Co. I Phon 1404 B MOST HEAT
