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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON Angus! 17. 11)42 raliiaitiJ$toS SIDE GLANCES SOLOiMS TOLD OF We're In The Army Now In Stitchory, Too PAGE FOUR HUNS. JSNKIX MAlCOl.M BPLEY A Umponwt eunblnitlM of II.. Krnl Harald u4 Ult Klamath ria. PuMl.had I arjra aflw tierpt Sundaj at K.pl.mde and Ptaa HM.U. Klamatk raUa. Or.fa, bj ttia HsraU PoMuMns ". n4 U KiamaUl IMWI.Mm OompaaT, (Marad it aaowid dul miiur l Ida poatoftlca of SImUi Falla, On, oa ufo IBM un.lff art nf cmiarraa, Man , lata. Mtmber of Th Aaaodntad Praia Tba aanautal wdMlwlT n-.t!t!cd to tU of rapobllMIlM of n aUiratefan credltld to It or not othrrwli. oradltad n thla papar, aid alio loa local Jan ' puMUhfd Iharala. All rlihf of rapublicauon of apacul dupattllaa ara alio raaartad. MEIIBKR AUDIT BUREAU Of CIKCUU'ION Rfprrlpntad Nationally by Waat-Holllda; Co, Inc. K.a Frano... K fori. Dftrolt. Maltla, CNeato. ronlaoo'. Ia AanlM. . tnrla. VaJtior fc. 0. Cople. of Tha Oaiald ud Kt. toielher wtth eoaplaU lifonMUsa boil tha Klamath Falli uarltt, maj t obutnad for tka aaW at aaj of tbaaa otfleaa. . Delliartd bj CaJTlar U Cttj Out Month Thraa Montba ' ,5 (Ma Taar - ,, ., MAIL RATES PAYAM.I IN ADVAJiCS llj Mall !b K1" "-l1:. Ii : -i . - ; ! ---- i.- Cwoawta Thraa MonUta . Il Month! Oaa Taar Period of Greatest Danger SUCCESS too often breeds carelessness, and it is pos sible something of the kind has happened in the forest fire situation this summer. , The fire season opened after a terrific campaign to make the public conscious of the seriousness of the fire problem this summer, with the war providing a patriotic motive for safe practices. Man-caused fires showed a marked decrease, and it was apparent that people had gotten the idea all right. Now, we are past the middle of the summer. It has been one of the most favorable fire seasons in years TO DATE. But last weekend, at least three man-caused fires occurred in the Klamath district, not counting grass fires in town. It is just possiDie mat peopie, naving ueeu care ful all summer, are beginning to ignore the fire danger. We have gotten by so far, and perhaps this fire business isn't so bad after all, they may be saying to themselves. . . On the contrary, we are now entering the most dan gerous period of the year. The. drying out process has been- going on all summer, and all outdoors is ready to explode into flame from a spark. It is the proper time to strengthen every precautionary measure. It is the time for every individual to renew the pledge he took at the opening of the dry season to promise himself he will do nothing that could be respon sible for a fire of any kind. Most of the great fires in the history of Oregon and - Washington occurred in late August or early September. TIT, a. a li a V Ar-h t)A rf XT C Alw Jll UICMIICOUVIU VI -; Dave Bridge had 132 boys at Lake o the Woods "last weekend for the annual city recreation camp, and he looked a bit harrassed when in town Monday, all ready to start the girls week at camp. Somebody, we are told, complained because Dave didn't let the kids go swimming every time they wanted to go. If "somebody" would undertake to handle 132 boys at a camp for a. week, he would understand that a few rules are necessary. C. H. Mueller offers a suggestion that trees along The Dalles-California highway north of Modoc Point, which have been nartiallv wood to help meet the shortage. It is a fact that their removal would do much to the roadside there. Finding the labor to do the jod might prove a problem, but how about giving a few days of wholesome labor to the endless string of drunks who make the city and county jails? Many- of them, in fact, come from the reservation on which the burn is located. U. S. Is Ready to Put on A Show in North Africa CAIRO, Aug. 17 UP) The star- ln-a-circle of the United States army air force is almost ready to put on its own fighter show in north Africa s skies. The dress rehearsal days of intensive training of American pilots as flying comrades with desert-wise RAF squadrons is over. When the Americans go back into combat, they will fly the newest American pursuit planes, with their own insignia, in com plete United States air force fighter squadrons. U.S.A.A.F. bomber squadrons already are in action. The fruits of air battle, sweet and bitter, were shared by the Americans and their British and South African mates in c a m p s pitched together for the final fighting-training partnership. Two firsts at the enemy's ex pense were logged for Major Claremont E. wheeler of San Jose, Calif., and Capt. Glade B Bllby of Skidmore, Mo. Wheeler fired the first shot at an axis plane and Bilby, who flew a fighter-bomber in a big show at dawn Friday against the airdrome at Fuka, dropped the first bomb. Second Lieut. Jack S. Wilson of Benton City, Wash., may get creo.ii ior nan a uerman plane. ;' Wilson was the first American flier shot down but as he stepped out of his damaged fighter in side the British lines the Messer- schmitt which had attacked him also was seen plunging. : A Lieutenant Whltaker of Ten nessee let go several bursts at a Messerschmitt but did not claim to have hit it. First Lieut. William W. O'Neill, Jr., of Seminole, Okla., was shot down Into the sea. He swam ashore and is in a hospital recovering from exhaustion. Brig. Gen. Auby C. Strickland, an Alabaman who formerly com manded Paine field, near Ever ett, Wash., spoke enthusiastically oi ine Americans final warm up. "We had the finest training you could imagine with the RAF," said Strickland, who com mand the fighters under Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton, com mander of the USAAF In the middle east, - - . a.00 haf nonnn "p wiou JfVWMt . . . , burned, ousrht to be cut for improve trie appearance oi "Our boys got along splendid ly with the British. They, ate out of the same soup plates. If I ever saw comrades in arms it was the British and American fliers In the desert." Radio Day by Day NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (Wide World) When America's serv ice men return from the wars, they probably will be confirmed short wave fans. There have been many broadcasts and re- broadcasts of the more popular radio programs, and there are to be more. One. will consist of half -hour dramatizations of the world series baseball-games in October and will be heard in Latin America, Australia, Europe and the Middle East over NBS short wave stations WRCA and WNBI, and Westinghouse WBOX. Packers Voto To Join AFL ASTORIA, Ore., Aug. 17 Employes of the Altoona, Wash., plant of the Columbia River Packers' association have voted to Join the AFL Columbia river gillnct fishermen's union, Sec retary Guy Lawrence announced Saturday. The AFL had a Z to 1 margin over the CIO Columbia river fishermen's protective union, he said. FUNERAL DENNIS ALLEN CRAIG Dennis Allen Craig, the Infant son of Mr. and Mn WllrYaH Craig, passed away in this city on oaiuraay, Aug. 18, 1942, at 12:15 p. m. Surviving, beside th parents, are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Loll of Rainier, Ore., and Mr. and Mrs. H. U, Cra it of thto C tv. Fi.noral services were held Monday, Au Bust 17. 1942. at 1:30 n. m In Linkvllle cemetery, where com- miiment services and Interment followed. Arrangements were under the direction of the Earl Whltlock Funeral home of this city. I TJTASHINGTON, Aug. 18 Unanimously the house has repealed its restriction' delaying payment of five months arrears allowances to wives, parents and children of fighting men until November 1,. two days be fore the eleetlon. The repealer come? vp in the senate on Monday, and it no doubt will be adopted there, although the senate is less am e n a b I e to .-.-. 1 n m It. L5iVi)?J mistakes, as . Vilify UllaTUIUU PaulMallon of ita member. ship is for reelection this year, whereas all the house is facing the voters. Thus ' the injustice, brought to the attention of the public by this column, as published in newspapers of July 15, July, 27 and August 11, is likely to be fully rectified but not without some Interesting ramifications. For a time it appeared noth ing would be done. When Ren. John Rankin, democrat, of Mississippi, officially proposed a correction in the house, he actually ran into opposition from the war department. Pol icy there was being guided by Col. Thurston Hughes, admin istrative officer, handling the law. An official announcement of the department's , position was made, in an obvious effort to stop" the Rankin movement.' It seemed likely to .'succeed, as congress was practically in re- .cess, and. the department was openly willing to assume the responsibility. One of the democratic lead- era in. charge, (not acting lead er Jack Cochran, of St. Louis), was against doing anything, and there were not many congress men round. Rankin was block ed. But letters started coming In J from those wives and parents in need, who did not know how they would buy food and pay the rent until two days before election. Down in Kentucky, Chairman Andrew May, of the house mili tary affairs committee, heard of the Rankin movement, which corresponded to what he want ed to da in the first place with the original law. He came back from his . vacation. (Incident ally his job, handling army leg islation, has been among the most onerous in congress, and entitled him to one.) May went to the war depart ment and argued, also to the navy trying to get the official stopper withdrawn. The army weakened, only slightly, but enough. The navy wholeheart edly endorsed the correction. In a letter to Acting Speaker Bulwinkle, dated August 5, the acting navy secretary, James Forrestal, wrote: ' "The making of these pay ments at once will have a decided- effect on morale. The na vy recommends enactment of the piteposod legislation." That did the job. It is a remarkable matter when the government openly corrects a mistake, and all who had part in this correction de serve resounding Cheers. The easier pattern of official - be-, havior in such matters is to in sist that there was no mistake, and to concoct all the excuses and 'arguments which lawyers can devise to justify a blunder. Acting Secretary of War Pat terson, a brilliant New York judge and attorney, for exam ple, wrote a letter, also dated August 5, to the house speaker, making two pleas, which con tradicted each other, in substan tiation of the position which Col. Hughes had led him into. Mr. Patterson said it would be discrimination against our soldiers overseas, who cannot get the necessary blanks quick ly, if he paid the dependents of soldiers in this country first. This, of course, is a matter of hunger and rent paying. Judge Patterson's arguments would have you believe that, when faced with hundreds of thousands of hungry women and children, it is a "discrimina tion" to feed any of them first. In a hospital, Judge Patter son, If faced with a hundred dy ing men, would refuse to treat any until he could get enough doctors to treat all at once and the day before election, pre sumably. Hit other point denitd his first on. It wa that "a large force of reasonably well-trained persons, many typewriters, and the necessary desks and filing equipment . and forms are re quired" -perhaps 3000 persons to look over 1,000,000 forms. He said it would, therefore, be physically Impossible to get r " Mat- jatrrr w inmet. c t. . ate u r "Somehow I enn't picture our boys ns war heroes I keep thinking about when they were little, how snd they got when we'd kill a "duck for dinner I" out all. the checks even on No. veraber 1, so he intended to practice some of the "dlscrlm ination" he decrees. He only thinks it a sin to- do so before November 1. Of course this is no excuse 'for delaying everyone, but ho used it and thereby unintention ally suggested that if the sec ond front is to be opened on the same basis, perhaps this coun try needs a swifter assistant secretary of war as well as a swifter army financial depart ment. But. the prettiest of all ex cuses was advanced by Senator Thomas; democrat, of Utah (he is not up for reelection this year), 'who blocked the Rankin correction in the senate Thurs day, because,, he said, it was dishonest to hold out hopes to dependents that they might be paid before November 1, be cause it could not be done. Apparently he wanted a hu mane argument to support his inhumane position, but he even strained his own credulity with that one,.' for a few minutes later he told Senator Tydings, the November 1 date had been adopted for all payments be cause they did' not want the checks which would be ready before that date to go out un til alL were ready. That put him on both sides of . the argument that checks both would and could not be prepared before Nov. 1 with in the span of a single long Dream.. Also he was aDDarent- ly unaware of the Forrestal na vy letter, read earlier that same day in the house, saying the navy wanted the restriction re moved. The boys certainly got balled up in. their alibis. Arc Welding Film To Be Shown Here Wednesday The War Production Trainlno school: is showine an arc wsM. ing film in the main auditorium ai tne Klamath Union high school Wednesday, Aug. 19. There will be two showings, at 10:30 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. This film demonstrates faster and bet ter training of the six phases of arc welding. There are animator! cross sections of the arc and the different welding positions. ine mm Is open to all men and women interested In hn art of welding. Men from all the lo cal shops are urged to be present. The General ElectHe sponsoring thia film. WAR QUIZ 1. Can you name this chief of staff to the commander In chief of U. S. armed forces? He was formerly chief of naval p operations, i more recently I U. S. ambassa dor to Vichy France. 2. What do American troops abroad ask for most freouentlv from the folks back home? 3. What fs a boot camp? ANSWERS TO WAR QUIZ 1. Admiral William D. Leahy. 2. Dispatches from abroad In dicate the one thing American troops ask for most frequently is letters from home. 3. A boot camps is a naval training station ashore where a recruit gets' six weeks of pre liminary training. t:wt. tUamtUh'a lill-ll! Frorni-Mte1. ile's ;V'40 ,,: From the Klamath Republican August 21, 1902 The Ashland Board of Trade has raised $462 for advertising and has ordered 10.000 'parrlph lets. Nothing slow about Ashland in that line, and her example is worthy of imitation: ' The heaviest rain storm in many years occurred last Thurs day and the electrical feature was quite severe. - Call at Bradley and Gunther's and inspect their complete line of robes and horse blankets be fore buying elsewhere. From the Klamath News Aug. 17, 1932 Dewey. Powell and Bill Can ton have been nominated for commander of the local post of the American Legion. - Ralph Hill, Klamath distance runner, left today for Chicago where he will again run against Laurl Lehtlnen, the Finn. Work on the water reservoir for Moore park began today, it was announced by City Engineer E. A. Thomas. Trade News Interesting Notes of Herald and Newt Advertisers, Their Products and Activities The Firestone Tire and Rub ber company has finished tests on a new tiro and rubber pre servative, and the product Is now on sale at all local Firestone stores. The preservative Is a chemical compound which protects tires and other rubber articles against tne deteriorating action of sun light and oxidation. It maintains resiliency and flexibility of tires, both increasing the life of the tire and keeping It In better shape for recapping later. It will add life to any rubber article, according to Ted Fix of the local Firestone store. One application lasts about three months. Parents-Teachers Executive Group Calls Meeting A meeting of the executive committee of the Klamath coun. ty council of parents and teach ers has been called for Wednes day, Aug. 19, at 2 p. m. at the Fairview school. AH council officers and chair men and presidents of local units are urged to attend. RRIIIBDUI NOW PLAYING HIT NO. 2 "COMING ROUND THB MOUNTAIN" 0 ' " '. ,',,,' HIT NO. 1 TULELAKE Congressmen snrl scoatoia of both Citiilornia and Oregon were advised Fri day by telegram of the serious ness of the Impending labor shortage during the potulo and beet harvest that Is Just around the comer. The action was taken by the Tulvlnko chamber of commerce at the request of tho Tulelnko Growers, who ask cooperation of the chamber In bringing political notice to (he situiitlon that threatens disaster iiiik-.-s drastic measures arc taken immediately. Migrant labor that has born plentiful in previous years Is ex peeled to be less than 80 per cent of normal, and with the basin facing one of the bcnvic.it crops in reeunt years the situ ation is sure to be critical, It was pointed out. Tulclake Growers sinco early summer have followed every suggestion offered for procure ment of a labor supply with the cooperation of all oticr organ izations in the area. The. possibility of importing Mexican laborers or of using some Indian labor from the vi cinity of Alturas hits been check ed but no definite action has been taken. Potato harvest will probably begin about October 10. Malin Dick Craven, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Craven, has returned to army service in Denver after being Incapacitated since last February. Injured in a collision between a motorcycle and a truck at San Francisco In which he suffered a broken arm and leg, he spent several months In a hospital In the bay city, return ing to Malln on furlough for 10 days. He had hoped to be able to spend 30 days here helping his iamer, who has been 111, but was called back to Denver at the end of. 10 days. Kathleen Wilson, small daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wilson, has recovered from a recent ton silectomy performed at the Mer rill hospital. A number of members of the Helping Hand society plan on a trip to Huckleberry mountain about Aug. 10. A truck will be furnished by Mrs. Charles Ham ilton. Plans for the event, which has been a highlight of the sum mer for tho last throe years, were completed at a meeting of tho so ciety held at the home of Mrs. Oscar Hammer. The next regular meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Hamilton Sept. 2. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Kirkpat- rlck have returned from Seattle where Klrkpatrick has been em ployed for several months In the Boeing factory. He was granted, a leave of absence to assist with harvest work for the next two months. Mrs. Klrkpatrick Is the former Merle Watklns. Lois Hand, Marie Fields, Grace Howell, Annabert Howell. Joanne Wilson, Jerry Lou Stcy- skal, Joanne Stcysknl, June Woodley, June Sanders, Marjorle King and Shirley Kay Johnson, members of the Malin Girl Scout troop, returned Wednesday night from Medicine lake where they spent three days camping. They were accompanied by Mrs. Don ald Dod, leader, and Mrs. Sam Woodley, who drove and donat ed tho truck for transportation. Smith Woods Buys Timber ROSEBURG, Aug. 17 (VP) The Smith Woods Products com pany, Coqullle, has purchased 8000 acres of timber in north western Douglas county from Henry A. and Mary B. Lovejoy. Revenue stamps attached to the deed indicated sale prico was approximately $85,000. The com pany Is building a veneer plant near Suthcrlln. THE BIG DOPE IV O "' . ii i a d in di ri jai u KyK!?.SJJ,Nl1 I ADDED ATTRACTIONS- DONNA REED "How to Take a Vacation" WILLIAM LUNDIQAN "Truant Officer Donald" . Haws LAW5tS 7373 by Alice Brooks A remlniW for ynu of nil ihr chores our boys nro dolngl You'll enjoy embroidering these motifs (there are six). Why not make them for some one with a boy In tho service! Pattern 71173 con tains d transfer pattern of 0 mo tifs averaging 8tx7 1 Inches; ma terials needed; Illustrations, of stitches. To obtain this pattern send 11 cents In coin to The Hornld and News, Household Arts Dept., Klamath Falls, Do not send this picture, but keep It and the number for reference. Bo sure to wrap coin securely, as a loose coin often slips out of tho envelope Requests for patterns should rend, Send pattern No. , to - followed by your namo and address. Merrill Linda Ann is tho namo chosen by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wllllts, Los Angeles, for their new daughter, born Aug. 8. Tha little girl weighed 8 pounds 12 ounces, according to "Grandfather" Dob Dalton, who hopes to hnve Mrs. Wllllts. the former LouLso Dal ton, and new daughter and son Bob visit Merrill In the near fu ture. Mrs. Dalton Is south at the Wllllts' home. Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Hodges are leaving Sunday for Los Ange les, where they will visit with Hodges' brother Clemens, new Inductee at Camp Roberts, and with Mrs. Hodges' brother, Ser gcont John W. Petty, who Is serv ing in the anti-aircraft corps at Camp Hawthorne. Mrs. Homer Hoaton, who has assisted Postmaster Hodges In the Merrill postotflco for several ; months, is leaving Aug, 23 for I Vallejo to Join her husband, who Is serving as a machinist at Marc : island. Mrs. Heaton received -word this week lhat Heaton had been able to find an apartment 1 near the business district. Dur ing their absence, their apart ment here at tho Union station will bo occupied by Mr. and Mrs ; J, C. Denson. Denson Is seed spo- clnllst for the Drnger company j of Hatfield. Mrs. Heaton Is well , known here, having served for j several months In the postofflec during the time that Inez Given ' was postmaster. : Tho Fcnst of the Assumption 1 of the Holy Virgin was observed ! Saturday, Aug. Iff, with 9 o'clock j mass at St. Augustine's church.1 read by Father James M. ; O'Connor. j Dealer shortages put new valua on used merchandise. Cash In on your "Junk" through a classified ad. Phono 3124. IS STILL HERE! ."Come out of that Tank and Fight Like a Man!" iV?t'W Tl TIU.ELAKE Four now aii'iv. als made their appearance In Tululalta homes during tho last few days. Mr, and Mrs, Lunnnrd Klar welcomed a daughter on Aug. 7, who weighed In at S pounds 10 ounces. On Aug. S. a son was born lo Mr, mid Mrs, Lewis Guthrie tit tho Clennilrn homo. The little boy, first child In (he family, weighed 71 pounds mid has been named Charles Kd ward Guthrie, Ills father left a fiw iys Inter to enter Svi vK-n ai Monterey. On Aug, B, Mr, unit Mrs, John Carter, Stronghold, became par. ent.H of a nix pound daughter Carter Is employed on conntruH) tlon work on the Canby HnlfleUr highway nnd tholr homo is Mereetl. July 24, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clendeimen became parents of a JO pound daughter. Tho family lives at MrColltim's mill near Malln, and (he father is a brother of W. A. Clendcnnen of the city police force. Midland Mrs. James Olson spent the week with her husband In Med. ford. Olson, who has been 111, Is some Improved. Mr, and Mrs. O. R, lleavnllti and son apent Sunday In Med ford with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Colo and son have, moved Into tho Webb home at Midland. Mrs. Edna Travers has rew turned home from EurekiQ where she spent several weeks with her father, who has been seriously 111 for some time. Mrs. O, D. Anderson and son Charles and Mrs. Harry Qtilmby left for San Francisco where they will visit Mrs. Anderson's son. who Is In the novy. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Motschen bnchrr and Mrs, A, J. Stewart and children spent tho weekend at Diamond lake. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wlclc lander, state grunge deputies, visited Midland grange Wednes day evening. Bobby Stewart underwent tonsil operation Tuesday after noon and Is reported recovorlng nicely, Waste Fats Called For PORTLAND, Aug. 17 OP) William Dennlcy of the stale salvage- committee urged Oregon housewives today lo contribute more waste fats to the war effort. Contributions aro running ilhoilt 300 nounrla n rinv u-)IU capacity of reducing plants In ine suite is ouuo pounds dally, he said. If It's- a "frozen" nrtlclo you need, advertise for a used one In tho classified Ann 1 carrying a im (orch-an acetylene (ores in 'plan pUntl She's red-headed Bomber en Uncle Ssm'i aitembly nl good I WMNEH BROS. NIT '"' ANN DENNIS Nl b nn 11 extrasi In tha Groove' Lights Out" Latast Ne-wi NUW FLAYING S y t:i-. 1 I' im ii b
