HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
Angus! 17. 11)42
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SIDE GLANCES
SOLOiMS TOLD OF
We're In The Army
Now In Stitchory, Too
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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.
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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,
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haf nonnn "p
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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.
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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
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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.
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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!"
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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
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