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We Get a Dehydration Plant
AN important industrial development for Klamath Falls
is announcement of the definite location here of a
- potato dehydration plant, which will be in operation by
October 1 producing dehydrated potatoes for the armed
services and other government use.
This plant, to be established by the American Food
Products corporation under specific government alloca
tion, may be the forerunner of a permanent dehydration
industry that will extend to the use of all of the various
root products that can be grown here in abundance and
lend themselves to dehydration,
" As was. remarked in this column some weeks ago, if
any new dehydration plants are to be established on the
coast, Klamath Falls is a most favorable location. That
view, evidently, was held by the government and dehydra
tion experts, and we now get an industry that will employ
90 women and 30 men, working 24 hours a day.
. Immense savings in weight, shipping facilities and
costs are achieved through dehydration. It saves the
entire fotjd value but saves the weight by about 90 per
cent. The obvious advantages of this process, particu
larly in war time, have brought a great upswing in dehy
dration Of vegetables in the past year. Now Klamath cut
in on this melon, with definite community advantages
sure to result.
The Klamath chamber of commerce, the county agent's
office, and other local individuals or organizations, are
doing a good and proper job of cooperating in bringing
this industry here.
And No Bird Troubles!
AN Impressive statistic was offered by Louis Soukup,
city airport manager, in his report to the city council
that 2597 airplane landings were made at the Klamath
municipal field in July.
, : And these, we may add for the benefit of certain
parties, were made without an encounter with birds.
For, believe it or not, the old bird bugaboo, hung on
the Klamath field without investigation and without jus
tification, still persists in certain distant quarters. Local
people who are familiar with this whole situation cannot
be blamed, sometimes, for skepticism about the thorough
ness of certain official departments. .
Here was a hit-and-miss opinion that missed, but it
has never been properlyfcorrected.
Cabled Marriage Is Going
To Ball Up Anniversaries
SPOKANE, Aug. 27 W)
When Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
Vaughn get together after the
war is over they will have the
problem of deciding which day
from July 13 to July 30, inclu
sive, is their wedding anniver
sary. '
Records filed here Tuesday
by County Clerk Frank C. Nash
revealed that Vaughn, of Libby,
Mont., and Eleanor Lucile Gran
lund were married by cable be
tween Australia, where he is
serving with the U. S. army, and
Spokane, her home town.
On July 13 Vaughn cabled
Miss Granlund:
"Darling, will you marry me
Royalty Returns
For Kent Funeral
LONDON, Aug. 27 (P)
King George VI, in naval uni
form, and Queen Elizabeth,
wearing black, returned to Lon
don today for the funeral of the
King's youngest brother, the
Duke of Kent, who was killed
Tuesday in an air crash on ac
tive service for the RAF.
A special train also brought
back another royal brother, the
Duke of Gloucester, and his
duchess, for the funeral which
probably will be held at Wind
sor. A small bareheaded crowd
gathered at the station when the
Glousters' train arrived.
Gen. MacArthur
Visits U. S. Troops
MELBOURNE, Aug. 27 (P)
General Douglas MacArthur
spent six hours Tuesday visiting
United States troops in training
in an undisclosed area of the
Australian war zone, it was an
nounced today.
It was his second such trip of
Inspection. The first, several
months ago, was not disclosed at
the time.
RECORD
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 27 VP)
Twenty-seven working days af
ter her keel was laid, a navy
sub-chaser will be launched Sat
urday at the Alblna Engine and
Machine Works plant for what
tha management believes to be
a new national record.
Manaiiat Editor
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S.00
by cable? Today, I, Benjamin
Vaughn, take you, Lucille Gran
lund, to be my lawful wedded
wife."
Three days later she replied:
' Darling, I marry you by
cable today. I, Eleanor Lucile
Granlund, take your Benjamin
Vaughn, to be my lawful wedded
husband."
That was about July 16, but
the bridegroom didn't receive
the reply until July 30 (which
would be July 29 in Spokane),
An army chaplain testified to
Miss Granlund's acceptance and
Nash was notified of the wed
ding.
Services Held
For Dr. Leonard
SALEM, Aug. 27 (P) Fu
neral services were held here
today for Dr. W; A.Leonard,
75, former Klamath Falls resi
dent who died at his home here
Tuesday.
Survivors include the widow,
Eva; and a daughter, Mrs. F. T.
Brower, Salem.
Services were conducted by
the Masonic lodge, with burial
in Mt. Crest Abbey mausoleum.
QUEEN RETURNS
LONDON. Atio. 57 I an
Queen WUhelmina of the Neth
erlands returned to England by
air last night from a visit to the
United States and Canada. She
was welcomed at the airport by
frince aernhard.
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WASHINGTON. Aun. 27
Members of the war labor
board have been tearing out
what little hair they have left.
After laying down the un-
stretchable yardstick of the cost
I -ws.tKs 0f living index
va6&8!iS fn, t.Kor wann
1 f increases, th"e
. is oonra now iincis
jftflthe first viola
tion of Its own
1 principle com-
sine from its own
fr-OkPi panel board in
vhitor waae case.
It !? enough
Paul Mellon to make a board
man tear something when you
consider that they went to all
the trouble in the Little Steel
case to tell labor that increases
would be granted only to the
extent that previous increases
have failed to make up for a 15
per cent swelling in the cost of
living since January, 1941.
That policy had been strictly
followed by the board until its
G. M. panel came in the other
Hay with 3 new formula.
The panel recommended an
increase based, not on the cost
of living, but on what Henry
Ford's workers were making
across the street. ,
If the panel had followed the
board formula, it would have
suggested an increase of 1 1 cents
an hour, because General Mo
tors workers have had the rest
of their 15 per cent hike since
January 1941. (The company
claims their wages have been
increased 54 per cent since the
war started in 1939). But the
panel recommended an increase
of 5 cents an hour, simply be
cause Ford's rates are higher.
DITHERING
That set the board to dither
ing. It faced the alternatives of
slapping down its own panel,
or its own policy.
If it was the first to violate
its yardstick, there was strong
prospect it might lose the confi
dence of the country in the mud
dling way its predecessors have
done. If it over-ruled its panel,
it would have to face crossfire
from the CIO. What to do?
Frankly, most of the board-
men would like first to get Paul
McNutt's right hand man. Fowler
Harper, who was chairman of
the panel, alone on a dark night
It was Mr. Harper who cast the
deciding vote to give the board
its perplexity.
One other panel member was
a CIO man, Patrick Fagan, who
naturally wanted a top increase,
and the third was William H.
Doran of the Metropolitan Edi
son company, . a business - man
and employer representative
who wanted all cents increase,
Not only for this but for other
reasons, Mr. McNutt and his
men around town have lately
been taking some strong side
line cussing from some very
high administration officials.
The general assumption is
that Mr. McNutt is running for
the presidency in 1944, and that
he might have a chance if his
manpower commission and va
rious other enterprises would
stop making a decision every
now and then which can be jus
tified only on the ground . of
political expediency. '
For a long time he was looked
on mainly as a handsome fel
low, and he ran for the demo
cratic presidential nomination
last time largely on that ground,
Nw, after working with him
awhile, the administration
groups are willing to concede
he is smart, but just a little too
smart on the politics side.
Perhaps they also mean he is
too smart for his own good, as
any 1944 nominee is likely to
need White House approval, and
getting the labor board into an
inextricable embarrassment is
not going to help him that way.
DELICATE SITUATION
Finance Chairman George
gets angry when anyone says
his tax bill will not get through
before the November elections,
but that seems to be about the
case for sure now, even though
Mr. George will not agree. .
The bill will probably pass
the senate in October, but will
be sent to conference, where it
will be buried quietly in obscur
ity, while the ballots are count
ed, then to be resurrected and
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"These movie murders certainly nrc tamel Every day I
think up much belter ones than we sa v in that picture."
the final draft Written after
everybody Is re-elected.
Dropped faster, but for the
same reason, is the proposal to
draft 18 and 19 year olds. In
fact it was dropped before being
taken up.
No bill has been proposed for
such a draft. Clearly the army
wants one, but may be conscious
of what is supposed to be the
delicate political situation in
volved. It is evident the military au
thorities want a much larger
army than the 4,000,000 men
Mr. Roosevelt says we have now.
In the last war, the height' of
our army strength, at the armis
tice, was 3,634,000, of whom
less ' than 2,000,000 were in
France.
Wholly unofficial talk has
speculated that six, eight or ten
millions might be needed this
time, or possibly twice as many
as are in the army now. Spe
cific plans naturally are of a
military nature, but the specu
lation suggests this war may re
quire an army twice as large as
last time.
Therefore, the 18 and 19 year
olds must be called, and the only
question seems to be whether
something is done about it be
fore or after election.
EXPOSE
The magazine Time and Life
roused some interest and much
anger in the top administration
strata with their exposes of labor
listlessness in Detroit, center of
our production effort. They told
of some strained feelings be
tween boss and worker, with
labor leaders unable to work up
a proper war esprit de corps in
the army of production. .
Somewhat the same story could
be written of practically any
large newly unionized Industrial
Pin. TDM
Last Times Tonight
ALSO
SNUFFV SMITH
and
BARNEY GOOGLE
in
'Hillbilly Blitzkrieg'
TOMORROW
First
She dealt from the bottom
of the deck to save her man!
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ST-7 rtnlwir" iil.f w "J-J Jll TV:p? , aoo attractions i
fpH.S HF.jU K2?h $ ' "M-rchln, 0.d Glory"
Mama, int-T.nne.ai T orr. 8-ZS
center. There seems to author
ities here to be nothing particu
larly new about it. That is, the
situation has come to bo normal.
Labor relations just are not set
tled, peaceful, pleasant and per
manently established, and every
one knows it.
Much is being written about
the Ford plant slowdown, for In
stance It is no secret that Ford
has not been able to maintain
his usual production rate since
he has had the closed shop. His
employes contain many veternns
of 20 years service, old company
union men, about 20,000 AFL
men, ' the others being In the
CIO. Philip Murray, the CIO
president, promised more than
he was able to deliver, when he
told Ford there would be no
more trouble, once he signed
the closed shop agreement.
But these are not the workers
who have been making the front
pages lately with actual strike
news. Most of the strikers have
been in the damnedfool class,
walkouts by touchy, poorly ad
vised, unmanageable or inexper
ienced new workers, which last
a day or two before the strikers
realize their actions do. not make
sense.
Whether a firm, fair wage
price policy, promised now by
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Klamath's
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From the Klamath Republican
August 28, 1802
The lni'Ho run of salmon Into
the Klnmuth river continues.
Fishermen near the nuntlh o( tho
river are limited to 100 to ouch
boat in a night, and (hoy find no
trouble In catching that number
of salmon lit a slnglo drift,
A. Cuslcl has churgo of tho
telephone bfflco In thu nbsunru
of H. 11. Van Valkcnburg.
The town schools will open
Monday, September 8.
From the Klamath Newt
August 27, 1932
Tho Klamath Falls-Weed hlKh
way has bcon placed on the fed
eral aid system.
Burglars this morning robbed
tho Chiloquin Drug company o(
$400. . .
The district attorney's otflco
is endeavoring to stop the steal
ing of books from tho city li
brary shelves.
Former Teachers
Asked to Resume
Work in Schools
SALEM, Aug. 27 (II Slate
Superintendent of Public In
struction Rex Putnam renewed
his appeal today for former
teachers to come back to school
and thus relieve Oregon's criti
cal shortage of teachers.
Since his appeal of two weeks
ago, 67 clemcnlory teachers liavo
indicated their willingness to.
como back, but 136 teachers ara
still needed. There were 55 va
cancies In high schools, and 53
former teachers registered.
the administration, will solve
the difficulty, it is Impossible
to guess. The administration
striko settling machino is work
ing smoothly with cooperation
between Davis and John R.
Stcelman, head of the U. S. labor
conciliation service on the 13
per cent cost of living formula.
They went out together to Cleve
land not long ago and made
Joint speeches, complaining they
were getting ' too much work
from that area.
The unsolved trouble Is a m
tcr ' purely of labor ' discipline.
The responsibility for that lies
with the union leaders.
OREGON CITIES
WAGES
OF EMPLOYEES
UNIVEHSITY OK OHKCiON,
Eugene, Aug. 27 (Special)
Almost all cities In Oregon hav
ing it population aver 1000 and
a liiigt' number of smaller cltlos
have found it necessary to mako
upward adjustments In salaries
of their principal employes since
1040, according to a bulletin
just published by the bureau of
municipal research and service
ut the University of Oregon,"
Tho publication presents sal
ary information for all but 43
of tho 105 incorporated cities In
Oregon, Salary rates aro given
for every city having a popula
tion of over 2500 and for all but
1 1 cities with populations over
500. ,
Man-Power Demand
While some of the Increases
in salaries ara undoubtedly due
lo regular salary Increments on
thu basis of seniority and to In
creased .duties of the position
as a result of the city's growth,
many wage adjustments have
been necessary because of the
Increased demand for man power
by wnr Industries and because
ol tho Increase In tha cost of
living.
Tho city of Portland has put
into effect a salary standardiza
tion and cost of living adjust
ment plan whereby all employes
of tho city have received a $5.40
per month salary Increase based
on the cost of living Index of tho
bureau of labor statistics. This
milury adjustment will cost the
city of Portland opproxlmately
MiS.OOO for tho current fiscal
year.
10 Per Cnt Boost
In other cities of over 5000
population, most consistent gains
hiivo been .registered by police
men, firemen and water depart
ment employes. Principal em
ployes In Salom have been given
a 10 per cent Increase over 1040,
In' Albany the increases range
(rem 25 to 50 per cent, and In
Medford from no Increase to 16
per cent.'
In cities having 2500 to 6000
population, the greatest number
of solary Increases were reported
for policemen, city recorders,
laborers, attorneys, street super
intendents, and firemen. In
cities having 1000 to 2S00 population,-
salary Increases were
granted most frequently to po
lice chiefs, ' water superintend
ents, recorders and laborers,
WAR QUIZ
1. If you should ie soldier
with this ok leaf cluster pinned
lo the ribbon of hit medal,
you'd know ha was a man who
(imii 1 rest on
his I u r 1 1.
What do lit
decoration sig
nify? a "Jeep" when
you sea. one.
but do you know the official
nameT . ,
3. For what branch of our
fighting forces do the Initials
ATC stand?
ANSWERS
TO WAR QUIZ
1, It signifies that soldier
who has been dttcorated for
heroism has performed another
act which entitles him to ilml.
lar decoration.
2, It is the "i-ton, 4x4, com-mand-rceonnalssanco
car."
3, ATC stands for Air Trans
port Command, whose Job is to
fly men and materiel to the
world's fighting fronts.
ARJViy WILL ACCEPT
451 YEAR OLDS
WASHINGTON. Aug. 27 fP)
Secretary of War Stlmion dis
closed today that the army has
decided to accept enlistments of
men 45 to 50 year of age who
liavo particular skills or apti
tudes for army service.
They will be assigned to serv
ice command or other army or
war department units where
they con release younger enlisted
men for general military service,
Previously the top au limit tor
enlistment has been 45, '
Asked at his press conference
whether this indicated that the
army was finding a shortage of
manpower, Stlmson replied, ,"lt
Indicates that we are trying to
raise a big army, and we are
going about It prudently to as
not to waste combatant mau
powers."
BUSINESS CLOSED
MILTON FRCEWATEH. Aug.
27 tP) All business houses ex
cept restaurants In these two
towns Vera closed this morning
for tha second day as orchardlst
appealed for 1000 pickers to
save an estimated 1400 carloads
of Italian prunes, 1 r, -
Sell It through the want-ads.