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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1942)
I PAGE FOUR HANK JBNKIBS -MALCOLM EPLIT A ttmporal. eombln.lloa of 0i Brrolni Httld aod tha Klamath Newa. rubll.heda.rrj ifMrniw 'cfpt Bund., At K.planad. and Pin. .Imt, K lanatr, ralla, Ortcon. bj lha M.raltf l-uhllihloi Co. And thi Klamath K.rr. Puhllh)D Company. Inlfffd 41 treond clui mjttw At Uu poiloltlc. el Klanalh Falls. Ore, o Aufurt K, ISM under act of cungroa, March a, I.'. klambar ol Tha AModatao Preaa Tha AmocoUS Ftaaa la aicluilrelr .ntltlad to tha Ma ol rertibllcatJoa of all J.a OI.MUhM mdltd to 11 or not oth.r.1.. emlltad la th a papjr. and alw Ih. local in. Viud tharela. All rlihf ol republicans ol apadal dl.patthaa ara alto raaarvad. i MKMBKR AUDIT BUREAU OF CIBCULATlOll lltprearntad Nationally bj WwHJollldaj Co., Inc. ...... Han Franolwo. Haw York. Drtroll. Statu.. Chlcato, Portland, loa Aiialaa, Si. bolt. Va'ccu"" & 0. Coplo f Tha B.rald and Nawa. toj.th.r IUi eompl.t. Inlormatk.. ahut tha Kl.m.Ui Fill. B.rket, rnay b. obtained tor tha aaklnf at any ol ttw. ofllcaa. Delivered by Carrw u Clly On. Month "'. Thraa Month. 1 fja On. Year - MAIL RATES PAYAM.B IN ADVANCB II El.ni.th. lake, Modoc Thraa Month. Sit Month. . On. V.ar Charter Plans LOOKING over the rough draft of Klamath Falls' pro posed new charter, we find it to be an apparently harmless document, embracing the same form of govern ment (council-mayor) now in effect here and offennff few changes in important provisions when compared with the old charter. . ... u There is apparently some desire on the part of the charter committee to make the city government here a "strong-mayor" rather than a "weak-mayor" type. As we understand it, strong-mayor type gives the mayor more appointive power and otherwise extends his functions, whereas in the weak-iiiayor type, he is little more than the presiding officer of the council and the fellow who presents the key to the city to visitors. Under its present form, Klamath's government is about half way between tin BtrnTicr.mnvnr and weak-mavor tYDe. But the proposed plan, takes only a sngnr. lurxner step in me uiretuou ui uio "strong-mayor" form, as compared with the mayor's pres ent functions. A suggestion, that the police judge be ap pointed by the mayor has been tentatively turned down by the committee. The mayor's only additional appointive power, as provided in the proposed charter, is in the ap pointment of the city recorder. That office, previously, has been filled by appointment by the police judge rather ' than the mayor. The charter committee has also rejected other sug gestions for changes, that might arouse controversy. There is some disagreement among interested citizens as to whether the charter should be offered the people in this war year. Those who are opposed say that in tills time of confusion and of changing conditions, suffi cient public interest cannot be aroused and anything that is done now might be undesirable within the space of a few years. Those who want the charter offered claim that some features of the old charter are obsolete and a general simplification is in order. The chief danger, as we see it, is that action on a charter now may make it more difficult in later years to offer a new charter making a change in the form of gov ernment. A charter, once adopted, presumably should last for many years. The .public may not like the idea of beine asked to vote on new charters within the space of a few years. To "this when the war is over and ath people should be given charter that changes the form cil-manager plan. Humane Society Notes Interesting Stories About Klamath Animals and Efforts in Their Behalf By Ida Moniyer ft,l" Life at the animal shelter nev er lacks in interest or variety. Pathos, humor, sarcasm, invec tive (and occasionally praise) all come in the day's work. July was a month especially . prolific in variety. Over the tele phone came a call: "I have lost my dog." The speaker was a lieutenant in the U. S. army. No dog of the description he gave had been reported, so the asso ciation was powerless to help. Later in the day he called again, this time with the news that he had been ordered to report im mediately for duty in a north ern area, and he asked that if the dog were found it be shipped to him by express. A few min utes after the call, the dog was found but the family were on their way. A telephone call was. made to Chemult, asking that the officer be stopped at that city and informed that the dog , was at the shelter. This was done and arrangements were made by telephone to take the pet to Chil oquin and the owner would dou ble back that far and pick him up. It was a glad reunion and a happy family proceeded to the new assignment. Help was given to a lady who thought her dog was poisoned and was unable to get a veteri narian. It was found that the dog was suffering from some poi soned food and first aid was giv en. The lady called back later and reported her dog much bet ter and thanked us "a million." The Humane society does not of- ,,fer veterinarian services. The community has very able profes sional veterinarians and in all instances one of these should first be called. In emergencies when our pro fessional men, who are swamped with work these days, are un available, if the society can be of aid we are glad to be of ser vice. One of the favorite plots of stories a generation ago was the leaving of a baby on a selected door-step. This month a man re ported that someone had left a family of small kittens on his doorstep. We were able to han dle the situation. Had this oc curred a generation ago an the Bdltor lluiti Ullai and Bl.klyoB Coaallt. in its present form, at least,- writer its does seem that conditions are settled, Klam an opportunity to vote on a of government to the coun occupant of the doorstep well, anyway, we were glad we could handle the matter. A badger, unmoved by the possibility of air-raids, moved in to enjoy the benefits of city life. He probably saw the advantages of fire and police protection, cen tral schooling, and being within walking distance of the shop ping district. Anyway he took up his residence on Lincoln street. He was found a permanent and safe home in Moore park. Then there was the dog who chased a cat up the telegraph pole. It would have been real news if the cat had chased the dog up the pole, but anyway the cat was rescued. One of the sad incidents was the desertion bf the owner of a mother dog with six puppies. This little helpless family was picked up and cared for. During the month 63 dogs and cats, all homeless strays, were picked up and disposed of by the finding of homes or being put to sleep. That many unwanted and uncared for animals in so small an area could constitute a real menace in case of an air raid. Within a few weeks, there will be started in this commun ity another and very necessary part of the work of civilian de fense. This is the project of training interested citizens in the care of animals during and after an air raid. The course will consist of care of domestic pets and of farm an imals, and will be given under competent instructors. Any per son desiring to take this course can register with the writer and notice will be given when the instruction starts. More information on this work will be given from time to time through the newspaper, and it is hoped that there will be from 25 to 50 volunteers to start the course. A class of 4-H girls and boys will be given in struction in the care of pets if they show interest in this pro ject. The work will tie in with civilian defense, and workers when trained will be directly under the control of the civilian defense committee. . IDA MOMYER ODELL. t.U S.S5 NewsJk Behini By BvulMallon 3 WASHINGTON. Aug. 30 A .KiiIIai. van in rr. MnaPM. sional and executive political spines here when Senator May bank squeezed through for re nomination in South Carolina by something like 5590 votes out ol more tnan a quarter of a million cast. The name Maybank may not mean much to people out side the south, because the sen ator has not been long in the national p 1 c - Paul Mellon ture, but In South Carolina it stands for the most formidable democratic power in the state and there are no republicans. Mr. Maybank. Is close enough to Mr. Roosevelt to have his chil dren use the White House pool as their swimming hole, and he has been the leader of the state since Sen. Byrnes went up to the supreme bench. His friends, in advance, figured the primary as a runaway, par ticularly as he was facing only 65-year-old Eugene Blcase (half brother of the late fiery Sen. Cole Blease) who advanced no particularly hot political issue, at least not in his speeches. But when the votes were counted Sen. Maybank had lost just about everything in the state ex cept in his home town, Charles ton, where his majority was suf ficient to overcome. his deficien cies elsewhere. In the political cloakrooms here it is confidently believed there were only two issues in volved in Sen, Maybanks' hair breadth escape, neither of which can be discerned very clearly anywhere on paper: (1) Gasoline rationing, and (2) white supremacy. The near-absence of these Is sues from the public record of the primary debate does not, however, lessen the effect which the South Carolina results may have on national politics, ,-and national gas rationing. Maybank was not particularly identified with gas rationing. He had not voted for any bill to that effect, because there has been no legislation on that particular subject. The regulation is di rected by executive order. Furthermore, Mr. Maybank took pains to point out every where on the stump that he had protested to Leon Henderson, the gas regulator, against the re strictions on traveling salesmen and on business men, which were hindering or ruining their business. But the people all could see a pipe line running right through their state into North Carolina, and made no secret of their dis satisfaction with the existing ad ministration. The business ex ecutives association, In the up per part of the state, particular lyly protested. NO NEED TO TALK Mr. Maybanks' opposition candidate made no point of this situation, but on the second issue the question of white suprem acy Mr. Blease did once or twice indicate that, if elected, he would vote for Mr. Roosevelfs policies on every question ex cept that one. He did not need to say much. During the campaign Mrs. Roosevelt came into the adjoin ing state of North Carolina, to Salisbury, to address the Ameri can Methodist Episcopal Zion Church of America. Many lead ers in the town tried to devise polite ways to keep her out, fearing her presence might re open some recent Inter-racial scratches over the demand of negro Boy Scouts to march in a Fourth of July parade with white Boy Scouts. In the end, however, some of the ladies of the town received her, took her to Inspect a non union hosiery mill (where she said in her column later that excellent working conditions prevailed) and she made an ad dress asking equal ' opportun ity" in war work for equal qualifiers. This attracted little attention in North Carolina, but it got plenty in South Carolina. May bank, of course, had nothing to do with it, except that he is a good friend of Mrs. Roosevelt. In congressional quarters, South Carolinians' have said the situation was further heightened by men and women war work ers, who returned to the state after brief experience working in government d e p artmcnts, where equal opportunity has been provided negroes. The primary result showed two lessons Irrefutably. The current method of gasoline ra tioning has not yet been Justi fied in South Carolina, and un less it is justified by Interior Secretary Ickes, for example, removing his censorship over supplies In the east, or by the government publicizing the needs of the armed services, or by trying to help business peo- s At ""a HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON SIDE GLANCES cora. i w a at "You men can'l seem to keep your eyes off women in uniform, but what I'd like to know is why so many of them laugh." pie who are suffering from it political repercussions e 1 s e where can hardly be avoided. It shows, without question, also, that whoever wants to thresh out age-old racial prob lems now Is not doing the war unity program any good, or helping the administration in the south. a a TURN IN THE TIDE The California results, when coupled with New York, also caused nearly as great a commo tion among the politicos here. The republicans arc likely to win those two of the most pow erful political states in the union this coming November. They already have republican governors in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts, and therefore the acquisition of New York and California would give them a top hand in practi cally all the most powerful states, except Michigan and New Jersey. Their leaders are not now claiming that they can win a majority in the house of repre sentatives, but events so far cer tainly indicate the strength of the new deal element in the next house will be shorn fur ther. Both the California and New York situations jointly reflected a turn in the tide of radicalism. California particularly has been wild and wooly and all the rest of it in recent years, even to the point where "thirty dollars every Thursday" became popu lar there. A new national trend may possibly be in the making. RETRIBUTION ENTERPRISE, Ore., (P) Three members of a harvest crew jumped off their combine and ducked Into an apple or chard. They met a bear coming out. Pursued by the bear they raced back to the combine, climbed on and found the fourth crewman on the tractor beating off a rat tlesnake that was trying to crawl aboard. And all they wanted was ap ples. Wide Open Spaces George Avant, aDovc, ot Ft. Worth, Tex., can tell how NOT to hnvo teeth extracted. George lost his when some Uebris bit iuin in the lace dur ing a sub attack on the merchant ship on which ho was an armed Navy guard, The torpedoing oc curred utt the cuasl ol Australia Avant Is shown aitei arriving on tht West Coast, 2 vj aiavKl. iwc t. at .to. o. a .at. o. 8'9 WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (VP) The justice department an nounced today the Indictment by s federal grand jury here of two dismissed - WPB officials and three dealers In used machine tools on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and interfere with prosecution of the war. The former war production board officials named in the in dictments were Robert B. Rhoades, of Indianapolis, and Ralph L. Glaser, of New Haven, Conn. Tlfe three dealers of used ma chine tools named were Louis E. Emerman, of Chicago, and Frank L. O'Brien, Jr., and Clar ence J. O'Brien, of Philadelphia, The conspiracy indictments charged that Rhoades and Gla ser, who served as chief and as sistant chief, respectively, of the available used tools section of the tool branch of WPB from January of this year until their dismissal August 4, conspired with Emerman, a Chicago ma chine tool dealer, and the two O'Briens, to prevent critical re quired machine tools from being allocated to war contractors, Silamath s life year illiSilililiPilillliliiiilil From the Klamath Republican September 4. 1902 Walter LeRoy Kinyon, kicked by a horse near Bly last week, died at Bonanza. Th large barn on the farm of B. S. Grigsby, near Olene, was burned Thursday night, to gether with one wagon belong ing to E. J. S. and S. Poole, and two horses belonging to Amos Slack. W. F. Arant of this place was on August 30, duly sworn in as superintendent of Crater Lake National park. The salary Is $900 per annum. A. T. Langell of Langcll val ley was in town today, From the Klamath News August 31, 1932 Sharp frosts hit the Klamath country last night. Potato vines in some fields between here apd Merrill were frosted to the ground. Mayor Fred Cofcr today an nounced his candidacy for re election. a Klamath Sportsmen will talk about planting bullfrogs in Klamath waters at their meeting this week. q NOW PLAYING 1 OGary Cooper I Franchot Ton I f "LIVES OF A J V BENGAL J O LANCER" Jm C5 ; Joan Davis O ,n t O "Sweethearts jp . of Tha Flet"if Telling The lUUtov Laltara prlnlatf hara mint not ba mora than M arsrda In lanath, jitu.1 ba will Ian n.iblr on ONI SIUI al lb. paiur anly, and mu.1 ba aimad. Oonlilbullmia tvllowlnl Ibaaa rultw, ara warmly taah tenia. PICKING FLOWERS FOR JESUS Since Jesus w'ont' up to propnro us a place In that beautiful city above, Ho bus rnllrd liltlo children to fill up the space, In His wonderful Gnrden of Love. he Is picking Ills wedding bou quot, Aiming blossoms and flowers each day, When Ho calls for His brldo He will show you with pride, All the flowers llo's tnkou nwny, Some big yellow rosebuds, llku bright golden curls, Some red ooij like big rosy checks, Then tin adds a few pnnsles, those dear little girls, Who nod in tho breeze as Ho speaks. A bunch of sweet peas who are dear littlo boys, Climbing fences and waving their hands, Then He adds a (cw larkspur and phlox full of Joy, To be up in that heavenly land. Ho adds somo petunias and cos mos so shy, With a honey dew spiay bright and fulr, Oh, I long for that Gnrden wny up in the sky, For I know little flowers up there. One day Jesus walked up an old country road, And somo sweet littlo flowers lay there, Ho took them up to His heavenly abode, A place in His Garden to share. Now they're up with the angels at play, Some forget-me-nots in His bou quet, When we meet, Praise His name, they'll bo there just tho same, Little wild flowers He found there that day. Presented o Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hunt by Rev. Daniel An derson. WAR QUIZ 1. This is the flug of one of the few remaining neutral coun tries green (left) and red, with i tu ri'U siiit-'iu anu gold wreath. Is it Eire, Portu gal, Swodcn? 2. Which city should havo more , .cnusi. in fear bombers based ot Reykja vik. Iceland New 'York or Berlin? 3. When one soldier speoks of another as a "punk nrr gcant," it is no reflection on the lattcr's ability. What docs the term mean? ANSWERS TO WAR QUIZ 1. Portugal. 2. Berlin, since' It is somo 1100 miles closer to Reykjavik than New York. 3. It means the dining room orderly who slices and serves bread, or "punk." AIRCRAFT PROGRAM SALEM, Aug. 31 (P) Stale Defense Coordinator J e r r o 1 d Owen asked Oregon's thousands of aircraft warning observers today to listen to radio station KGW from 6 to 6:30 p. m. each Monday to hear the program "Eyes Aloft," sponsored by the army's fourth fighter command. Owen said the observers will obtain valuable information and instructions from the program. TIM NOW ALSO m More Worlds to Conquer Disney's "Early To Bed" Latest News of the World S3 I." . lyj Tt I B Safaol V.aXHL 1 J 1 !M U FDR Looks io Baruch for Quick Solution to U. S.' No. 7 Problem-Rubber (Editor's nolo: This Is tha lniil of four articles on Amrlc war-time need for ruhber.) By JAMES MARLOW and WILLIAM PINKERTON WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (Wldo World) Our llres bio wearing out. Hut a minimum of aiitumubllu truvol l nwonsnry lo keep our economic Ufa roll ing, ilui war joo has lo be done. So luuv? Many war plunts are located in lust year's com fluids miles outside tho big cities they draw upon for men, Tho big f xploslvo factories lire uwny from civilian centers for safety. Even war homing settlement of 2000 or 3000 homes are littlo help In solving the transporta tion problem of a plant employ ing, suy. 40,000 men. Two.thlrdi Necsusry Shuro-lhe-rldo clubs have sprung up ll over America al though some factories report tho response of the men has been less than whole-hearted. A Brookings Institution study last spring estimated that two thirds of America's automobiles were necessary for the smooth functioning of tho civilian ocon omy. In addition to n very careful doling out of our stock of 8,000, 000 new tires, the office of price administration has supplied "small amount of camelbnck" to retread perhaps 8,000,000 tires a year. But OPA Boss Leon I lender son has said that this is "less than wo actuully nrfil to keep even defensa workers' cars go ing, as well as doctors, nurses and others." One estimate was that to keep 20 million cars running, there would havo to bo 30 mil lion tire replacements a year, or one and a half tires per cor por year. RtcUmatlon Although some think that es timate Is high, It Is generally agreed that six million retreads won't even como closo to keep the nation's cars rolling. Ono proposal to help keep civilian autos In operation hut been the reclaiming of more old rubber for re-use, and an In crease In the retreading and re capping of old tires. Tho rubber Industry has said that IF everyono cut down his driving 40 per. cent, nursed his tires with euro and never drove over 40 miles an hour the tire necessities ot civilian Ufa for the next two years could bo sup. plied with: 3332 tuns of crude rubber, 07,420 tons of reclaimed rubber and 65,803 tons of two synthetic rubbers (tlokol and buytl) which manufacturers say are not sturdy enough for military use but could flu civilian needs A further complication In sup plying civilian needs Is a series of dismal reports on the quick failure or tires retreaded or re capped for additional use. Other Transportation Bad bs It is. the problem of NOW PLAYING AT THE ll-JIcdl UI I j.MJ- III XlllJsaBBaa" BIAI riATIIDIC I I I "Soldi in White" "Stork'i Mistake" I Steel for Victory Loteit World Events A'njfHBt M. 11M3 Hits on private cars Is only lull the trouble As tires wear out and are not replaced, cars go out of action. People must look olsewhrre for transportation. More ami moro riders, are be ing forced onto the bus linen, street cars and railroads by gusi llne rationing In he east ami by tho specter of flattened tlri In ether parts cf the country, thus Increasing the burden of the transit companies, Transportation boss Joseph a. Eastman Is trying to meet the issue by getting maximum use from existing street cars and buses through cutting down O service where riding Is light, re ducing the number of stops, staggering rush-hour traffic, and by using tha return tn service of old, abandoned cars and buses. To meet the growing nerds of civilians and army nllke, the na tion's production of buses this year will be SO per cent greater than In 1041. Commllloe Investigates President Roosevelt, acknow ledging that many serious nils- takes have been made In the rubber program, three weeks ago sought a "quick, adequnt survey" from a lrir.mgr! com mittee ha appointed to: "Recommend such action as will produce the ruhber neces sary for our total war effort. including essential civilian use, with B minimum of Interference with the production of other weapons of war. D That recommendation could Include, among other things, na tional speed limits for all rub ber-tired vehicles, requisitioning of automobiles or tires, limita tion on use of automobiles, and redistribution ot available rubber-tired oqulpment so as most effectively to serve war needs. Bernard M, Darnell, chairman of tho war Industries board dur ing the first World war, heads the committee whbse other members are Dr. James B. Con aiit, president of Harvard uni versity, and Dr. Karl F. Comp ton, president of the Massa chusetts Institute of Technology. Aleutiont Held Natural Rat Trap ST. LOUIS. Aug. 31 (P) Cspt. Letund P. Lovett, director of tho navy's office of public re lations, told the St. Louis cham ber of commerce last week the Aleutian islands are "a great natural rat trap" for the Japa nese. "We have taken 13 or 13 ves sels n the Klska area, and have not lost one of ours," he said. "It Is probably the greatest spot there Is tn pick off ships day by day. And when we get the ships wa get a lot of troops, too." We have never hod a war when It was not necessary to draft boys 18 and 10, and I ex pect we'll have to take them In this one. MuV-Gon. Lewis B. Hcrshcy, national selective serv ice director.
