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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.
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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,
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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,
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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.
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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
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More Worlds to Conquer
Disney's "Early To Bed"
Latest News of the World
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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
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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.