f AGE SIX HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. .OREGON ptembr 16, 1941 SIDE GLANCES in!t'cz,Z'v;iv'i!rii!i!iiii!ii!i'i'iiiit!iiii?rT Here's What Speed Does to Your Tires Walcoim BPLrr Mat mm BOitor A iMBpawy oomblnalloe of tha RralRg BrM aed iht Klamath Xs. FMIshe frwy tfUraoot ncpt Sunday at Septan a da and Ptna trtu, Elamatb Faila, Oreav, by tfct rua raritinwg JL moo ma s.iinui news iTJDiininf uropBy, tavarad m HttBd dui matter at Uia poatoffic of Klamath Falls, Ora, oa An nil A 190 undrr act or oonir, Mrch ft, 1179. Member of The Aaaoaated Praaa Tt AasaifJJ Pms 3 vj;.si;: iiit!i4 U- us d npabitaattoa of all tjl pa UJm eradtted to tt or not othanriw credited in thta papar. tad alio tha ol ti publUhed tfcfrato. Alt right of republication of apodal dUpatosa ara alao raaarrod. 1 By RvlMmioh MEMBER AUDIT BUR BAD OP CIRCULATION Lot Annie. PI. tout. toftthw with complita tntraUm Beimientr-d Nattonalr? by Wett Hf lhdat Co.. Inc. gao rrandtoo, Kv York, Detroit, battle, Chicago, Portland, TanooDTdr. B. c wniet or Tha Herald and ei. bout tha Klamath Fall osarkM, may be obtained for tha aaiint at any of the office, jjenveree oj larnar in ciiy Om Month .n fbraa Montha t-ts Om Tear , 1A Tfert Monthi . Ill Months Cm Vaar HAIL BATES PA V ABM IK ADVAKCB tlr Mall Ira Klamath. Laka. Modoc and Btaktyoa Ooontlai A Stern Warning te Us WHATEVER else it may be, the Jap incendiary bomb ingr incident in Curry county is a stern warning to us NOT to relax our home defense vigilance. Over at Brookings, only a few minutes away, as reckoned in terms of modern airplane speeds, all was quiet one moment The next moment an enemy plane was roaring over to drop its fire eggs in the forests. That can happen here. It can happen at any moment In the Klamath country, as elsewhere, we were all stirred up over home defense in the tense days following Pearl Harbor. Then, as the days passed into weeks and ' the weeks passed into months and nothing exciting hap pened on the home front our vigilance began to weaken. We've kept up our organization, but it can't be dented that in recent months we've been just going through the i motions instead of really putting our hearts into it Not consciously, of course, but nevertheless actually : we've come to feel that the war is a long way off and that nothing is going to happen here. The Curry county incendiary bombing is a rude awakening. It CAN hap ; . pen here. Here m Klamath Falls, the central control station, which is the nerve center of the home defense set-up, has been kept operating efficiently, thanks to disciplined practice on the part of those responsible for its 'func tioning. J. he fire and police set-ups have been kept in a high state of readiness for anything that might happen. The. same is true of the public utilities and the air raid warning service. ? .... ' But for one reason or another, the air raid warden system, which after all is among the most important in : . the home defense set-up, has had a rather high turn i. over. There has been no lack of nroDer snirit and manv I tne original workers are stall at their posts, working iajuuuix. ui in me cunsi-ani. snuimg 01 population that has accompanied the developing war effort there nas Deen an unavoiaaoie cnange oi personnel. The re sult of this change has been some slackening in the con stant vigilance that is necessary if the air raid warden system is to function effectively in a sudden emerorencv. It might as well be added here that there has hem LESS interest along Main street and in the business dis trict generally than among the population as a whole. iiiBi snouiani oe. uertainjy Mam streets interest in Dome defense is a major one. The Curry county incendiary bombins is a sham warning to us to perfect our home defense organization o, "mi it win De reaay lor any emergency that may arise. If and when the emergency arises, it will be SUDDEN. There will be no time for getting ready then. We must BE READY. This thought isn't nleasant but it must he faced; There can be no guarantee that Japanese incendiary bomb ing will be confined to the forests. Lumber is an increas ingly important and vital war material. Lumber produc- won can De enecuveiy namperea oy Durning the mills. As one of the largest and most concentrated of the Pacific coast's lumber production centers, Klamath Falls might at any moment be the target for a Japanese incendiary uumuing attacK. We've got to take off our coats and go to work anew on our home defense organization. It must be kept as nearly perfect as we can make it. If we should be caught unprepared, or only partially ready, the consequences would be terrible. NOW is the time to get to work. Extension Unit News Monthly home extension unit meetings are to be held this fall as in the past, it was announced by Wlnnifred Gillen, home dem onstration agent Two of the early meetings will be on re modelling of clothing and cook tag with war substitutes, includ ing some simple desserts to sat isfy those with a sweet tooth, (he said. Some of the units are having rally meetings this month. There will be installation of officers, a discussion of the program and filling out of program books. Plans will be made for future meetings and there will be dis cussions of local problems aris ing from the war situation. Rally meetings which have al- : ready been held were those of the Weyerhaeuser Camp 4 unit , on September 9 at the commun ity hall, and the Bonanza-Lan-gell valley group on September 18 at the home of Mrs. Ben Dix on. Scheduled to meet on Wed nesday was the Fairhaven unit t the home of Mrs. C. T. Wil liams of Stewart-Lenox addition. Meetings to be held during the remainder of the month are as follows: Altamont, Tuesday, September 22 at Mrs. Wes Har- sey's, 4525 Bisbee street; Bly, Saturday, September 19 st the high school home economics room, Chlloquln, Wednesday, September 23 at the home of Mrs. Robert Allen. Henlev. Thumrinv. finntAmtiai 84, at the home of Mrs. Fred Mueller; Modoc Point, Thursday, September 17, community hall; Poe valley-Olene, Tuesday, Sep tember 22, at the home of Mrs. Bex High; Shasta Homedale, Friday, September 18, Shasta school cafeteria. All meetings will start at 1:30 p. m. except that of the Bly unit, which will be at 2 o'clock. The Nova Scotlans think It would be a swell idea to elect Roosevelt to a fourth term, . W. Raper, columnist. WASHINGTON, Sept 18 The Japs wormed their tricky way through the Owen Stanley mountain pass, and have hidden themselves In holes and trees almost on the rim of Port Mores by, but no one here is very much worried about them going much farther. The hard air bombing blow. which General MacArthur threw at their air bases last Sunday and Monday, has confirmed e u r superiority i n the air through out that whole area. The Aus tralian land force, defending our vital New Guinea base. Paul Mellon ihould be strong enough to cope with anything the Japi can now start on the ground. When and it they come out of their holes, they must also face heavy strafing and bombing from our free-flying air fields. The situation Is tense, but per haps not as dangerous as the maps suggest, or as the Aus tralians fear. NEXT COAL Astrakhan is likely to be the next nazl objective In Russia, after Stalingrad. The bulk of Hitler's great force, accumulated for the con quest of the key city of the Volga river, is apt to be split Into two parts, one to defend his danger ous northern flank, just above the city, and the other to sween on down the Volga to Astrakhan, at the mouth. The military situation seems to require such disposal. No lull to the fighting can therefore be anticipated. Hitler's hold on Stalingrad will always have to be protected by a heavy defense line Just north of the city, until he is able to push on eventually and free it from this natural pressure, And there is still sufficient time left, before winter in this region, for the nazis to consummate their conquest of the Caucasus pro vince, by pushing on down the west, bank of the lower Volga. and cleaning out Russian resist ance down as far as the Caucasus mountains. Russian defense in that area cannot be formidable, wit m Ming t. mm qi pm. off fcy Td marry the foreman and quit the job if it wasn't for the war-only I don't like the idea of bavins a husband I- for a bossl" Prom the lllair1 Kept Promise 4" a '"1 4't I Lt. John James Powars, USN, abova, missing in action, made good his word for the "folks back home," and for it was hon ored by President Roosevelt with a Medal of Honor. In a heroic action. Powers' dive bomber was destroyed by the explosion of his own bomb which he virtually laid "on the flight deck" of a Jap plane car rier in the Coral sea. He prom ised he'd get the carrier and he did. WANING STRENGTH There is little to add now to the general popular understand' ing of the reasons for the un successful defense of the city which bears Stalin's name. Hit ler mustered every ounce of air strength, available everywhere within his reach, for this mighty Blow? He left the homeland In Ger many practically without air de fensive power. He even called on Rommel in Libya to an ex tent which allowed the marshal's latest drive on Cairo to fizzle out as soon as lt got started. The force which Hitler must ered before Stalingrad, there fore, represents the ultimate of waning German military strength, after three years of war. He has no more worth considering. If he. had, you would have seen it in action either on the north Russian front or in Libya, while his drive for Stalingrad was on. NOT PERSONAL Mr. Henderson's OPA, and Mr. Eastman's ODT, have been pulling under the table in a rath er spirited inner contest for con trol of national gas rationing. It is not a personal matter, although personalities are in tervening.. Mr. Henderson, for instance, went on the air Sunday night with a speech In which he assumed without question he was to run the show his way, Vital difference in method Is the root of the conflict. Mr. jcasiman wants to ration on a basis of the needs of each in dividual proven needs. Unless a car owner could show some need, he would not get any gas. Un-needed cars would thus be laid up. But the motor needs of the nation would be satis fied. OPA favors national rationing on the same basis it employs in the east four gallons a week for everyone, regardless of need, and extra allowances doled out. Apparently, OPA believes four gallons for everyone would b more popular, but certainly this does not meet the prescription Mr. Henderson offered for tires in his speech when he counseled against waste. The states. of Arizona. Color ado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyo ming, California, Nevada, Ore gon, Washington, New Mexico and Texas are. "critical" labor shortage states. Manpower Chief Paul V. McNutt. : Dealer snortages out new value on used merchandise. Cash In on your "Junk" through a classified ad. Phone 3124. While the Wounded Wait . . . "Could you use a cigarette?" "Thanks, I could if you'd put it in my face and light it My hands ain't working." "Like my feet That Jap machine-gunner surely cured my corns. ... Here goes . . . Got lt? . . ." "Got it thanks . . . Ah-h-h, boy!! Does that drag taste sweetl What happened to the Jap?" "The lieutenant picked him off, with my own rifle. I hadn't passed out so I saw it. And here I am at First Aid, alive, if not kicking. My luck could have been worse." Me too, soldier. I bumped into three of the savages all of a sudden in the bush. But I rated a major to save my hide he did some very nice work with a pistol, Just when I had to grab a bayonet with my bare hands to keep lt from doing me no good." we've got a real army everybody fights." "You said It soldier. We re a team. "Now we're logging ... Let me knock the ashes off your smoke, or they'll go down your neck . . . How's that? . . ." Okay . . . What was it you said about 'logging'? That's home talk to me. A year ago I was setting chokers on the round stuff. Get it?" "Why, I . . . Wait listen! , . Our planes, aren't they? sounas liKe-yeh, you ves ted 'eta . . . Navy bombers, for a good guess, after the Jap transports.. Sundown in the ocean for another thousand Japs i nope, l hope. More of that teamwork." "That's the word. The ma rines down on Tulagl and Guadalcanal, the old army and the Aussies here In the Guinea country it s a team that's go ing places. I hope to get my feet working again in time to catch up." "Sure you will, soldier . Would you bat off that ash again? . . . Thanks ... We ought to be moving on back to the field hospital real soon . Say, where'd you log?" i man i i was just a year out of school when I enlisted worked the year on a sawmill green-chain at ever hear of a place called Tacoma?" Sure but a long way off. used to log out of a town call ed Eugene." ' "Hlyah, Webfoott I feel like we're used to-be neighbors old tllicums." 'Same here soldier. We're out of the same woods Washington and Oregon, the northwest cor ner of the USA." "Homesick any?" "Not up to now. A year ago last spring I hooked on to the army because I was fed up with u the arguing, cat-and-dog fighting, Jackniflng, and the like in the woods. All plnhead stuff. Nobody seemed to think we were rolling hell-bent into war." "Double-check, logger. Wonder how lt is back home now If they are still plnheading on the war Job in the woods , . . Hey, why the groan? Your hands want me to call a pill-shooter?" "Nop the clg burnt my lln. Could I have another?" "Right with you. Don't kid me about the hands . . . Here you are . . . Keep a choker on, old-timer. They'll be moving us soon." "I'm okay. You worry about your feet . , , Say, I hope we can keep together while they're patching us Into fighting shape again." "Same with me. Sure, we'll keep hooked up. Tacoma lumber-puller and Eugene choker setter a long way apart back home, but one family over here In the war. I hope it's become the same in the home woods." "Here's hoping with you, sol dier. That Is up to them,, like this is up to us . . . Top off that ash again, will you? . . . That's the old fight ..." HORRORSI CHICAGO. CP) Porky, a part-police dog,, went into seclu sion after Irene Dahl, 12, decor ated his front claws with red polish while the family was vis iting relatives at Elkhart, Ind. Porky took one startled look, bounded from the house and dis appeared. Finally after his views on toe nail polish were moderated by four foodless days, Porky ' was coaxed out of a cornfield on the outskirts of Elkhart. fiera the Klamath Rspublican September U. 1902 The Olene Land and Livestock company through Its tgent. I. D, Applegate, purchased 3800 head of fine sheep from Louis Gorber and A, T. Langell, Inst Saturday, Last week L. M. Rhodes sold his ranch, one mil from town, to Louis Dennis. Portland markets Potatoes, best Burbanks, 00 and 05 cants per cental; ordinary, SO and 83 cents. From the Klamath Newt 8pt. 16, 1932 Ruth O. Bathlany, city trea surer, filed petition for rerlec tion today. Roy Francis Durbln, former proprietor of ths Klamath Klothlng Kompany. died Wed nesday as a result of Injuries re ceived In an auto accident near Heppner. Dick Reeder, advertising man ager for Golden Rule, won a na tional prize for an ad written in a contest sponsored by a rubber company. Dick received a check lor si oo. Pelicana, KUHS Radio Program, Resumes Thursday With emphasis on variety, Pelicana, weekly radio presenta tion of one of the Junior English classes of Klamath Union high school, will be on the air again beginning September- 17, 7:18 p. m., over KFJI. This year, an entire new series of Pelicana will be given. A newscast will be presented one week, and a forum will be fea tured on alternating weeks. Lester Bishop is editorial man ager of the newscasts and George Brown Is editorial mana ger of the discussions. The class, consisting of IS students. Is directed by C. G. Woodhouse. TIRE WEAR VS. CAR SPEED ! . TXfiju if jIUjTS .tSu do mm 10-4111111111111.. .11 If 40 50 mO 70 la Mlia Miirt wan mu H PI Ml ris HOUt. MOUK NOUS HOU NORMAL TIM UFt Mars nt Houa 10 Mill ri HOUI Mill n HOUI INXA TtUpkM.) This chart, sent by Pruldent Roocvlt to whlta Hotite Buoy. Htpho Early for distribution, shows how dllforent auto ipoerts wear your tires. ' Look It over, motorua, and tnkn hred bcraune rationing Is upon you. The chart was prrpnred by the Auto & Rubbnr IndiutrlM Tire Committee at the War Engineering Board. The note In the upper right-hand eoroar Is to Mr. Earl from the President The greet speed of the Flying Fortresses enables them to carry out missions which the slower British bombers cannot attempt. Col. John H. Jouett, president of the Aeronautical chamber of commerce. Battles are not won by sol diers or sailors who think first of their own personal safety. President Roosevelt TeHing The Editor Itttttt prlntNt titre mm not b more llMn we worrit In linltlt, mtMl bo wtll lui loaiblr on ONI tlol ol tho papot only, and miMi bo timod. Oontilbutlon lolloorins lhaot ruloo, ore wormly wo oomo. LOSS OF PET DEPLORED KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., (To tho Editor) This Is wor time. Everyone is supposed to drive at a moderate, rale of speed, and in such a way as not to endaimrr life and to save his cor, tires and gasoline. Out hero in tho country we have a stretch of rond thnt Is a dlsKroce to any country and only by driving at a moderate roto of speed docs one get by without shaking his car to pieces. However, Saturday when the family was away, a car came racing by at such a rate of speed that a little white dog who was patiently watching for the fam ily to return wos run over and killed, and two little girls are heartbroken over the loss of their little playmate. The little dog was Just part cocker spaniel, a good little hunting dog but of no special use other than being a pet of tho little girls. Surely if the one who thought lessly killed the dog had heard the heartbroken sobs of the girls when they found the lifeless body of tlu'lr llttla dog, he would drlvo mora carefully In the fu turo. MRS. C. H. YOUNO. Spring Lake, Grew Sounds Grim Warning to U. S. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Sept 10 t,V) The Amcrlcun people had a solemn warning Tuesday from Joncph C. Grew, former ambassador to Japan, that they were In danger of being enslaved unless they came quickly to a realization that the war "Is the real thing, played for keeps," Tha ambassador who returned from Tokyo on t h e exchange ship Grlpsholm, nddrmslng em ployes of the Remington Arms company Mondny night said the war would be "doubly long and hard and bloody" unless Japan's military might was "correctly as sessed." but said the allies would win If everyone gave "his ut most support 8INO- BONO BONO DENVER, (P) Burglars in a cafe scooped up six cartons of candy, contents of seven gum machines, and two pies. They also broke open a Juke box and stole a record entitled: "Why Don't We Do This More Often?" Wm This Tap;v infer $ ' 111 MeiSarf Save 8fiteWeittfard fo if tt. ''irV'A Y"'.v HOW TO RE-CORK A QUART AND KEEP IT! POUR SLOWLY! ,ho boor hh la twiU, toot oloorlr- CORK TIGHTLY! Do not illow txxl to fomtla opto Aftor poorlnt sliioro,i-n tho bottlo Immed! ml)., Uio alr-tliht cork or patonlod mpporinotihoup from iho bottlo. MOMPTIYI Boor ihnll bo; Iwom oM tfl ro tola lit HI' aoa tporklo. After If ootklns, put quart bull Into youtitll'w jmmodiatolr. PIP if MJIllltitiHM O) 0333 0) 9) O) o