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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. .OREGON
ptembr 16, 1941
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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.
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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
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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?"
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