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'page two RIOT ENDS "WITNESS" CONVENTION (Continued from Pag One) townsmen tried to tore the door. John Chase, a tormer com mander of the Veterans of For eign Wars, was reportedly grab bed by Witnesses and pulled in side the building, where he was allegedly beaten and then eject ed. ' Chase, Walter Tatlow, with a broken rib, and Lowell John on, whose legs were cut, were - among local men who were-cas-ualties of the struggle. Nothing serious was reported. The center of activity then moved to the front of the build- ing. A huge crowd milled bout the outside, and hundreds ,,of people were within. A few women filed from the building carrying pamphlets and phonograph records. These were seized and thrown into a pile in the street, which was set 'afire. Stench Bombs Hurled Huge banners were torn from the front of the building and thrown on the fire. Windows along the Ninth street side of the structure were broken, and literature seized from board counters which had been built inside. Stench bombs were hurled through broken windows into the garage building, and the crowd inside moved to one end of the front room. By that time, city police and police reserves had arrived in force. Police Chief Earl Heuvel said that he went inside the building, and in an effort to drive back the rioters for protection of wo men and children, fired one tear (ts ahelL .- The gas affected townspeople and witnesses alike. - About that time, Carl Cook, former police Judge and now a marine recruiting sergeant, mounted the sound truck, which had been playing patriotic mu ale. Situation Clears . Cook urged the crowd to dis perse, stating that Governor Sprague bad been informed of the rioting and bad asked that order be restored. A few people began walking away. George Conners, owner of the sound equipment, then made a brief ialk, stating In effect that rn jj. -7 WtALTWIttLlOWn Ants and Aphids By EARL WHITLOCK Probably you have noticed, in your garden a close connec tion between ants and aphids, wnen the aph ids are thick on your roses, the ants are sure to be present, too. I have always t accepted the old theory that the - aphids are the ants' cows; carried up the flower stems to pasture every morning, and I have presumed, lugged down at night and put c k Dea somewhere, and milked in the meanwhile. But I find this is only par- xiauy true. Tne aphid Is a source of food to the ant, all right. The sweet the aphids ex ude is, chemically, about the purest form of sugar known. And the ants love it. So much to that, If any aphid is not de livering his quota of It, an ant will actually put hi s arms around the aphid and squeeze him until he does in a big way. But the aphids are put up in your tendercst rose buddings not by the ant, but by their mother, who lays her eggs there. Now the great enemy of the aphid is the larva of the good little lady bug that ex terminator of so many insect pests. Were there no ants about, the larva would promptly climb up your rose bush and fill him self with a mess of aphids. But when ants are present, they guard their sugar supply as you would guard yours and they pick off that lady-bug larva while he's on his way up to breakfast. So that's why you can con trol aphids in your garden by getting rid of the ants there. I knew the fact but not the why of it. Maybe you-didn't, either. Next Monday Mr. Whltlock of the Earl Whitlock Funeral Home will comment on A Pro tective Policy. lawless methods are Hitler meth ods. Still more people moved back, and Cook took over, continuing his exhortations along with pa triotic remarks and Introduc tions of service men. Police reserves formed a cor don and posted men at the near by corners to keep traffic from the area. Slowly, the situation began to clear around the con vention hall. Inside, the sessions had taken up, with hundreds of men, women and children jam med Into the steaming back room. Literature Burned Meanwhile, many Witness au tomobiles were overturned by irate citizens, with grownups and children participating. This occurred on streets near the con vention hall. In a parking lot back of tha Witness cafeteria at Eleventh and Main streets, and In other parts of town. The cars were identified by words painted on them advertising Knorr's Cleveland speech. One msn said he believed 300 ears were overturned. A small crowd went to East Main and Holly streets, where Frank Lowell, owner of a build ing occupied by the Witness headquarters, had ordered them to vacate. Literature and other articles were removed from that room and burned in the street. There was talk of more trou ble when the Witnesses left their convention building, but none developed, and the situ ation quieted down when it was reported the Witnesses would not attempt to hold a night meeting. Police Notified There was talk of beatings-up when the Witnesses left town, but nothing of , this kind oc curred, according to police. "Strong back" squads of Wit nesses went about righting the overturned automobiles. It was reported that James Davis, Witness attorney and a principal speaker at the conven tion, had called Governor Spra gue informing him of the riot ing and asking protection. The governor called the sheriffs of fice here, and state and city police were notified. - The effort to cut the tele phone cable was successful in preventing Knorr's speech from reaching the convention, hall. It was reported. Davis read the speech to the jam-packed multi tude. The W o m n's Ambulance corns, uniformed, was nn hanri throughout the rioting, and car ried injured 10 me nospiuua in their white Salvation Army am bulance. Several amusing incidents oc curred. . Two townsmen battled each other behind the building, each thinking the other a Witness, un til some one stopped the fight. Baby Rumor. - Toward the close of the wild afternoon, a woman in the con vention hall " was seized with labor pains. It was rumored a baby had been born inside, but this was disproved when the woman was brought out and taken to a hospital by the am bulance, corps. The baby- was born there. The. woman had a couple of other children with her, and the ambulance corps for a time was trying to find out what to do with these youngsters. Background of the rioting of Sunday was built through Jehov ah Witness . activities here cov ering several weeks. Some time ago the city council , passed an ordinance licensing street vend ors, aimed at the Witnesses, but the ordinance does not become effective until September 28 During the convention, pam phleteering by the Witnesses reached a new high.' On Satur day, Witnesses were on. every corner, and early Sunday morn ing they rang door bells in the residence district. Many local people regarded the Witnesses, who refuse on religious grounds to salute the flag, as un-American. They have been accused of Nazi propagand izing, of working against the war efforts and war savings cam paigns. Under these conditions, feeling mounted rapidly toward Sun day's wild climax. No Arrests Police made no arrests en either side. Although many individuals participated, and there were in dications word had been passed around to be on hand for the trouble, it was widely declared that no organization had par ticipated as such. Members of veterans organi zations and a fraternal group were observed engaged in the demonstration. J. C. Williamson of the Eagles lodge said that the Eagles pro vided the stamps and bonds for the sales booth, which was evi dently set up as a patriotic ges ture and "counter irritant." He said $1037 in stamps and bonds were sold to citizens who were "both, mad and patriotic." The Witness convention was held simultaneously with con ventions in other cities. There were resortedly 1800 people -1 m-antnnm u Acidlndiqestion I. ( bImm ar aih ym mm ,1 .,k mm txecN itimub teld ctum pilnul. ntffwit nt lit. ou? iumcH . Muttrarn. cotton woillr pnwrlM tha tuUM-uUsi ntdlttM bMM jSbUn. Ka tu-im Man ratal l flflyornanatettft to tu for Aaobla man beck. Ma, D. H. SPENCER HELD HERE ON INDICTMENT SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 21 &) Dudley H. Spencer, Klam ath Falls businessman, Is being held on an Indictment charging lewd and lascivious conduct with two runaway girls from Port land, Harry Neubarth, assistant district attorney, said today. Spencer was arrested In Klam ath Falls Saturday on a tele graphic warrant. Naubrath also said three mem bers of a big-name band were charged with contributing to tea delinquency of the same girls, whose ages were reported to be 13 and 13. Neubarth said the bandsmen arrested were William Shores, Elmo Cozza and Orta E. Bull. Chief of Police Earl Heuvel Saturday Informed Inspectors August Tompkins and James Hart of the San Francisco Juv enile detail that he had arrested Spencer, operator o'f a Main street apparel and linen shop, on a telegraphic warrant from San Francisco. A San Francisco paper Sun day said that Spencer was at tempting to raise the S5000 cash or $10,000 bond required, and declared he would fight extra dition. "Tompkins said that If Spen cer persisted In his stand, of ficers would go to Oregon early next week to Institute extradi tion proceedings," the paper said. .' The paper went on to say that, 'Tompkins expressed doubt that the governor of Oregon would refuse to extradite Spencer." RAF DEVASTATES (Continued from Page One) their way homeward after dawn yesterday from the daring 1300 mile round trip foray the 11th night raid on Germany this month. 10 Lost The attack on Munich was ac companied by another raid on tha oft-bombed Saar industrial region in western Germany. While the exact number of planes participating in the Mun ich raid was not disclosed, offi cial reports indicated that the destruction caused rivaled that sown in other German cities which have been the targets of some of the RAF's mightiest as saults. The British reported the loss of 10 planes during the night. Assuming that these losses amounted to five per cent, ob servers reckoned that upwards of 200 aircraft took part. Mobilization Of Notion Asked in Bill . (Continued From Page One) senee of a final authority to allo cate our manpower resources," declared today that "the time has come when some clear de cision between army and indus trial needs must be made." "With a projected army of ten to thirteen million, it is appar ent that many additional mil lions , must replace the men taken from war Industry," he said. "Our manpower is lim ited." His statement was Issued after Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey had indicated that more than 10,000,000 Americans would be in the armed forces by the end of next year. Calls for childless married men will start going out generally in December or January, Hershey said, as the supply of single men, including those with dependents, becomes exhausted. Married men with children will be called beginning around October 1, 1943, unless congress authorizes the drafting of 18 and 19-year-olds. - Approximately 3. 800,000 of the latter age group registered this year for service after they reach 20, but so many of them have enlisted that per haps no more than 1,000,000 are left. here for the event, mostly from California and Oregon. Police Chief Earl Heuvel warmly praised, the police re serves and the women's ambul ance corps for their activities In connection with the affair. Heuvel said, his men had re stored order at quickly as pos sible. He said he had "expected something" on Saturday night, but had not believed anything serious would occur on Sunday, and for that reason did not have his full force of reserves out be fore the trouble started. HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued from Page One) States but dont think they've HAD ENOUGH. He says he has been asked 80 times already about a second front, and adds that In Russian eyes the opening of a second front Is a symbol. a a a "NE thing that" seems certain in an uncertain world la that the opening of a second front now would have little effect on the all-important battle of Stalin grad. It is already too late .for that a a a nrHE British hit Munich from the air (with presumably around 200 bombers) and start fires seen 100 miles away. Re ports from Switzerland indicate that their new four-ton bombs were used. The Munich bombing raid Is the al.vsnth. British air raid on Germany since September 1. a a THERE seems to be no change In New Guinea. The Japs are still reported stalled 30 miles from Port Mores by, and American and Australian planes are pounding their supply lines from Buna Inward. 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May njpplyoolyll.JJ. lofleybeek If you don't tetreauiu. jutt phone Currln'i for Drugi, WaoBf Ting Co., or Hoe'i LIT son DRIVE EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS The response of Klamath Falls people to the concentrat ed "scrap harvest" Saturday more than exceeded expecta tions of the committee in charge, with approximately 180 tons now heaped up at the scrap depot at South Sixth and Com mercial streets, according to rough estimates. So great was the amount of metal, rubber, rags and alum inum placed on curbs by resi dents of the clly that it wai found necessary to continue the collection during the day Sun day. There are known to be piles still waiting to be picked up, and the committee said ar rangements are being made to complete, the job. Credit Given Those in. charge gave credit for the success of the drive to the fine spirit of cooperation by the public, the Teamsters' union, the Oregon Women's Ambulance corps and business firms who donated use of their trucks for the purpose. These . firms were listed as follows: Home Lumber com pany, Drake Lumber company, Swan Lake Moulding company, Big Basin Lumber company. City Transfer, O. K. Transfer, Mason Ehrman Wholesale groc ers, Wadhams Wholesale groc ers. Pacific Fruit and Produce company. Safeway Stores, Inc., Bend Portland Truck line. Con solidated Freightways, Arrow Transit company, Oregon Cali fornia Freight lines, Pauley Packing company, Fred Heil bronner Fuel company, Peyton and company, and Lost River dairy. Many other trucks were do nated but could not be used. This weekend's, scrap harvest. It was pointed out. ' only the beginning of Klamath county's effort to reach a goal of 4000 tons of scrap by the first of the year. People are urged to con tinue to bring in all they can to the depot with the exception of paper, tin cans and metal less than one-eighth inch in thickness from automobiles. "With the government so bad ly In need of metal that It is ask ing for old cannon, cannon balls and other such objects from city parks, it behooves all of us to turn over anything use able, from that spittoon -in the corner to the extra flat Iron on the shelf," the salvage commit tee said. "We've Just started to get in the scrap, and we're go ing to keep it up until we get the axis licked." ALLIED FIGHTERS ATTACIUflP BASE (Continued from Page One) land from Buna,' 175 miles be low Lae, to Kokoda, on the route of the Japanese drive tow ard Port Moresby. The assault on Buna, which touched oft fires and heavy ex plosions, was the thirteenth on that target since Aug. 28. On the New Guinea ground front allied headquarters report ed "no change in the general situation," indicating ,-the Jap anese still were stalled at lorl baiwa, a hamlet oh the southern slopes of the Owen Stanley mountains 32 miles airline from Port Moresby which they reach ed early, last week. HOME MAKER EUGENE, Ore. W) A pheas ant hen strolled into a down town woman's clothing store, startling clerks. The bird started nesting in the dressing room. Manager' Dorothy Ross called a state policeman who escorted the pheasant to a more likely looking field. FIRST CHURCH OT CHRIST, SCIENTIBT KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, ANNOUNCES A FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Entitled Christian Science; The Discovery of Life Eternal PAUL STARK 8EELEY, C.8.B. of Portland, Or. Member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church The First Church of Christ, Scientist, In Boston, Mass. KLAMATH UNION HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM TUESDAY, SEPT. J J 8:00 P. M, The Publle Is Cordially Invited (e Attend Closurt Bans Hunting in All Forest Lands (Continued from Page One) seasons will open on schedule this week, despite the forest closure order, . The game commission decision to continue with the hunting sea sons Is not expected to seriously affect antelope shooting but will virtually halt deer hunting until forests are opened. The antelope season will open Wednesday, September 23, and the deer season opens Saturday, September 26. T (Continued from Page One) run out of gas, to the side of the road. Damage Blight As they were pushing, Slse more said, the pickup driven by Stevenson and carrying Christie as a passenger rounded tho curve at a high rate of speed and passed the truck on the right side, between the truck and a bank flanking the road. Horton was struck and pinned against the truck, the Impact killing him Instantly. Wallace was also hit. The side swipe impact sent the pickup careening, tossing Christie out. Neither of the machines over turned and were believed to be only slightly damaged. Eighth Fatality Helping push the truck, which was bringing a group of men Into the city from the Crater Lake firm's Camp I near Brat tle, were Harvey Lee Banks, op erator ol tha truck, ' Walter B. Hawkins, Elmer TruJUlo and Joseph Trujillo. None of them was injured. State police said that Robert L. Bradford was the third occu pant of the pickup, which was also headed for Klamath Falls. Bradford was unhurt. The fatality was the eighth in Klamath county this year. Slsemora said that Stevenson was to be formally charged this afternoon In Justice court. Horton, a resident of Hotch kiss, Colo., is known to have a father surviving In tha Colorado town. Amendment Including Farm Labor in Parity Price Eyed (Continued from Page One) had advanced about 30 per cent and that the aggregate of wages and salaries paid out had risen 72 per cent. From January 1, 1941, to May, 1942, unit labor costs had In creased at the average rate of 1.1 per cent per month. "Unit labor costs will unques tionably Increase still further, even apart from increases In wage rates, as a consequence of the loss of skilled workers, In troduction of less skilled labor and Inevitable transportation and other delays." Control of wages and salaries "must proceed simultaneously with control of food cost"' Senator Thomas (D-Okla.) said a senate agriculture subcommit tee would submit the following amendment to the bill to the full agricultural committee to morrow: "Parity prices and comparable prices for any agricultural com modities shall be determined as authorized by existing law, but also shall Include all farm labor." Thomas estimated that rule, If applied, would make the celling prices of farm products approx imately 112 per cent of parity, as based on the index figures for the period 1909-1914. President-Roosevelt is on rec-, ord as "unalterably opposed to any change In the present method of computing parity. Thomas said the amendment was proposed by the American farm bureau federation, the na tional ' grange, the council of farm cooperatives and others. EDS! TI SIEGE STAND (Continued from rage One) slans had "no Idea of quitting." Bearer of a written mcssago from President Roosevelt to Premier Stnlln, Wlllkle said the Russians appreciated the aid they had received from the United States and Britain, but "they didn't think our aid has been enough." He said the Rusnlans think that a second front "Is the kind of aid they are entitled to" mul added: "The second front has become almost like a symbol to them." Sinkings Claimed The report heard In London that the Tlrpltz was on the hunt again off Norway win the first word of tha battleship since Inst July 9 when the Russluns said one of their submarines scored two torpedo hits on her In Arctic waters where sho lurked along tho convoy route., Tho German high command claimed only yesterday that their .submarines and planes hud sunk :iH merchant ships totaling 270, 000 tons and destroyed or dam aged six escorting warships in a six-day attack on a British nnd American convoy in Arctic waters. Bitter Resistance The claim was characterized In London as exaggerated, al though unofficial British sources said Iomcs on the Murmansk route over many months un doubtedly hud been considerable. Dally farther behind schedule In Its hopes to announce a vic tory at Stalingrad, the German high command said bitter resist ance by the Russians continued, with the defense forces bolstered by new reserves from the east. Reds Gain In South In the Caucasus, however, the Germans claimed gains. They sold they had captured tho towns of Terek and Vladlml rovka tn their thrust toward the oil wealth of Grozny. Terek Is six miles east of Mozdok and some 93 miles northwest of Grozny. Vlndlmlrovka Is 90 miles northwest of Grozny and approximately tho sumo dlstanco from the shores of the Caspian sea, ; Russian forces kept grimly to their diversion assault on the German lines from Voronezh to the Leningrad front, but It was at Stalingrad that tha future positions of the great battle locked armies was being deter mined. Hugh C. Bowermar Killed in Hunting Accident Saturday LA GRANDE, Sept. 21 (IP) A bullet accidentally fired from the gun of a hunting companion killed Hugh C. Bowerman, 44, Milton Hardware merchant, Cor oner Lot Snodgrass said today. The coroner said Bowerman and Claude O., DcShlrley were hunting ahecp-kllling bear in northern Union county Saturday. DeShlrley mistook Bowerman for a bear and fired across a canyon at him, Snodgrass said. No Inquest Is 'planned. If your dealer is out for the duration, advertise for a used one In the want-ads. Hans Norland, Insurance. Are You Satisfied With Your Comploxlon? Sure That Your Make-up Enhances Your Beauty? 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Right now, he pointed out, ap proximately 40 per cent of the country's production was going for wur and by nuxl year1 this winihl ho Incrcusvd to 00 per cent. All of this means "no niyA luxuries, no more gadgets, no more comforts except what we simply must have It we are to keep fighting." The American Legion ssksd congress today to lowor the draft age to 18 years and to con script manpower for war pro duction. By an overwhelming standing vote (ho Legionnaires at the clos ing session of their three -day streamlined convention, passed tho resolution offored by theyin tlonal dnfenso committee, head ed by Warren II. Atherton, Stockton, Call!, In conjunction with thn r. quest that thn draft nn be low ered, tho Legion urged congreju to pans legislation calling for compulsory military training af ter the war In which every youth would be required to have at least nno year of training fore he reaches the age of J2. .Supplementing Its appeal for a national servlre art conscript ing manpower for war produo tion, tho Legion reiterated a de mand for Us longsponsored uni versal service act, railing for the drartliiK of nil resources of tha nation, including capital, labor, industry and agriculture as well as the fighting manpower. The high C's for lots of girls ore chatter, cosmetics and cos tumes. If you want tn sell It phone The Herald and News "want ads," 3124 llrinlfc! M tVTONS 70-Proof SLOe&TN If you're looking for a new taite thrill, try drinks with distinctive), frult-y tang , . . made with LYONS Sloe Gin! $1.80Vs Quart, M0 Pint IHt I. O. 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