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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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The Witness Incident
lEHOVAH'S WITNESSES obviously asked for the re-
w jrettable violence which occurred in Sunday's demon
itrauon here against the religious sect, iney staged 1
terrific street campaign designed to agitate the publl
and. when trouble flared, they showed they had expected
it all along and were ready for it. In all probability their
leaders, who attempt the manipulation of the emotions
not only of their followers but the general public, count
the Klamath talis convention as highly successful.
They got the crowds. They got the excitement They
?ot the publicity. They no doubt feel it was all worth the
ew sore heads and black eyes, the burned pamphlets
and banners, and the overturned cars. That kind of thing
ha helped Jehovah's Witnesses grow.
They succeeded in creating, in this strongly patriotic
American community, a situation where law and order
was momentarily - suspended, but fortunately restored
when better judgment and restraint got the upper hand,
That nothing more serious happened is a matter of satis
faction to this community; it is probably a measure of
disappointment for the leaders of Jehovah's Witnesses.
In this period of stress, when hundreds of the young
men of this community are fighting or preparing to fight
the. battle for the very things that make it possible for
Jehovah's Witnesses to exist openly as an organization,
it i easy to understand the bitter resentment which their
activities engender. There is no reason to waste sympathy
en Jehovah's Witnesses, although neither authorities nor
yablic opinion can condone civilian violence they invite
Dy tneir activities..
, Federal authorities have asked that there be no vigi
Inteism, no taking the law in our own hands, in the effort
to weed out seditious and un-Amencanism in the war
period. It is to be presumed that the federal authorities
know about Jehovah's Witnesses, that they have investi
gated or are investigating the activities and teachings of
Wis sect wnicn many people believe to be un-American.
The question is one which must be handled by the federal
authorities. Those who possess evidence bearing upon :it
noma piace it in trie nands ot .these authorities.
The rights of freedom of speech, press, and assembly,
-men are cieany aenned in tne constitution, become in
tolved in this situation. They no doubt sulde the federal
: authorities, and they should be recognized by all of us
m our consideration or this sect. These are precious rights,
the rights we fight for, which must be preserved for any
obnoxious minority (so long as it is lawful) ss well as
for all deserving citizens. They do not prohibit verbal con
demnation of Jehovah's Witnesses or any other sect, nor
prosecution, tnrougn legal methods, of those who are
traitorous or seditious.
It is to be hoped Sundav's incident serve a cnnrl nnr.
Jose in relieving the pressure that was engendered by
ehovah's Witness activities here in the past few weeks.
u these people persist, and the federal government finds
it impossible to do anything about it, a good job of ignor
ing them, would probably be the most effective treatment
to be administered by the good citizens of such commun
ities as ours.
Editorial Correspondence
(Delayed)
.- POMONA, Calif. Three hours at an aircraft observation post
uuo leruie vaiiey s walnut ana citrus groves
were spent by this scribe this morning with his elderly father,
who is a volunteer aircraft observer.
Ours -was the graveyard shift 5 to 8 a. m. Rolling out at
:30 a. m. Is tough on a vacationist, but if the 70-year old gentle
man down the hall can do it for his country, we certainly ought
LW 8 to keep 111111 comPany r lust one morning.
X u. posl 15 locatea w a small building on a
ranch, which also houses a walnut dehydrator. Observation from
.this post is maintained on a 24-hour basis by citizens of the
neighborhood. They take note of all passing planes, make a
record in a book and flash a report of the plane to the army
filter center by telephone.
We arrived exactly at 6 a. m. The two observers on the
previous shut, one a rancher who lives in one of those Spanish
type houses on a hilltop and the other a ranch employe, were
pacing about outside, waiting for us to relieve them. They had
been on the Job from 2 a. m. to S a. m., and had reported two
We took over, making ourselves comfortable in the bare
room. Furniture in the post included an old, red overstuffed
chair, a lawn chair, a camp stool, a worn round dining table.
- -"' jiuwiicu in a smaii wooa stove and it was
m ueejme me ouisiae cniu of the hour before dawn
Two decks of sticky cards, an assortment of pictures of various
types of aircraft, an instruction manual entitled "Eyes Aloft"
and several ancient books with faded covers indicated the man-
ner In which the volunteer observers pass the time. A cartoon
by an amateur artist warned of the possible disastrous effects
of oversleeping and missing the watch.
So we maintained there a three-hour vigil. Trains roared by
l"te2'a1ls on the nearby Southern pacific and Union
Pacific tracks. But we weren't wsihinr - i. ir-...i.." ':".i
w.rd 7he ya"?y Boulevard 8 ha" way, but w.
weren't watching for trucks. - .
h.i Thl Tro n P",68- Lookln back In the book, we found
wateh U .lway.Pkep?i P" m"Ch " Pla"ele" But the
Few lendly planes are sighted from 5 to 8, but if an enemy
ri0uCOmu, over' I4 W0l,Id as llke1'' M not be in that period.
The bombing on the Oregon coast the other day occurred in
the early morning, and the papers down here quoted Klamath's
Lieutenant Truman Runyan to the effect that the aircraft ob
llaBhpd reports of the enemy plane immediately and the
&,tem Trked. Perfecy" That's the sort of thing thst keep,
the volunteer observers on the job.
.M!F?,li,0petat0,r"Jmd farm hand5' men lrom th " on the
bill or the shack by the canal, small business men, ministers,
housewives, go regularly to this little dehydrator house in the
Fomona valley, and scores of other observation posts like it. to
watch and listen for aircraft. .
iu..T,y kunow 5!?at 11 could happen that a call placed through
that telephone there on the bare wall might throw the switch
that would start operation of mighty defense machinery at the
aioment it 8s needed. So the watch is always kept. M. E.
By &ULMALLON
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TJMSHrNGTON, Sept 31 Hit-
ler skimmed the last of the
cream of his military strength
for the conquest of Stalingrad
what he produced there, there
fore, offers a worthwhile estt
mate ot what power he haj left,
He used about 800,000 men
in the drive. The Russian press
sometimes thought the reds were
mmwwumikimm ttelna a million
but their latest
count would be
around half that
sum.
These were
not used all at
the same time.
Flying wedges
of about 79,000
troops manned
the front attack'
Paul Mellon ing lines. They
were withdrawn every few days
for a rest and another 79,000
replaced them.
Not more than a million nail
troops are strung along the vast
expanses of the rest of the front
line, from the Arctic to the Cau
casus.
The best troops were, of
course, called into the Stalin
grad front and the million hold
ing the other sections of the
line represent what was left,
some being newly trained, some
Italians, Rumanians, and Finns,
who have been practicing for
months under German super
vision.
About 400,000 Italian trooDS
nave Deen re-tralned by the
Germans. Yet these are still
about the orst of the lot. The
Finns and Rumanians are much
more highly regarded.
senina mis iront line are
about a million men in what
might be called the third class
troops, the reserves to relieve
the front lines.
HOT THE SAME
On the only other nazl fiaht-
ing line, in Libya, Rommel has
never had more than 100.000.
including Italians, although pub-
usnea reports ol his strength
sometimes exaggerated this fig
ure Dy au per cent or more.
So you see the total German
muitary machine now in this
third year of the war. Is not the
same vast efficient striking
iorce wnicn went spinning
through- Poland. Beleium. Hoi-
land and France.
In actual fighting cower, it
seems to number only a little
over z,300,000. of wh ch the
500,000 facing Stalineiad can
still be classified as the crack
troops (and these have been ra
pidly used up).
While the nazls ntlll talk
about their 'army of 8,000,000 or
10,000,000 men. about th.
fourths of this vaunted streneth
represents fourth-clan frnnni
doing police duty in occupied re
gions. . mis juurtn class includes
many soldiers who .have recov
wounaj. the verv
juuiig, me untrained, and the
over-age.
SIDE GLANCES
Iff irPsft'i ' ti
flc. mt rr wt nywx we. t. w. mo. u: t. nr oiti
"He never goes near the kitchen at home, but whenever
be catches a big fish he always brings it here and argues
' vith the chef about how to cook HI"
FOOLED TOO OFTEN
At Stalingrad. Hitler
dueed about 1900 planes, repre
senting practically all hl r.
maining air striking power. It
is still a good air force, but far
from the 5000 planes Goering
used to brag about.
Shortage of pilots, an well
materials, British bomhino. anH
sabotage, probably has out Hit
lers air-arm to, this extent.
Pilots cannot be made in a day,
or a year, and the training which
gave the original air force a
superior efficiency will never
be possible ' again during this
war.
We have been fooled too often
Ton ite & Tuesday
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Also Late , War News
by reports and expectations of
German disintegration to relax
our efforts even In the face of
these encouraging trustworthy
figures. But they show that the
war is not necessarily being lost
By us on that front. They re
move cause for discouragement
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NOT WHAT IT WAS
The British have been put
ting out a sentence or two every
night about German bombing
raids on Britain, finally announc
ing a few days back that 400
civilians had been killed in the
last month during these raids.
These nightly naii forays
seem to have no military objec
tive. They are not aimed at in
dustrial centers or munitions
works and, apparently, have no
continuing plan.
About 19 or 20 German bomb
ers come over and hit a town,
generally a point near the coast.
For a while they concentrated
on cathedral cities and those of
purely historical value. Most of
the British 400 casualties were
suffered in one town one night
The Germans are merely fee
bly and blindly punching at non-
military British objectives to
keep as many British planes as
possible at home at night and
away from continental raids.
The weakness of the effort is
a further evidence that German
striking power is not what it
was.
It may be different this win
ter when Hitler can use what is
left of those 1500 planes from
Stalingrad for night attacks on
Britain.
Say 'Ah-h'
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Old Bottle Caps
To Be Re-Used
SALEM. Sept. 21 CP) The
state department of agriculture
said today it would permit the
use of old bottle caps for bottled
beverages, if the caps are steri
lized properly. This will be per
mitted only for the duration of
the war.
Plants which intend to use the
old caps must first notify the de
partment so it can arrange for
inspections.
Crown caps which are reused
must have new Inserts.
It isn't what father plunks
down for a harp for his daugh
ter it's the plunking ever after.
Hurry! See It i
NOW !
MAN WANTED!'
(JW-ROMANCE!
A native of the Free French
Island of New Caledonia, a land
once famous for "black magic,"
goes modern as ha submits to
treatment by U. S. Army tux
geon, (Official V. S. Army Sig
nal Corps photo.)
The nights are getting longer,
which, means that slowly but
surely twilight Is sneaking up
on us when we drive home
from work. That bad corner
you could see so well during
summer on your homeward
drive is now doubly dangerous
In the darkness, the National
Safety council warns us. Drive
more slowly and turn on your
lights in time.
LUCKY TEN CANNERS
The meeting was called to or
der by our president, Barbara
Francis. The pledge to the flag
and the club pledge was led by
our song leader, Mury Quln
ouitfcl. We talked about having
a party at night, and playing
games. We discussed the can
ning demonstrations and ex
hibits. Jean Thomas, news reporter.
SHASTA VITAMIN RUSTLERS
The meeting was called to or
der by our president, Jean
Thomas. Pledge to the flag and
club pledge wore led by Keith
Thomas. Mrs. Stewart, our lend
er, gave us a copy of the prem
ium list, and explained the pre
paration of our exhibits to be
taken to the garden show. We
examined corn, carrots, etc., so
as to know what sizes were best
for tha exhibit. We made the
final plans for our show, and
talked about our record books.
A committee, Morris Weakly and
Thomas Quinouskl, were selected
from our club to take charge of
the games at a party' on Wed
nesday night. The Lucky 10
Cannon and the Shasta Vitamin
Rustlers are having a party at
7:30 p. m. at Mrs. Stewart's on
Wednesday, September 20, Re
freshments were served after the
meeting adjourned. We plan to
exhibit 100 per cent at the Vic
tory garden show.
Gloria Stewart, news roporter.
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8HARA POULTRY CLUB
The last meeting of the Shara
Poultry club was held August
16 at the Stover home. We had
a meeting and talked about the
fair and decided what to ex
hibit All members plan to ex
hibit something .in the fair. At
the meeting we discussed the
point way of Judging- things, and
we like it better than the way
we've always had before. Most
of the record books are about
ready to turn In. After we closed
the meeting, we "practiced cand
ingl eggs and looked at Lorraine
and Alma Stover's chickens they
plan to exhibit at the 4-H fair,
August 24, at the fair grounds in
Klamath Falls. Four members
have capons they plan to exhibit
We had nine visitors, and all
members were present I've en
joyed sending the news of our
club to the paper, and I hope the
readers enjoyed ready It as much
as I did writing It.
Mary Louise Haynes.
news reporter.
.
LUCKY TEN CANNERS
On August 14, 1942, the Lucky
Ten Canners had a meeting. It
took place at Mrs. Stewart's
home. The meeting was called
to order by Betty Stewart, vice
president. The roll was called.
The pledge to the flag and the
club pledge were led by Mary
Quinowski. We had one visitor,
Joice Thomas. The next meeting
will be September 20. There
were two demonstrations: Betty
Stewart and Bud Quinowski,
"preparation on how to fix the
jars before canning." Jean
Thomas and Gloria Stewart,
"demonstration on how to can
peaches." After the meeting ad
journed, we had punch and
cookies.
Mary Quinowski, news reporter
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News and Herald
Employes Help Out,
In Spud Harvest
Several member of Ilia me
i-linnlcul dopiii'tmrnt of , The
Nowit inn! lloralil did their bit
to help in tho potato harvest
ovtn- tiio wci'kcnd, doing work
on tha rniH-li ot Climie.i Booth
at Bonanza.
Those In the parly were Joe
Walker, Mr. and Mrs. George
Gmliinl, Virgil Veltch ami son,
Gordon, llnrloy Hull, Elmer
Diainlnlt, Kcynolds Morgan,
Chiti-lcs Hutchinson, Milton
Prlr and son, Dnlo, nnd IlcrU
IlemliiKten.
You ciin't always toll about
women nnd If you can, you
shouldn't,
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War News All Fronts
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Laff Riot No. 1
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Says Fred Hoehler
PORTLAND, Sept. 21
The army Is paying moro atten
tion to morale of its soldlors than
ever before, Fred K. Hoehler,
director of the American Public
Welfare association, said Satur
day. He told the western confer
ence of the association that each
regiment has special servlco and
recreation officers. Competitive
athletics, dramatics and music
are provided.
Courses are being offered In
education, orientation and In
formation, Hoehier added.
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Crews Fight Blaze
Near Tillamook
TILLAMOOK, Sept. 21 (P)
Fire fighters today battled a
blaze that leaped out of control
in slashings near the huno old
Tillomook burn lost night.
The flames covered ISO acres
and wore approaching Hreen
timber. Two hundred man were
sent to the scene.
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