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PAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON October 12. 194Z Starts JINKINS . MALCOLM SPLIT A eempofar? eoDblBattoa of the Bvcalot Berald aad the Klamath Scare, rubltehea' iwr sflaraoeo efepf Sunder et Seplanede ud P!0e twt4, KlamatS Fella, Onp, by e ereM nruiearaf IM. im uii aiemata Satefeel es eeeoad deee matter at the iwm unaer act oj Majnbar of The On Moat Sree Moatha . a Tear MAIL BATES PAYABL1 IS ADVANCE By Wall In Klamath, Lata, Uodoe and SUeUoa Coostlaa Taraa Month . tit Moauu Oaa Tear Tba Aaeecaated freea to excluelrelr eotlUed to tha oaa of republication of an aaw eHeaeteba eredrUd to tt or Dot otharalaa eradltad la thla pa par. aad alao tha loeal am psrUahed therein. AD rlfbf of republication of apodal dlapatchee ara alao taaaraad. MKMBEB AUDIT BDBEAD Of CIRCULATION Bepreaeoted Nationally by Weat-Bolllday Co., Ice. Sea SrnnohMSo, Xew York. Detroit, SeatUe. Ctilcaio. Portland, Loa Anfelea, . loola, TaMOsrar, B. C Coplaa of Tha Herald aad Neere, toiathar arlth compute tafonoettoa (host tha Klamath ralla market, mar ha obtained for the aaktof e enj of thaae offloee. Oellrered b; Carrier m Olf The Hunter's Responsibility BY simultaneous opening of the hunting season and all the forests, state game commission and federal and state forest officials followed a policy that avoids con fusion and should become permanent. Having open sea sons and closed forests is highly confusing. Under the circumstances of war and fire danger, hunters have been given a fair break by the weekend action and should show their appreciation by strict adherence to all of the rules. That such a spirit is abroad is Indicated by a report that nearly all cars observed on the Lakeview highway Saturday, bound for the Fremont forest hunting areas, were moving at 35 miles an hour or less. There were a few violators, but the vast majority were doing , their . part toward saving gas and tires. There are two major hazards brought about by hunt ers going into the woods. One is fire, and the other the danger of accidental shootings. The fire season is not closed and, contrary to an erron- eous-report in our newspaper, is not scheduled to close October 15. The fire season is open until December SI, unless proclaimed otherwise by the governor. Two bad fires have occurred in forested land of northern California, Ore gon and Klamath county in the last few days. There is still extreme danger, augmented by the presence of hun dreds of men in the woods. Those who follow the rules will be helping to justify the favorable action toward hunting taken by game and forest officials last weekend. - j Klamath hunters have a pretty good record, extend ing over a period of years, in the matter . of hunting ac cidents. But men have been shot in our woods. A Corning man was killed Sunday in the Devil's Garden district in Modoe county just south Hair-trigger fingers can do handle firearms cautiously "Weekend" apparently during the hunting season. local official Monday noon town for the weekend." After a day in a spud field, this writer comes up with a groan to declare that he strongly favors the immediate development of mechanical spud pickers. Theodore Jordan, Klamath Murderer, Won't Be Tried For Part in Flax Burning SALEM, Oct 12 OP) State Prison Warden George Ale ander said today he is doubtful whether Theodore Jordan, 36, negro,, serving a life sentence for murder in Klamath coun ty, would be prosecuted for his part in the recent burning of . the three flax sheds at the pris on at a loss of 219,000. Alexander said the matter his been placed in the hands of District Attorney Miller Hat- den, who might refer the case to the grand jury. The ' warden said, however, that since Jordan it serving a life term, there wouldn't be much point in giving him an additional sentence. Besides, he (aid, it might be difficult to ob tain a conviction, since the prin cipal witnesses against him would be the five convicts who were sentenced last week for their parts in the fire. Four of the five men received five-year sentences to be added on to their present terms, while the fifth got another two years. The warden said Jordan was the ring-leader in the conspira cy, iniiuencing the men to burn the buildings on the theory that wey would be released from prison because there then would not be enough work for them to do. All five men told the court they were influenced by ooraan. Alexander said he believes we whole mystery as to the origin of the fires has been solved, but that he is continu. jng the investigation on the chance that there may be other convicts involved. Jordan, now kent in solitarv confinement, has spent almost naif ol his 38 years behind bars. He first became involved with the law in 1924, when he began serving four years in San ajuenun, Calif., prison for burg lary. He was then arrested for auto theft, vagrancy, burg lary, larceny and robbery, and on Jan. 9, 1920, entered the Oregon prison after being con victed for robbery in Klamath county. He was released May 10. 1832. On June 3, 1932, three weeks after his release. Jordan mur dered F. T. Sullivan, a dining er steward, in Klamath Falls, Ifuutnf Sdltor newe rsouanreg unpur. poetorftee of Klamath ralle. Ore oe AofuH fA ooogreae, aiarco a, lara. Aaaodatad Preee l .'I - ! of the Klamath county line. a lot of tragic damage. Let's and not shoot at any noises. means something different We called the office of a and were told he "is out of and was sentenced to hang. He reentered prison Dec. H. 1932, and on July 3, 1934, Governor juuus Meier commuted the sen tence to life. The communist party conduct ed many demonstrations . in be half of Jordan, and took credit for getting the commutation of sentence. The warden said Jor dan has received small sums of money each month f r o m the New York headquarters of the party. Alexander said Jordan has been "grateful" to the commun ists, and that he has spent much of his time in prison agitating in Denau of communist princi ples. . CHRISTMAS SEALS nnsrmas seals wul go on sale early this year in order to permit those mailing packages w men overseas to attach the little seals to the wrappings. Mrs. Burt E. Hawkins, seal sale chairman, Saturday an nounced that seals would be available at the Carlisle news stand in the post office lobby starting Monday morning. Through the courtesy of Klamath county chapter, Amer ican Red Cross, seals will be sold at new Red Cross head quarters desk, 418 Main street. Fishermen Warned To Stay Away From Oregon Coast Bridges ASTORIA, Ore., Oct. 12 (JPy Fishermen were warned today to stay more than 100 yards away from bridges over navig able streams along the Oregon Coast and lower Columbia river. Lieut. Com. M. P. Jensen, cap tain of the port here, said no vessel will be allowed to anchor, hover or fish near the bridges west of 123 degrees west lone. itude. This affects the Columbia rl. er below Rainier and bays along the coast. Washington Column By ROBERT HUMPHREYS (Distributed by King Features Syndicate) WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 If you want to talk to a repub lican in Washington today about politics, you stealthily make your way to his office, enter on tiptoe, bolt the door behind you. and conduct the conversation in whispers. What is worrying him is that the democratic voters may find out that there is going to be an election three weeks hence. So far, the campaign has cone just to suit him no big issue to stir the people up, considerable democratic lethargy, and no end of public apathy. If something doesn't happen to upset things, this republican will bet you: That the GOP picks ud at least 30 house seats with an oat. side chance of capturing the low er branch as tha republicans did in 1918: That there will be four more republicans in the senate at a minimum, maybe seven; and. That five or six more demo crats will vacate governors' man. sioni to make way for victorious COP candidates. Those figures, he will tell you are the inside dope, but he does n't want to do too much shoutin1 about them, or the new deal wing of organized labor might decide to sacrifice a little over time pay on election day and rusn to ine pous. o o o WORRY The democrats in Washington are worried, make no mistake Bout It. They have the r own "Inside' figures, too, and they don't look so good. They virtually concede xa seats in the house, three in the senate, and four tavemor. snips. One of President Roosevelt' cuiigreHionai lieutenant mm. pleted a coast-to-coast trip a few wcess ago. and rushed baric tn the capital with a warning that if something wasn't done nrettv quick, the republicans would nave 200 house seats instead of we toe tney now hold. Avast week, Speaker of the House Democratic Leader Mc- onnack felt constrained to visit me wrote House and lay the cards on the table. They told Mr. Roosevelt that if GOP gains were going to be no to me minimum, some ex traordinary steps would have to De taken to get out the demo cratie vote. They ended uo by ureins- thai president to Include in his fire side chat a plea for every Amer tcan to vote on election day. SORE SPOTS The New York and Califor nia campsiffna have h.ih th. headlines, but the real democrat- c sore-snots are connerfleni Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, aura nasningion. An t-onnecticut, where the democrats now have five of the six house seats, the republicans think they have an excellent chance of reversing the count by xiupprng iout democratic in cumrjents and retaining their present seat. In Pennsylvania, the GOP ex pects to gam a minimum of six house seats; in Ohio, four; in a jJJ"1 tnree; ,n Washington, two. They are also coimtlne n gain of three in Illinois, two in Michigan, and one each in Iowa,' ""'""i Wyoming, Oregon, Massachusetts. Rhoda Tainm New Jersey. Delaware) anri m'. But these claims are offset hv ""ii atomissions of trouble in one district in New HammMr. another In New York, and a iira in California. Oddly enough, in Near Vnvv no. cainornia, where the re puoiicans are confident that their gubernatorial candidates, anuHieui a. Avewey ana Earl War ren, will Win. the GOP la rmf overiy optimistic about gaining The California nMurm f. plicated by extensive reappor tionment which opened contests ior inree new seats. In New York, the renublirana mauM tie for a standoff lose one. eain one, . FARM BELT EYED on the senate side of the pic ture, the GOP is eniintlna nn eh. farm belt to provide the gains: Governor George Wilson to beat Senator Clyde Herring in Iowa; E. V. Robertson to defeat Senator H. H. Schwartr. in w. oming; Governor Harlan J. Bushfield to take the seat now held by Senator William Bulow m South Dakota; and Governor Ralph L. Carr to sunnlant 6n. " iwin u. Johnson .in Colo rado. In Michigan thev claim a sn.sn chance for Judge Homer Fergu son to upset Senator Prentiss Brown and a like possibility that Former Governor C. Douglass Buck will succeed to the senate seat of James H. Hughes in Del aware. Some of the more opti mistic republicans are claiming that in New Jersey their candi date, Albert W.Hawkes, has a SIDE GLANCES Tour Jap plane score was pretty good up to the time' you got your leave but I hope jWre satisfied your old i, .. .man can still beat you shooting ducks 1" chance of ousting Senator Wil liam H. Smathers. In Nebraska, it Is conceded on all sides that a three-cornered race there has greatly improved the GOP chances. The contest- ants are the incumbent senator, 81-year-old George W. Norrls, running as an Independent; Ken netb S. Wherry, former GOP state chairman, and a youthful radio luminary, 37-year-old Fos ter May, a democrat. Although it is May who is put- ting on tne spectacular race, many feel that it is Wherry who is actually gaining by it. The dopesters believe that May's campaigning is cutting mora heavily into the support of Nor rls than Wherry, and they claim it would be no big surprise if the latter replaced the venerated Norris in the senate next year. a a SHREWD The republicans have played the game with ' considerable shrewdness to date. In the early summer, they. op era ted under the protection of public polls which showed the democrats ahead, although the GOP leaders claim they knew better all the time. f- .- As the election campaigns sot under way and it became clear er that the republicans would probably make some gains, the GOP deliberately refrained from raising any controversial issues for fear that it would incite a heavy turnout on election day. in congress, the republicans have been playing strictly dead no sniping at the administra tion, very little political maneu vering. The democrats have finally caught on. and are now trvlna to beat the drums. How much suc cess they are having will be measured at the polls three weeks from today. From The Klamath Republican October IB, 1902 The Booth-Kelly Lumber com. pany has just purchased a tract of timber in Klamath and Lake counties. The purchase nrice was 9zau,uuo. The circuit court of aoDeals nas amrmed tne decision of the State of Oregon versus the Jesse D. Carr Land and Livestock com pany. By the decree, 84,331 acres of land in California and Oregon reverts to the government. In the complaint, it was alleged that ny means of fences and natural boundaries, the defendant stock company had enclosed the huge acreage of the best public graz ing lands in Oregon and Cali fornia. From The Evening Herald October 12, 1932 The U. S. reclamation service notified the community today that the USRS assumes no re sponsibility for enclosing the government canal through Klam ath Falls. a a Cornelia Marvin Pierce, wife of the congressman, will lecture on 13 ballot measures at a meet ing of the League of Women Voters. A ton of prunes was received today from Roseburg for local poor relief use. If your dealer Is out for the duration, advertise for a used one in the want-ads. PIMPLED SKIN 5S i lX" I0???!","- " helpful to Pimpled Irritated akin, when Sua ty external cauiea. You'll love It. Tlireo flattering complexion ahadea. Fleah, Brunette, Cream. 10c, 0c ANTISKPTIC LOTION P P I lii l! i y i pii!!!!!! Telling The Editor Uttare pHrrtie) here aaat Ml ae aaae ten lefltxr en ONS DDI el the aaper eta, and muet ae atria. GemriavtMne Mlenatng Uteee ntlee, are aarmli araa PICTURE TAKING KLAMATH FALLS (To the Editor) Something happened today and it just goes to show how slow some of us folk reslly are this morning. I was down to the railroad station to meet my father and after, waiting some time his train finally came In. On it were quite a few of our boys In the service, also a small dark man of Jewish descent I believe. who had a camera. This man got off the train. waiKea arouna tne people on the platform. No one paid much notice of him. He took a pic ture of our station, the train and of course some of the peo ple on the platform. suddenly a man in a gray suit ran up to him and yelled you Idiot, don t you know we have a war on; you can't go around and take pictures like that." The man with the cam era pushed him away and for the first time people looked around. There was no police or train crew around so of course the little man got back on the train. How I would have liked to smash his camera. Klamath Falls is on the main line. All our bridges are guarded but not our depot which is just as important. If we had a guard this man could not have gotten by with his picture taking. I, for one, think something should be done about this. My 8-year-old son was talk ing to a soldier when this hap pened. The soldier turned and ran for the train. ' Father came at that time so we left, but I'm hoping the soldier got the little man if that's what he was af ter. Thanking you, Josephine Winton, Route 3, box 807 THE SONS OF UNCLE SAM We soldiers have a busy day From reville to taps. We have one thought upon our mind. . We are going to whip the Japs. We peel the spuds and scrub the floor And wash the pots and pans. out we know tney will never whip us For we are the Sons . of Uncle Sam. From Alaska's fog bound coast To Australia's coral strand The Japs have begun to realize We are the Sons of Uncle Sam. From Iceland's rocky shore To Lybla'a burning sands Hitler, too, has realized We are the Sons of Uncle Sam. Although we were slow to start, But with many a helping hand, we win never Dow down in de feat For we are the Sons of Uncle Bam. PVT. OMER L. WISEMAN. S.C.U. 1907-Section 2, Ft. Lewis, Wash. WINNING DISEASE FIGHT Wisconsin during 1939 had a tuberculosis death rate of 28.9 per 100,000 population, as com pared with 31.0 the preceding year. OXFORD mer too m m a tutma ONC a) - M.SO HISON JL & J, fltSONS 2'' A 3 eorHefHOe a cocKTai! louHaa m aUaaaaaaaaCaSBeUl OUR MEN lii SERVICE Contributions to this column are welcome' and thore Is no' charge. Portrait pictures are best, but good snapshots can be used. If sending a snap shot, tend the negative also if possible. ON MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Eugene Todd, who formerly lived at both Klamath Falls and Merrill. Is now in the medical depart ment at Fort Lewis. Wash.t: Eliene la nrl-H vate first class. He has many friends in Klamath county and the accom panying picture was provided by Mr. and Mrs H. M. Shepherd Eugene likes army life. VISITS HOME Donald Rog ers, son of Mr. and Mm. Leslie rtogers, visited s "h , r . .II.. Ill" ' w ... n 4U1JVB last week. He remained here from Thursday to Sunday. Don ald also visited I in Portlands with relatives 4 and friends 'a while on the coast. He is now located at- Lakeland, Flor ida, and Is a bomber engi neer. He returned to Florida Plane, which he cnucht Portland. at fUKTLAND, Oct. 9 UP) If you want to enlist in the ma rine corps you no longer need me consent of the little woman, Maj. James B. Hardic, Portland marine recruiter, said today. Recent marine corps enlist menu here Include Russell LaHDskov. Junction Cltv lj.n uarsen, Eugene; Pardon (Cor. rect) Allen, Edwin Shannon and Hiiey bpell, Klamath Falls, a a a Enlistments of the following men in tne vt navy were an nounced Friday by the local re cruiting officer, Charlie Edward wuuams, 403 Division street; baylord Clayton Bowden. A42 Prospect street: John Carothem Cascade apartments; Miles Ken neth Lowell, 2111 Halev street? Charles Leroy Schuler, 515 South Central street: Gerald John Amerlins. 731 Fultnn street; Howard Roy Wolf, 3837 Aiiamont street; Clifford Alton urannam, 227 UDham street, alt of Klamath Falls; Dean Edward Augustus, Keno, and James Les ter DeArmond, Lakeview. a a a Enlistments In the United States navy at the local recruit. ing office Friday were announc ed by the officer in charge. Three men signed up including David Lloyd Saurageau, 2338 White avenue, recnlisted, pre vious service, four years with the U. S. navy; George Allen Shaw, 4435 Winter avenue; Carlcy Frltjof Carlson. 224 Broad street, enlisted as motor machinist's mate, general aerv- ice. a a a Word has been receiver! that Lieutenant Lawrence Slater, Klamath insurance man now In the air corps, is in Walter Reid hospital in Washington, D. C. . . a a Jack Siemens, son of Mrs. Elsie Siemens of Klamath Falls and nephew of Sheriff Lloyd Low, is here on a 60-hour leave from the navy. Jack is now a seaman first class. a a Army training airports In Texas sent word Monday that Robert H. Alexander. Klamath Falls, was graduated and com missioned second lieutenant pi lot during the past week. POSTAGE ADHESIVE Adhesive matter on United States postage stamps is made from roots of the cassava plant. These roots, grown in Java, are ground Into a flour and mixed with water to produce the glue. How To Relieve Bronchitis Oreomulslon relieves nromnl.lv he. cause It goes rlnht to the seat of t.hn trouble to help loosen and expel perm iuqon pmegm, ana aia nature to soothe and hoal raw, tender, In eamea Droneniai mucous mom ranes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Oreomulslon with the un derstanding you must like tho way It quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis I ? rw"?VP,TMJeeyfl!etJ r-1 1 I V t Rough, Tough Band Blazes Trail for U. S. Forces in Andreanoff Isles By WILLIAM L. WORDEN HEADQUARTERS OF ALASKA DEFENSE COMMAND, W) A rough, tough band of Alnsknn scouts, who can go farther on a chunk of dried salmon thnn most men can go on a full pack of field rutlons, drew prulso toriny as the horolc trail blnzors for the landing of American forces on ona of the Antlreanof Islands In the Aleutiuns. (The landing wns announced In a navy communique Satur day). The scouts are home now, getting a bit of relaxation by climbing mountains or shooting mountain goats, so their story can bo told. flu. mute . are knnwn nf i 1-1 clnlly as the combat Intelligence platoon of tho Alaska defonso command, but the designation leaves Alaskans cold. Kcfer to them as "Castner's Cutthroats" and tho natives know the fabu lous outfit of which you speak. Thoy faced a stormy and treacherous sea In the blackness of night In rubber boats; they slept on a rocky coast without flies or tho protection of as much as a pup tent in tho driv ing rain, and they went ashore on a foggy Island when they didn't know but what the en emy might be there In force. "Castner's Cutthroats" got their name from their com manding officer, Col. Lawrence Ccstner, son of the famed Mb). Gen. Joseph C. (Bull) Costlier, of World war I, The colonel, as a veteran Alaskan officer who knows tho far stretches of the territory Intimately, lauds them as tho greatest unit In tho army. Be side them, he contends, tho commandos seem soft. The backbone of tha platoon is com posed of volunteers from the Alaskan bock country, Includ ing both natives and whites. Late In August, after months of training, tho scouts set out across Bering sea for their Is land destination, with homo- made boats lashed to the decks of their vessols and rubber boats inside, ready for Infla tion. Nobody then was sure whether tho Japanese might have a large force on tho Island or a small one, ready to call in the bombers from Klska. Their boats couldn't even enter the unchartered and tricky harbor ingn seas washed over the decks. The homc-mado boats had failed to stand the trip. &o in tho dark of night, the scouts set out In their awkward rubber boots, fighting a wild sea that was running cross-wise to their course. The colonel himself joined in the rowing ana paaaung. o one knew how lone the scouts might have to remain on me island If they not onto It safely. They had to corrv nacka wiui ariea inn and concen tracd cereal to last them in. definitely on an Island where only fish and birds could he aacicd to their diet. It was a desperate battle to reach the barely visible noint mere was constant danger of Deing swept miles away. une Boat made only a few yards when one of Its two air sacKs exploded, cutt na buov. ancy In half. As the men nnH. died desperately to get back to the vessel, the second sack let go ana tney were thrown Into the Icy water. Thev were miller! out safely. The scouts reached shore anr! burled their boats at low tide and spread out on patrols along the beach, where tho Incoming water would blot out all day light evidence of their move ments. Methodically, but never knowing whot danger might be lurking around the peaks, thev started their survey. They pick ed out possible landing field sites and sun emnlnremnnte Some of them covered 40 miles i day. When the troops came n force later, they were renrlv They had had little rest and little sleep, but they plunged into new duties. They showed the nnMlni-a where to build roads and tnnlr them to camp sites at such n Give YOUR SCRAP to the Klamath County Salvage Campaign or Sell It to M&SBagCo. Phone 4862 - Or bring It to 534 Market St. Undo Sam needs all your scrap EXCEPT tin, paper and bottles Alaska Scout pace that soma of the officers complained about their being too fast for the troops. Tha fame of tha organization has spread rupldly, and Col. Costnor has been besieged wlthv applications. Second In coni-V mand Is First Lloutenant Rob er Thompson o( Moccasin, Mont. The scouts' main complaint Is that they haven't yet had a chance to get Into a fight. It's a fact that upon their return, members of tho platoon refused , the comfort of warm barracks, preferring tents on a nearby beach despite the autumn weather. From Other Editors (Dayton, Ohio, News) We have been congratulating ourselves on the nun -violent course which our war has tnkon at home. Thero has been no mobbing of aliens, no persecu tion of supposed sympathizers with the enemy. Now dls-w patch from Klamath Kalis, Ore., blots the nice picture we had made. Four hundred Jehovah Wit nesses were having a conven tion. This sect opposes fighting. refuses sanction to defense. . lis members claim release from draft obligations on around of conscientious principle. Its members do not buy war bonds or take any port In the work of war. They accept the protec tion or American might but re fuse to Join In It. They are as aggressive In promoting their pacifism as non-aggressive In de fending their country. A thousand Klnmath Falls people so disliked this attitude thot they stormed the meeting ploce, threw rocks and stench bombs and cut the wires by which the proceedings were be ing broadcast. The average patriotic Amert- Q can will regret this rort to violence. No good Is accomp lished by It. The average patriotic Ameri can will be glad, meanwhile, thnt tho people of Klamath Falls feel as they do. If enough peoplo were like Jehovah's Wit nesses, Hitler would have us by the neck before we could say Jack Robinson. Incidentally, one of the first things Hitler would do here would ha in shoot all pacifists, Including such as Jehovah's Witnesses. The people of Klamath Falls were right In belna mod enminh to fight, but wrong In fighting. 'Come And Get It' But It's Not So Easy as Just That LONDON, Oct. 12 (PI Two American fighter pilots Lieu tenants Edward A. Torori of Phoenix, Arls., and William B. Whisonant of Vlneland. N. J-agreed whsn they arrived In England that tha first on shot down or capturad would have to par the other $20. Torrta was shot down last August 19 In the battle of Dieppe and taken prisoner. His squadron received a card from htm Saturday with this mesioge to Whlsonantt "You win the twenty bucks. Come and get It." 0
