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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON October 81, 1042 PAGE FOUR isrsrtsai? 2 svi:a sssrvs Zaund u Hooad ! nlt M portnfnci of Klunth Mil, Or, oa Asfuil I. MnHxr of Tb AKQd.Ud Prw Cm Month V5 1 hrn MoaUu ,5 O.I YtT MAIL RATES PAYABLE M ADVAKCI By Mill Is Xl.math. Lrti, Uodoe ud SlaHjtm Onnitlo tlittt Mrtht iw Cm Ym ... ,0 Charter Sum-Up PEOPLE of Klamath Falls, in making up tneir minds about the new charter to be on the ballot Tuesday, may look at it this way: The new charter is a general grant of power to the mayor and city council. In it, they are hedged by few re strictions. If it passes, they will do, by ordinance, many things which heretofore have been provided in the city charter. As parts of the old charter, only the people could alter or repeal these provisions; as ordinances, under the proposed new set-up, the council may change or repeal them at any time. This makes for flexibility and adaptability. It centra lises power and responsibility, and grants a freer hand to those who have them. Those who believe the mayor and council (any mayor and council which may be elected), as elected representa tives of the people, should have this power and responsi bility, and should be free of some of the restrictions of the past, should vote for the new charter. Those who believe that good government will be more definitely assured if the mayor and council and all actions of the city government are extensively controlled by basic charter provisions, with specific; prohibitions against un sound practices, should vote against the new charter. It all boils down to how far you are willing to trust your city officials, and that of course means any city offi cials which may be elected, for a charter will last for a long time. By "trust" we do not mean to imply the new charter will permit illegal acts, for state law will take care of that. But under the provisions of the new charter, we must rely more definitely than in the past upon our officials to avoid unsound policies and practices, financial and otherwise, and to chart the course of city government wisely though it be with, a freer hand. Without going into details and technicalities, we be lieve that explains the principles involved in the issue to be decided here. . We feel that what we said from the start, that this waa not a good time to bring up a charter because people would not consider it carefully enough, has been borne out by experience of the pre-election period, and too many people, will go to the polls Tuesday without being fully in formed. But the charter is on the ballot, it has been pub lished in full twice by the city, the contrasting basic theor ies of the new. and old charter are fairly simple, as com mented upon above, and a decision must be made on Tuesday. Second District Vote XOTERS of the second Oregon district at the election " Tuesday will choose between Walter M. Pierce, 81 year old veteran congressman and public office-holder, and Lowell Stockman, substantial Pendleton wheat farm er, who has not previously office at the polls. Pierce's close local supporters are making an aggres sive local campaign in his behalf. Pierce lost this county oy a heavy vote to Charles H. Mack in the primary, and rig has never been particularly strong in Klamath. They make much of the difference in the records of the two men, and in a published circular have picked as they chose between the experience of the candidates, un falrlyj of course, as it relates to Stockman. They have not mentioned his graduation from Oregon State college, his service on school boards and civic and church groups, his success and experience as a farmer. They mention only the fact he served on the state liquor control commission, with out mentioning, of course, that it was a position he took on appointment by Governor Sprague, under whose adminis tration the liquor control program in Oresron has been notably free of criticism or reveal that Congressman Pierce has been on the public payroll through a large part of his adult life. Stockman is a decent, substantial, straight-thinking uasiem uregon citizen, ue is well-educated, intelligent, and has been active and interested, as a private citizen, in public affairs. He says he is willing to work hard in every way for the welfare of his country and his district. He is widely liked and trusted. It will be necessary for some one to succeed Walter v lerce as congressman soon, mane the inevitable change now, Lowell Stockman is qual ified to step in. School Bill WITH good purpose, but loosely drawn, is the bill dis tributing surplus income tax funds to school dis tricts, to be on the Tuesday ballot. :. This measure would distribute all state income tax funds, above $7,750,000, to the counties which, in turn, will apportion them to the school districts. The bill pro vides that these receipts shall be used to reduce the prop erty tax in the school districts, and that they shall not im pair the tax base on which the 6 per cent budgetary in creases are permitted under the constitution. It is not clear why the sum of $7,750,000 was arbitrar ily chosen. The state used $9,061,000 of income taxes to re place state property tax in the last year, and presumably the difference between that figure and $7,750,000, or more, would have to be levied if the schools took all above the proposed ceiling. Income tax returns fluctuate greatly, and there would be a proportionate fluctuation of the in come of the school districts from this source. An important constitutional question in the bill is whether it is possible for such a measure to suspend the 6 per cent tax increase limitation in the constitution, as it proposes to do. Local school people favor the bill on the basis that it will broaden further the financial support of schools, which are now largely supported by straight property tax es. They claim further that it will help toward equalizing the support of schools, giving more money to those which need it, and less to those which do not. The measure has the support of the superintendents and other officials of the schools here, who feel that school welfare is better served when their taxes come from larger units, in this in stance, the state. We do not favor, at tin's time, a reduction in the state income tax rates or a use of funds from this source for any purpose other than is now provided by law. sought congressional or state scandal. Their statement does if not now. If voters want to Telling The Editor Lrtttrt prima Mr HtuH not b mora It Mt tmn Ni tamth, mutt & wtlt tan tatUM, .n oni iidI ! ih4 ptpw ntf, an mutt b MS-M4. Oofltributton toOowfas umm rut, u wimUj ON ROAD BILL PORTLAND, Ore. (To the Ed itor) Very likely you received recently a mimeographed state ment regarding' proposed con stitutional amendment 304 from A. L. Lindbeck, newspaper cor respondent, of Salem, Ore. May we be granted a few moments of your time to refer to some of his statements. The purpose of amendment 304, the good roads amendment, is to prevent diversion any and all diversion of motor vehicle funds to purposes other than the construction, maintenance, etc, of streets, roads and high ways. Mr. Lindbeck points out and correctly that amendment 304 would prevent the assess ment of an excise tax or an ad valorem tax on motor vehicles to provide funds for general state purposes. Does it matter what name is given the tax? If any tax ad valorem or excise is levied on motor vehicles and its proceeds are used for purposes other than highways, that constitutes diversion. This is merely a matter of quibbling about -names. If excise and ad valorem taxes were excluded from the amend ment, let us consider the possi bilities which could exist under a legislature which wished to divert funds. Here is the ex ample: "The legislature could reduce the gasoline tax, if it so desired (or could maintain it at its pres ent levels) and could add an ad valorem or excise tax of any size remember of any size and divert the proceeds to any purpose it so desired. That . is diversion by any name!" He says further: "Washington has such a tax which last year yielded $1,698,914 for the sup port of its common schools." That is diversion! Be says further: "California also levies an excise tax against motor vehicles. Last year this levy produced approximately $14,500,000 ... this revenue was distributed as follows: 20 per cent to the state's general fund . . . That is diversion! Actually, the counties of Ore gon receive more than $2,000, 000 annually from motor ve hicle taxes. This stun goes to the counties in lie of ad va lorem tax revenue. The vital difference between Oregon's method and that of Washington and California is that Oregon requires that the money be spent only on city streets and county roads. That is not di version. E. B. M'DANIEL, Chairman, Good Roads Amend ment Committee. THANK YOU FROM TULELAKE TULELAKE, Calif., (To the Editor) I would like to ask an other favor. I wish to thank the people of Klamath Falls through your pa per for the work they did to help us with this year s potato harv est, as well as hay and grain harvest. They came out in the good old American spirit and did the work well. Their help was need ed and was surely appreciated. C. J. MAIN. President, Tulelake Growers. Navy Chaplain Denies Credit For Song Titto (Continued From Page One) necessary to "affirm the truth" of Chaplain Maguire's conduct inasmuch as international law bars chaplains from combat. Both the bishop and Chaplain who was chief of chaplains of the u. S. Pacific fleet when the Japanese struck Hawaii, told reporters that for a chaplain to man a gun against the enemy was as serious an offense "as arming a hospital ship." I want to clear up the mis understanding once and for all," Chaplain Maguire said.. "The report that I manned a gun in the heat of battle at Pearl Har bor is absolutely false. As to the report that I said 'Praise the Lord and pass the ammuni tion,' I have no recollection of using those words." The chaplain explained that he was dismayed when he reached New York City recent ly to find that a popular sone using the phrase had printed on the sheet music an article attributing it to him. No Funny Stuff Tonight, Kids It's War-Time No fancy stuff tonight, kidsl This is Hallowe'en, but it's wartime too, officers warned Juveniles who maintain that to night is their night to howl. Both city police and Juvenile workers issued a warning to boys and girls that they would toler ate no foolishness and abovo all. advised against damage to prop erty. ' SIDE GLANCES : COtwlTiaiAMOrVTCt.aja&T.lllllu'a'lLb:' QJf "At the rate these young upstart doctors who put me out of business are going to war and the baby crop is grow ing, old Nellie and me will be in demand again soon,. so I'm getting ready !" F COUNT! DIES HERE SATURDAY Emma Sarah Van Valkenburg, 87, wife of Harry H. Van Valken burg, pioneer resident of this section, died at a Klamath Falls hospital early Saturday morning Mrs. Van Valkenburg had been in poor health for some time and confined to a wheel chair since last December when she fell and injured her hip. She had lived in this community for more than S3 years. Mrs. Van Valkenburg was born Emma Sarah Mcilmoil daughter of early pioneers of Sutter county, Calif., on April 15 1875. She cme to Klamath Falls in 1889, attended school here and throughout the years had taken an active interest in women's organizations and Alo ha chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. Van Valkenburg and Miss Mcllmou were married in Klamath Falls on November 14, 1897. They have made their home here since that time with the exception of several years spent in Ashland where they had planned to retire. Two years ago they returned to this city and Mr. Van Valken burg ordered the construction of a spacious home on the Keno highway, now nearly completed, Funeral arrangements are be ing made by Whitlock's. Ti BIG BUYING SPREE (Continued From Page One) bill which became law less than two weeks ago, Nov. 1 heralds increases in excise taxes on liquor, beer, wines, cigarettes, cigars, lubricating oil, slot ma chines, photographic apparatus and train, bus and plane fares. In most cases, machinery to shift the burden off the shoulders of manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers was already set up, ready to hand the burden of price increases directly to the consumer. However, the former were warned by the office of price administration not to tack any additions to the exact amount of the tax Increases. Passed On OPA announced the new taxes would be passed on to smokers and drinkers at rates revolving around a half cent a package on cigarettes and SO cents a quart on 100-proof whiskey. Buyers must be permitted enough pur chases to even out the penny where possible such as two packs of cigarettes. Only in the case of cigars, where a contemplated OPA reg ulation will approve a 20 per cent price increase which will in clude rising labor and raw ma terial costs, is any new expense other than the tax to be charged the consumer. Henry Chaney Lost In Solomon Fight Word has been received here that Henry Chaney, son of H. F. Chaney, president of the Algoma Lumber company and the Med- ford corporation, has been killed in action in the Solomons. , Young Chaney fought with the marines. His home Waa in Portland. PIONEER 0 Only the Brave Can Stand Up Under Guadalcanal's Hell (Continued from Page One) recently went down at sea but made land on a raft. Shields grinned, slapped Capt. N. Whittaker on the back, and sam: "Hey, Whit, heard you smack ed 13 Jap Zeros with two bombs at Buka today. How could you tell there were 13?" Whittaker swallowed a hunk of salmon and shot back: "Counted the wheels and di vided by two." A mile away in the front line. American and Japanese machine guns began to chatter. Rifle shots echoed up and down and reverberated against the moun tain range at the Japs' back. Everybody went on eating The lights popped on, for strangely the nearer the front lines you get the brighter the lights, until an air raid start. "Say," hollered Lieut. M. V. Smith of San Bernardino, Calif., "guess the name of the song leading the. Hit Parade this week. Lieut. C. H. McConnell, fresh from Oahu, brightened. "That's easy," he shouted " 'Say a prayer for a pal on uuadalcanai! And they all laughed. Back down the way. the ma rine artillery opened up on the Japs and the big shells whistled overhead. The bomber pilots filed out of the mess tent to an other. Said Lieutenant Shields to his new co-pilot, Lieut. J. M. Kiel man of New York: "Son, hear those shells whist ling up above? Well, they're moving slow compared to a Jap 5ero. You never see Zero you Just hear it go pft-t-t-t and a minute later you hear something smack the side of your Flying Fortress that sounds like rain, but it ain't." Kleiman gulped. And the noise of the front line Increased. , Three sergeants strolled past the tent. One yelped: "They ain't made no Jap bul let with my name on It." His companions chorused: "Oh yeah? How about all those addressed 'to whom it may con cern?' " Husbands With No Children to Be Drafted Soon (Continued From Page One) Ing deferment on both dependen cy and occupation counts, and other married men are placed in class 3-A, unless they are Phy sically unfit. Deferment of those In class 3-B status is good, however, only until the supply of childless 3-A men is exhausted. When this oc curs, men in class 3-B will -be subject to a further reclassifica tion, and those not Jrreplacable key men in an essential Industry are to be advanced to 3-A and made liable to early call, it was explained. Plans Underway For Armistice Night Dance Plans are being made for the annual Armistice dance on No vember 11 at fl p. m. In the Klam ath Falls armory It was an nounced by Robert McGhehcy, chairman of the American Le gion committee. All boys in uniform will be admitted at half price, McGhe- ney stated, tfaldy Evans' orches tra will play. The affair Is be ing arranged by the Legion and auxiliary. SOLOMON ISLES BUTTLE (Continued From Pugo One) 14 ships with three more prob ably sunk and 64 dumaged.' Communications Open The U. S. navy has announc ed 14 vessels sunk and one damaged, Japanese losses In the Gua dalcanal ground fighting nnd aerial combats about Die island also have been reported much heavier than that of the Amer icans. Meanwhile, Knox declored "There has been no Interruption In our communications" to tho island and presumably Ameri can forces were taking advant age of the absence of the enemy's fleet to rush reinforce ments and supplies to the Gua dalcanal garrison. The latest raid of MncAr thur's bombers was accomplish ed lost night (Australian time) without the loss of a plane, and was regarded as tho most dam aging aerial blow to the Jap anese In many days. Twenty-seven tons of bombs were dropped on tho onomy shipping concentration at Buin harbor at the southern tip of Bougainville Island In the north ern Solomons, somo 300 miles from Guadalcanal. (Continued from Pago One) lishment of the necessary ma chinery for tho integration of procurement, production and manpower agencies and re sources "under n unified direct ing and planning body." "If there is a conference on manpower and it settles one or two factors, that much will be out of the window when the time comes for us to make leg islation," Senator Thomas said. As acting chairman of a senate subcommittee to which Murray made the suggestion yesterday, he requested the conference in a fetter to.the Resident. Study Stnge A precedent for such a meet ing was set by the education and labor committee when, at Thom as' suggestion, It brought about a conference last December that "guided tho nation," Murray snid "toward a sound labor relations policy, in the war." President Roosevelt has let it be known that manpower legis lation still is in the study stage, as fas as the administration is concerned, with an effort under way to meet a possible crisis In 1943. ' Army Specialist Corps Abolished as Procuring Agency WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (IP) The army specialist corps was ordered abolished today by Sec retary of War Stimson as an agency for procuring officers from civil life. The war department announc ed that men already appointed to tho corps, numbering more than 1300, would, if found quali fied, be tendered commissions as specialists in tho army of the United States. In the future, especially skil led men accepted from civil life will be given such specialists' commissions. The need for them will dimin ish, the department predicted, as more officers are turned out by training camps. Death Penalty Set On Norway Travel LONDON. Oct. 31 IJPi A Stockholm HiKnfltph in Rmitaira said today measures promulgated by the Germans at Oslo. Oct. 12 provided the death penalty for anyone leaving or entering nazi occuDied Norwav without nr. mission. OBITUARY . EMMA SARAH VAN VALKEN BURG Emma Sarah Van Valken burg, for the last S3 years a resident of Klamath county, Oregon, passed away in this city on Saturday, October 31, itwz, at 2:55 a. m., following an illness of 10 days. She was a na tive of Marysvillo, Calif., and at the time of her death was aged 67 years 6 months and 19 days. Surviving is her husband, Howard H. Van Valkenburg of this city. Mrs. Van Valkenburg was a member of Aloha chapter No. 61 O. E. S, of this city. Tho remains rest in tho Earl Whit lock funeral home, Pine street at Sixth, where friends may call. Notice of funeral to be an nounced in the next issue of this paper. ' ITS FOR ROUND TI Scores Third: OSC 0, Washington 13. First: Oregon 0, California 6. Minnesota 19, Northwestern 7, Okluhoma 14, Iowa Stat 7. Illinois 14, Michigan 38. Cornell 13, Columbia 14. Purdue 7, Iowa 13, Southern Mothodlst 7, Texas 21. FINAL SCORES .Lafayotto 7, Bucknell 13. Ciirnogle Tech 6, Pitt 10, Dunison 0, Otturbeln 0, Navy B, Syracuse 0. St. Murys 0, Fordham 7. Springfield 0, Rutgers 21. William and Mary 3, Dart mouth 14. Army 0, Petm IB. Brown 0, Yale 37. Georgia Tech 28, Duke 7. Penn State 0, West Virginia 24, Buffalo 28, Johns Hopkins 6. Ohio Northern 22, Muskln gum 0. Kent 7, Bowling Green 0. Northwestern 7, Minnesota 19 Maryland 24, Franklin-Marshall 14. Florida 0, Maryland 13. Depauw 0, Butlor 36. Idaho 7, Montana 0. OF DESERT SKY (Continued from Page One) oral situation appeared to be developing favorably for tho allien cause. Scrap for Place One report said that allied Infantrymen had pushed back axis troops more than a half- milo on the northern side of their salient Wednesday night Many enemy tanks were de stroyed and many prisoners taken, tneie reports said. Col. Edward Backus, 38, of Vernon, Tex., commander of one unit of U. S. bombers, said thut while his men are getting "plenty of opportunities" they still "scrap like hell for assign ments. The men are from all ports of the United States. Joseph Henzel, 64, for the past 11 years a resident of Malln, died at his homo late Thursdoy eve ning following an extended Ill ness. Mr. Hcnzol was well known In his home community and was the father of Richard ond Benjamin Henzel, promi nent ranchors o( that area. A wi dow, Mary, also survives. Mr. Henzel was born In Sen eca, Neb., July 4, 1878. Ho form ed in his youth In the Nebraska district and when his sons start ed operations here a number of years ago Joined them at Malln Funeral services are directed by Whitlock's. Laval Gets Two More Weeks to Draft Frenchmer, BERN, Oct. 31 (AP) Ger many has given Pierre Laval two more weeks in which to declare formal conscription of French workers for the axis, informed French clrrlei mlri in. day, as a now series of strikes centering in the Hautc-Savolo province of unoccupied Franco,' reflected the people's' resent ment. While Laval already has been trying to enforco conscription, these reports said, every official declaration so far has empha sized that enlistment of work ers still was on "voluntary" basts. Tho two-week extension, to Nov. 15, has not affected tho Nov. 30 deadlino for the ac tual delivery of workers but well-informed observers who connot be quoted by name ex pressed the view that it, too, could be extended if the Ger mans could find an acceptable formula for withdrawing grad ually from the original program for 130,000 French workers. Yank Pilots Shoot Up Freight Train LONDON, Oct. 31 (P) Amer lean pursuit pilots shot up a freight train near Bcrck-Sur-Mcr, France, today, and the train camo to a halt with steam spout ing through cannon holes torn In the boiler of the locomotive, U. S. air headquarters announc ed. AH tho raiders returned from this attack, led by Capt. Ralph Sprague of San Diego, Calif., and Lieut. Richard McMInn, Salt Lako City, Utah. If your dealer Is out for the duration, advertise for a used one In the want-ads. ALLIES ROLD CONTROL 0 REFORM LINES. HOLD (Continued from Page One) eight, firing their guns while in motion. The midnight communique told of a fresh Huiuilnn setback In the campaign southwest of Moidok, but coupled this with reports of a alow soviet ad vance In the western Caucasus. 1100 Nasis Die This was the tlBth day of the battlo o( Stullligrnd. The communique declared 1100 Germans were slain yes terday In vain attempts to ex pand Invasion salients toward the Volga, eight tanks were, dis abled or burned, It) siege bat terlei were silenced and IB planes were shot down. About 1000 Invaders were de clared newly added to the axis death lists during tho see-saw fighting for the wenturn Cauca sus, the victims of red army troops and red marines. Iinltlo sea milts of the red navy were credited with sink ing two moro German trans ports totaling 20,000 tout, Propaganda Charge Preferred Against American in Moxico MEXICO CITY, Oct, 31 (& Charges of spreading propaganda to break down good relations be tween Mexico and the United States were preferred by govern ment agents today against a man they tentatively Identified as n American citizen. Papers In the man's paue.vlon, a government announcement snid, bore the name nf Claude English. 48, of Plttsgrove, N. J and Indicated that he had enter ed Mexico on a tourist permit from Laredo, Tex., In December, 1041. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY ROOM AND GARAGE--Coiirt View. 3rd and Main. 11-2 TWO-ROOM furnished apart ment. 138 N. 1st. , 11-3 HOUSEKEEPING room $J,. moot reasonable. 810 No. 7th. 2B0tf 3ROOM furnished houio, $14. Call at 219 Prescott street be tween 1 and 8 p, m., or tele phone 9002, . 11-3 FOlTLE-Traller with ltT ' Inch wheels or will trade at a bargain for trailer with 600xl8-lnch wheels. Phone 4889. 10-3 TWO ROOM furnlxhed apt., wood, water and lights, $20. 498 Hillside. 10-31 8-ROOM furnished house, bath, bulltlns. References. 741 Wal nut St. , FURNISHED 3 ROOMS, base ment apt. Shower, suitable for nervous person. 741 Wat nut St. 11-6 TWO ROOM furnished cabin, suitable for bachelor or , cou ple, $15. Phone 7481. 2280 Garden. 11-2 LOST FRIDAY afternoon, baby spoon. Oneida Community, gift by great great undo. Re turn Herald office. Reward. 11-3 CLEAN, very comfortable, four room house, garage, gas range, blinds, linoleum, 2312 Orch ard. Two blocks cast of Mills school, Prlco $22.50. Adults only. Phone 4376. 11-3 KEM-TONE. Goollor's Wallpa per lc Paint Store. 230'Mnln. 11-30 LOST $10.00 bill between Po- ly Ann Bakery and Walgreen Drug. Phone 7930 reward. li-i FOR SALE Hot blood coach ' horse will drlvo or ride, green broke, 4-year old. Also Irish rat tall Spaniel, works land or water. Best offer takes them, 429 So. 4th and Willow. 10-31 WANTED Cleaning woman several hours dally. Phona 67887. .. ORIGINAL owner must sacrl flee 1940 Deluxe Pontlac, radio and heater, New tires $750.00, 130 Martin. . 10-31 1935 INTERNATIONAL panel; ?iuu. fair tires, 130 Martin. 11-2 LARGE OUT OF TOWN route. Excellent earnings for steady, efficient worker. Cash bond re quired. State age, draft status, previous experience, referenc es, etc. News Herald Box 2820 11-18 ROUTE SALESMAN for large out ot town route Excellent wages. Cash bond required. State age, draft status, previ ous experience, references, etc. News Herald Box 2819. a 11- NALCHIK LINE