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PAGE POTJB HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON November 18, 1048 rnxrt jimcnri . MALCOLM EPUT . Jfltor UiMftot Editor A Uoportrf omblntUoo of th Evening Hrld nd the KUtnttb Ntva. PablUhtd tftciMOp ipt euadijr t Kpltnid tod Plot itrect, Klsraith rmtU, Ortcoa, by tb Orilia fWUiMHUip WW mi itiauu - i vuiiiiiiii vwiapaa! KnUrtd w wond Um matter t tht pogtnfflc of E limit Palli, Or, oa Antfut tv iwuw unovr an t coo fin, Nirai , iiw. Member of Tht Atoctatd Prcu The A tied tied PrtM t sclustrtlr olitiftd to the cm of mrabHctUoa of H Jtipitcht credited to It or Dot otberwlM credited li thli paper, ud alao tht local rwi pubtdbed thtreU. All right of repobllcattoe of apccUl dlipatclita art alao reaerrtd. News1x HTM RPR AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATION . On Mont ' Tbraa Mootfca Om Tmt Delivered bj Carrier to City t.a . r.u ftm Most! (U MonUia Ou Year MAIL BATES PAVABI.K IN ADVANCE Br Uiil la K-lamlUi, laka. Alodo asd SUklxoa OounUe -tt.a . IS firpreaented Nationally bj WetMlollidar Co Inc. Bts FrtncUoo, Kcv Tort, Detroit. Seattle, CTilcaco, Portland. Lctf AflieleA. St. ttmH, Vteoouvir, B. C Coplea of Tht Berald and Newt, tofather with coenpieti taformttloa boat tha KlaaaUl Fallt market, may b obtained for tht uthf tt any of that offfcaa. Veiling on Potatoes THE OPA order placing a ceiling on potatoes produced in this district, and delay by OPA in clarifying its ruling as to certain questions, have served to confuse the situation in the potato industry here. Potato shipments are already behind last year's schedule. When the order came through, many transactions were in process but not completed in this district. Some deals had been made but shipments had not been under taken. In others, delivery was in process at current mar ket levels, which are considerably above the ceiling. OPA did not make it clear how such deals are affected. Likewise, OPA did not say definitely whether sacks would be included in the ceiling price of ?2.05 for No vember, although the local interpretation is that the sack price is included. Sacks are costing around 20 cents in this district, which means a reduction of just that much in the price the producer receives. Does $2.05 per cwt. apply to the price grower gets or is it the price the country buyer gets? These are three of a number of points which are not fully clarified. Different conditions and different term inology occur in various potato districts, and the OPA, unless it works closely with representatives of the potato industry or potato experts of the department of agri culture, can easily overlook points of information that are vital to the potato growers and shippers of cer tain areas. Local growers and dealers feel that the order of OPA does not take into consideration the high quality of Klam ath potatoes, the premiums paid on them for many years, and high cost of production this year. In normal years, a price of $2.05 might prove most satisfactory to pro ducers here. But this is not a normal year, and Klamath Kruwera, in oraer to ger. in ine crop, paid exceptional high labor costs. An important consideration is the effect of the order on pians lor next year s planting. Growers will be asked shortly what they intend to produce next year. In a con fused situation, and faced with labor shortage, high costs and a ceiling they question, they look forward with un certainty and foreboding to the coming year. The pa triotism of Klamath basin producers cannot be ques tioned, but they need to know something of the conditions that will confront them as they make plans for an other year. Ml TVASHINGTON, Nov. 13 Hit ler's excuse thit he wanted the rest of France, because we Intended to Invade It now, was pure ersatz. Our North African campaign would not have been planned the way It was. If the south of France had been one of our Im mediate goals. He gave away his correct analysis of our Intentions when he rushed rein forcements t o Tunisia to bol ster the slim nail and Italian marine force there. His real problem was to keep us from breaking through and cutting off the Paul Halloa escape of Rom mel's army from North Africa. Tine nazl seizure of France was apparently the only prestige- gathering move left in Hitlers dwindling bag of tricks. It was a military mistake. All he did was commit himself to defense of more territory, thereby weak ening his stand of arms in the lowlands, and reserves for the Russian front. Here was the only thing left that he could get without fight ing, but to take it, he drove the French into our camp, ruined their show of resistance in North Africa, undertook the obligation to feed and maintain order over a few million more hostile people. The hourglass in Berlin is run ning low. SIDE GLANCES Mabketb and financial OREGON FARM PRODUCTION Hon Tm speaking for the class, sir, and we're wondering if you might not consider some toughening up exercises in preparation for work on farms as more important than piles of home work this year." Parade Applause SEVERAL persons have suggested that something be said in this department about the alleged apathy of Klamath Falls people during the Armistice Day parade. In particular, these people report that there was little applause for the soldiers of Camp White when they marched by. There was some hand-clapping for certain entries In the parade but the general attitude, according to the critics, was one of dead-pan indifference on the part of the local public. h. Ci-D0t Bfly Peonay how just this criticism may T?uFt? hat organizations and individuals who give their timd and effort r m;. j t. as that of Armistice Day deserve a showing of appreci- t& hWfeeheVe toftLthe, feeIin of appreciation was there, but there was little done to demonstrate it An applauding crowd helps to make a parade. If w lS!2p? WlU le eelves go and do a little cheer L JLT.T1 1 paude oes b they wi be helping create a parade atmosphere that they themselves will like How Censorstip Works SHIPS , (Fourth of a series) The voluntary censorship Code asks that the movements, iden- d thMtf,0" , na?1 a.nd merchant ,h,P "PortS rtthhrid 0i fIfPctlon 8nd Prospective launchlngs.be withheld except as offlclallv innmmni ,Z. ,.L u n8Vf 1 frfar8 underUn his request. Enemy PTf J ? iwi "Vel ia "ttmPt to report shipping information. tJiZlJl th" 5nemy where our ships are, he will know where ... . wo wu rum wnat cargo they are carrying, he w 1 know which ships would be his most valuable prizes, tt we tell him that we know where his own ships are, he is likely to mnva thorn 4a J . ' ' w The enemy Is especially anxious for Information about con. voylng methods, new shlorjine route, hnw hlnm.n. materials can be cut off, and technical details of our busy ship yards. r He will make good use of every scrap of Information on any of Six Men Will Clip Ribbon To Open Alcan Highway WHITEHORSE, Yukon Terr! tory, Nov. 13 (JP) It will take six men to clip the red, white and blue ribbon at the Alaska Yukon boundary which will sig- imy ine ouiciai opening of the new military highway from uawson Creek, B. C to Fair banks, .Alaska, November 20. Specially engraved shears win ee used by Charles Cam sell, northwest territories com missioner, representing Canada, and E. L. Bartlett, acting gov ernor and secretary of state for Alaska, representing the United States. The other four will be en listed men who will hold the ribbon. They will be selected for meritorious work during the construction of the vital the first land link between United States and Alaska. Although the .ceremony will make official the opening of the 1630-mile road over bogs and through forests, it will not Indi cate the actual start of its use, since some time ago Secretary of War Stimson announced that traffic was flowing over the entire length of the "Alcan" highway, as the route is known. Brig. Gen. James A. O'Con nor, ' who commanded troops building the road, will be one 01 me speakers at the opening. Dealer snortages put new value on used merchant!)! rah In on your "Junk" through a classified ad. Phone 8134. HOPKINS OUTDATED The December American mag azine article by Harry Hopkins is being handed around Wash ington, as an advance warning of how the government Intends to uproot most citizens and trans plant them Involuntarily into the final war effort. Often such unofficial presiden tial authorities as Hopkins and Mrs. Roosevelt write, as their personal opinions, what the White House has in mind to do. Their articles are supposed to prepare the public mind, and obviously this is what Hopkins intended this time. But tne magazine was pre pared weeks ago, and tne article written perhaps weeks before that. Since then, many If not all ot Hopkins thunderous expecta tions have been outdated by events. For Instance, ha predicates his picture partly on the possibility of the British losing the Suez, nussia surrendering and Amer ica being invaded. Also, there has been an elec tion since he wrote and since that election, Mr. Roosevelt has announced nothing would be done about a selective 'draft service for workers until after the first of the year. Union la bor, too, has pushed its pressure against the draft right upon the president's desk. , What Hopkins foretold in the magazine is, therefore, in abey ance at least. He predicted a fl0,000-a-year-man might be thrust into a $3000 Job (maybe the treasury will have something to say. about indispensable tax revenues before that is done.) He prophesied citizen, draft boards would be established, like army draft boards, in all dis tricts, at is fairly well agreed at the top now that a single draft organization for Industry and army should, do whatever Is done.) WRONG DOPE "Able bodied persons will be given a wide range of choice as to what they will do," he wrote. "But if they don't move volun tarily, their manpower organiza tion will direct them to a speci fic Job." (Legislation for - this would have to be authorized by congress and the need shown.) He estimated half the workers would be taken out of the pa per, printing and publishing in. dustry, one-third from food, half from garages and filling stations, nearly all from docks. Jewelry, and so on. (Congress Is alreadv raising the question of Increas ing the work week to 48 hours, instead, and Mr. Roosevelt's la. bor-management committee has recommended training women, students, unemployed, etc., to see if these steps will not solve me problem.) Mr. Hopkins, authoritative as he is, may not have had the right dope. election of any I saw published He was worse than the official democratic claims. The demo crats expected to lose 10 to 15 house seats, but Dr. Gallup' lorecast (Oct. 31) said: The chief surprise In next Tuesday's election will be the continued strength of the demo crats nationally, as shown in the congressional races. The demo cratic party will have virtually the same majority of seats in the house the next two years as they nave naa since 1838. This has caused a couple of republican senators to talk about a congressional investigation of polls. But where Dr. Gallup's ex planation of his error proves It self false Is In the New York state returns (where his poll of Dewey's vote was almost exact.) The republican vote for con gressmen in New York City was 8 per cent larger than in 1938, while Dewey s vote was only per cent over 1938. Also, the Dunn survey shows the national loss In the vote of democratic candidates for con gress was only 1 to 2 per cent be low 1838. Few non-partisan political ex. perts will believe the election re sult was anything less than seemed to be. It Five Klamath Falls men re turned Thursday and Friday from Seattle, where they at tended the war department' civilian protection school held at the University of Washington, Those returning this week were Earl Reynolds, coordina tor of civilian defense: G. A Krause, commander of the cltl zens' defense corps; Keith Am brose, fire protection; Orth Sisemore, head of the wardens; George Myers, head of the em ergency medical division. Harold Franey, head of the police division, attended a pre vious session of the school. The Klamath men said they received a most Intensive course, and returned with ' copious notes. GALLUP MISSED Dr. Gallup, the Dollar, is back. ing up Vice President Wallace's unique argument that the elec tion wag a victory for the new deal, saying that the record number. of voters who stayed away .from the polls were new dealers, and that if they all had voted, the new deal would have won its usual victory. This reasoning may appeal to Dr. Gallup, because he had the worst prediction on the national Shasta View Johnnie Hess; who Is on fur lough from Fort Stevens, is vis iting at the home of his parents, Charles J. Hess. Mrs. David White and son Gary returned recently from a trip to Tacoma, Wash., where they visited her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Johnson. Dr. Johnson prac ticed dentistry here several years ago. ' J. C. Grove has returned home after two weeks at Klamath Val ley hospital. He will not be able to resume his work at Big Lakes for some time. Neighbors surprised Mrs. U. G. Simpson on her birthday, Tuesday. The afternoon was spent informally and coffee was served. Those honoring Mrs, Simpson were Mrs. Roland War ren, Mrs. John Gllooly, Mrs. Jack Andersen, Mrs. Joseph Swindler, Mrs. John Rusteen, Mrs. Harold Hornseth and Barbara Gayle Grove. i Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mesner were Armistice day guests in the J. u. urove home. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Redficld and children were called to Ta coma, Wash., by the serious ill ness of Mrs. Redfield's father., L. Lambert has gone to Tllla- mook, where he will be em ployed on a defense project. zena Sullivan of Medford will spend the weekend with her sis ter, Francis Sullivan. Barbara LaPrairie, a student HUtmath's jj!h!:MliiiilljjM!iil! Yestevtluifs riiSfiia'l'-iiiiilliiir'ii'i'irifl-iiiii.ill From the : files ; 40 ( yeors, From the Klamath Republican November 13. 1902 Lakeview last week elected the following officials: H. C, Whitworth, mayor; W. D. Wood cock, . Elmer Ahlstrom, Peter Pozt and X. Arzner, councilmen Warner B. Snyder, recorder; A. Biebe, recorder. a H. C. Perkins and Fred Mensch of Grants Pass report they found a large colony of beavers at work on the Upper Deschutes river near the base of Mt. Scott. They have dammed up the river in many places, making lakes, some of them covering several hun dred acres. From The Evening Herald November 13, 1932 Justice of the Peace W. B Barnes warned today that drunk en driving will get no mercy when brought Into bis court. a a In the general election Just concluded, 6182 persons cast bal lots in the contest for mayor. and only 5926 in the contest for president of the United States. a a Mayor-elect Willis Mahonev. wnose name was not on the bal lot, thinks he deserves a vote of thanks from J. W. Maloney, Pendleton, who ran for state treasurer. Maloney carried Klamath county against Rufus Holman," who won in the state. Since the election, many people have told Mahoney they found his name on the ballot. Ap parently, they mistook Maloney for Mahoney and voted for Ma loney for treasurer, thinking they were voting for Mahoney, for mayor. PORTLAND. Nov. IS W) - Oregon farmers will determine during the next few months their 1943 production plans and much depends upon how soon the war manpower commission stabilizes agricultural labor. So said the Oregon USDA war board yesterday, describing the winter months as the most crit ical period In the state's farm production, particularly dairy products, livestock and poultry. Winter's heavier feeding and higher costs will be a major fac tor in affecting the future plans of stockmen. Milk Production Good dairy cows are not being slaughtered for meat, the bureau of agricultural ' economics told the board, but the culls are be ing butchered. Many dairy herds are being decreased but the good cows are being bought by own ers of small herds. The bureau reported that fluid milk production for most ot this year was greater than lust but the seasonal decline now has come because of pasturage con ditions. Lots Faced The board was told that the Klamath and Central Oregon po tato harvests had been complet ed with small loss and that the Malheur county sugar beet crop Is 80 per cent In. Hood River apple orchardlsts, however, are faced with the loss of some 200,000 boxes of apples because labor cannot be obtain ed to get them off the trees and a serious loss probably will be taken by Willamette valley nut- growers. The U. S. employment service said that almost two-thirds of at least 100,000 persons who work ed in Oregon harvest this year were women and children. It predicted the percentage would be higher next year. POTATOES SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 13 (AP-USDA) Polatoes 18 bro ken. 10 unbroken curs on track Idaho 6; Orogon 1 arrived; thioo cars arrived by truck; market unsottlod; Klamath Kails Hussots No. 1. $2.90-3.00. few S3.10; U. S, No. 2. $2.10-15; Idaho Russets No. 1. $2.80-3.00. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13 (AP USDA) Potatoes 24 broken 32 unbroken cars on track; Col orado 1, Idaho 10, Montuna 2 Oregon 1 car arrived; three cars arrived by truck, four diverted market unsettled; Idaho Russuts No. 1, S2.70-78. CHICAGO. Nov. 13 (AP USDA) Potatoes, arrivals 84 on track 239; total U. S. ship ments 673; supplies moderute trading very light; market un settled and confused on account of the price celling situation Idaho Russet Burbanks, U. S. No 1, S2 97-3.10. E ORDERS DROP TO 73 MILLION PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 13 (P) Pine orders dropped off sharply during the week ending Novem ber 7 to 7S.304.000 board feet compared with 88,530.000 for tho previous week, the Western Pino association sold today. For the same week lost year thoy came to 73.837,000. Shipment figures In Hint order: 91,000.000 board feet, 05,3(10.000 and 83,841,000. Production: 83,- 219,000 board feet, 89.47.1,000 and 73,327,000. WHEAT By FRANKLIN MULLIN CHICAGO. Nov. 13 (P) Rye prices slumped almost two cents a bushel and wheat and corn lost nearly a cent today before the grain market steadied. Liquidation of December de livery contracts broke out in rye market and spread to other pits. This touched off stop loss selling and general evening up of accounts. Belief that the government will act next week to relieve the wheat-flour price squeeze through release of grain to mills In order to preserve flour ceil ings and continuation of the gov ernment's feed wheat sales pro gram without price change at tracted attention. Although rallying due to late short covering, wheat closed I- Ic lower than yesterday. Decem ber $1,291-1, May 31.28; corn 1- 1c off, December 83 ic. May 886c; oats 1-lc down: rye 11-llic lower and soybeans l-21c lower. LIVESTOCK PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 13 (AP-USDA) CATTLE: Salohle 29, total 90; calves 23 and 33 few sales steady but largely nominal; package good beef cows $9.75; cutter-Conner cows $4 50. 5.90; medium vealers $12.00; this week s earlier tops; good short fed steers $13.85; medium good heifers $12.50; good cows $10.00; few $10.25 and up; good bulls $11.29; choice vealers $19.00. HOGS: Salable 200, total 12,. 000; market steady to little low. er than Thursday's close; few lots medium-good 170-220 lbs. $13.79; lighter $13.00-90. SHEEP: Saluble 80, total 200 market nominal, steady: this week eorller tops; good-choice fat wooicd lambs $12.79; good heavy ewes $4.00. 26-Year-Old Describes Hammer-Slaying of Woman SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 13 (IP) The murder of Mrs. Ablgale Williams, 48, of San Lcandro, Calif., October 13 near Vernal, Utah, has been confessed by one of two men held at Bremerton, Wash,, Federal Bureau of In vestigation Agent Jay C. New man said today. Newman said James Joseph Roedl, 26, of Oklahoma, told how he and Leroy Edward Ritchey, 29, of Iowa, had killed Mrs. Williams after she picked tnem up on the highway near Denver and offered them a ride to California. The confession, Newman re lated, told how Roedl got In the Daek of the car and went to sleep with Mrs. Williams' dogs. "The next think I knew. I was awakened by a woman screaming aon i nit me any more, '; New man quoted from the confession. Then, he said Roedl added: The car was stooped and Ritchey was hitting Mrs. Wil liams with a hammer. I got up and threw a blanket over her head and then Ritchey . hit her about nine times more with the hammer." Then the pair threw the body at Oregon State college, came home for a visit with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. La- Prairie. Howard G. Hamilton of San Francisco came for a weekend of duck hunting, but the flight was so poor he plans to return again at Thanksgiving time. Hamilton, who is an annual vis itor, says there are (no finer ducks in the west . than those killed In our local 'marshes. In a ditch, Newman said, and drove to Welser, Idaho, where they worked in a potato field before continuing on to Wash ington where Roedl was arrest ed November 8 near Olympla, After Roedl was questioned. Kitsap County Prosecutor Fred erick B. Cohen ordered the ar rest of Ritchey and Mrs. Wil liams' car was recovered at the home of Rltchcy's brother at Tracyton, Wash., Newman said. Mrs. Williams' body was found by a Vernal rancher, wrap ped In a blanket with a terrier dog standing guard only a few hours after the slaying. The FBI' was called into the case because the slaying was on the Unlntah-Ouray Indian reservation. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13 W) (Federal-State Mar ket News) CATTLE: Saloblo 80; mostly nominal; medium to good steers quoted $12.90-13.25, few steers to $13.75; medium to good heifers scarce; few young good cows $9.50-10.00, aged me dium cows $8.50-9.00. load mixed dairy and range cows $8.25, can- ners and cutters 55.00-7.50; -medium bulls $0.90-10.00. Calves none; nominal, HOGS: Salable 400; around 10 cents higher; four loads good Ida ho and California hogs $14.70; few sows 10 cents higher at $13.60. SHEEP: Salablo 400; under tone steady; good to choice lambs quoted $13.90-14.00; me dium to choice ewes $3.90-5.00. STOCK MARKE T SHOWS SPOTTY TOO TODAY By VICTOR EUBANK NEW YORK. Nov. 13 P) Siilectcd stocks today continued to n-fli'ct the progress of Un allies In booting the axis out of Egypt and Africa but many market leaders were depremied by mild week-end selling pre sure. Trends were spotty from tin start and the drift was Irregu. larly lowor near tho close. Heartening to the financial sector and, tncldonluliy, bolster ing tho day's utmorally sliiggith turnover, was tho quick dl pomil ot 80,1)00 shares of Ken necott nnd a similar block ol Phelps Dodge as special offer ingt. Dealings In all stocki amounted to only about 650,0011 shares. Among the few stocks regis tering now tops for the year by a nose were Dome Mines and American Can. Intermittent Improvement was exhibited by General Electric, Union Car bide, Chosupeako tt Ohio, Inter national Harvester, and United Aircraft. Lagging the greater part nf tlia time were U. S. Steel, Beth lehem, Santo Fe, Great North ern,- N. Y. Central, American Telephone, General Motor, Dow Chemical, Allied Chemical and J. C. Penney. Bonds were uneven. Closing quotations: American Can Am Car k Fdy Am Tel t Tel , Anaconda Calif Packing . Cat Tractor Comm'nw'Ith it General Electric General Motors Gt Nor Ry pfd Illinois Central Int Harvester Kennecott Lockheed Long-Bell "A' Montgomery Ward Nash-Kelv Y Central Penna R R Republic Stool . Richfield Oil Sears Roebuck ... Southern Pacific 73! 25 1201 201 201 37 Sou 1132 30 421 . 311 61 841 .... 201 171 Si 331 61 N Y Central 12k Northern Pacific 71 Pac Gas Se El , 24 Packard Motor 2i Standard Brands Sunshine Mining Trons-Amorico Union Oil Calif .., Union Pacific U S Steel Warner Pictures 6 1 251 151 8 60 16! 41 4k 51 141 811 40! If It's a "frozen" need, odvortlso for in the classified. articlo you a used one PENETRO Mnny xutn tny "flrit u la a ravelation." IN, a hitM f old faahlonad mutton auL Granflroa'afavnrit. Demand tainlraa Ponotro. Clrneroui ar ibt, double tupply !li4. C010S C0UGHIN0. INIFFlEI. MUICLI- ACHES ' WORRY, WORRY SEATTLE (IP) Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Boettlngcr, associate editor of the Post-Intelligencer, has been fretting about her mother. For Eleanor Roosevelt Is In England and has been In several danger zones. . Then Mrs. Boettinger received a letter from mother, she re ported In her weekly women's page. Mrs. Roosevelt said she had enjoyed visiting with her son, Elliott, "but can't help wor rying about every one of you at, nome. The enemy Is In our power and is just about to crack. We have the chance of putting the whole panzer army in tho bag, and wo will do so. Lleut.-Gen. B. L. Montgomery, British commander In Egypt. V GCIM33 9 Distributed by LOST RIVER DAIRY CO. Klamath Falls, Oregon Q