HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Jaminry 2, 1943
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MALCOLM EPtET
Managing Editor
AGE FOUR
DEATHS
BELi
TOLL OP 1941
Weekend Roundup Wartime Party
Eplay
By MALCOLM EPLEY
THE appointment of Louis H. Craver to
represent the 32nd district In the legisla
ture came as no surprise. Mr. Craver's sup-
url snt anrlv Into the field.
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ha obviously had the bless
ing of the resigning repre
sentative, Harry Bolvln, and
: a peculiar technical quirk
evidently eliminated Lee
Jacobs, the only other man
who indicated active interest
in the appointment.
Mr. Craver is relatively un
known to the public here,
mil ha is new to DOlitics.
w hu lived here since 1926, and his political
activities have been confined to his job as
legislative representative of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen. He Is a Southern Pacific
yardman.
We have talked to Mr. Craver and have
found him affable, plainspoken, and easily
approached. His statement, upon appointment,
sets an excellent standard to go by, and we
got the impression he means what he says.
Unless and until he proves undeserving, Mr.
Craver should have confidence and support,
and so far as this column is concerned that is
what he gets.
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pXCELLENT general qualifications for the
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appointment are posscssea ay ca vauu,
. but an interesting technical question came up
In connection with him. It seems' that Mr.
Jacobs, before the general election, made a
wager and In payment of that wager he tem
porarily changed his registration from demo
crat to republican. He changed back almost
immediately to the party with which he had
been affiliated for 22 years, and there Is no
question of his intending to change his long
time party allegiance.
But the law required that the appointment
of a successor to Mr. Bolvln, a democrat, must
have been a member of Bolvln's party for
five years prior to the appointment. Thus,
even a momentary switch to republican regis
tration might be interpreted as a technical dis
qualification. County court members said this
question influenced their consideration of the
appointment. . . .
Lee Jacobs is a fine citizen, and Is ex
ceptionally public spirited. An unanticipated
situation eliminated him. .
Incidentally, the election result that put him
on the losing end of a wager, was the Stock-man-Pierce
outcome In Klamath county. On
a purely objective basis, Mr. Jacobs thought
Pierce would carry the county. A lot of other
people,. Including ourselves, were surprised at
the Stockman-Pierce vote. This columnist ex
pected Stockman to win, but not by the
majority he attained.
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KLAMATH county's representation In the
legislature Is now composed of Senator
Marshall Cornett, a business man; Representa
tive Henry Semon, a farmer, and Mr. Craver,
a railroad employe and railroad union af
filiate. Mr. Cornett represents Klamath along with
four other counties. Mr. Semon and Mr.
: Craver . represent the 32nd district, whose
boundaries are the boundaries of Klamath
county.
In the senate, our proportionate representa
tion is unjustly low, Jn spite of determined
efforts at re-districting put forth by this
county's delegation. This condition is offset
to a considerable extent by the fact the senator
now In office lives In this county, and further
by the fact that he Is experienced, sound, and
carries prestige. . .
In the house, Mr. Semon Is one of the oldest
members in point of service, and his record is
most creditable.
The Klamath delegation is representative of
the various Interests and elements In this com
munity, and It should wield a sound and con
structive influence in the business of , the
forthcoming session. ' -..
KLAMATHITES can take real pride In their
war savings achievement of December.
We outdid the expectations of the county war
, savings chairman, Andy Collier.
Prior to December, all bond purchases, In
eluding those of the big bond series made by
, the county, city, etc., counted on the county's
quota. But In December, only the E bonds
the kind most of us can buy but also the
bonds of smaller denominations were permit
ted to go into the quota. And, at the same
time, ' the Klamath quota was raised from
$242,000 to $249,000.
Less than a week ago, Mr. Collier told us
he did not expect the county to make the
quota, although it was likely to come close
to it.'
"But I'm not kicking," he said, "because
already our E bond purchases are greater
than in any other month. Even if we don't
make- the quota, we have made a fine record."
Today, Mr. Collier reports that he under
estimated the county's December bond-buying
power. . It took $255,000 in E bonds.
Congratulations, Klamath.
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A D0LF HITLER did some more hollow
By PETER EDSON
Herald and News Washington Correspondent
THE Hon. Harry L. Hopkins, special assistant
to the president, wrote a piece for himself
In the December American magazine under the
title, "You and Your,
Family Will Be Mobil-
ized," in which he pro
ceeded to tell everyone
how he must live In
wartime and what sac
rifices would have to
be made.
"Because some
Americans believed we
could continue busi
ness,' cocktail parties
and golf as usual, we
have been fighting
with one hand tied be
hind us," wrote Mr.
Hopkins.
"Rationing and priorities far mora . wide
spread than at present will determine the
kinds of food ... we shall have and will
affect every detail of our daily lives.
"Under total war our over-all standard of
living will be as low as it was at the bottom
of the depression in 1932.
"Most adults will, not be fed quite as well
as the men In the armed services, which Is
as It should be. Mo family should object to
meat rationing when they realize the beef and
bacon they don't get is being served to their
sons and brothers in the army.
"Why should there be men to open taxlcab
doors in front of hotels and night clubs? Why
should there be cooks in night clubs when
cooks are needed in the army?"
. .Such were Mr. Hopkins' choicer, selected
sentences.
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"I know we've always thrown our big dance during the
spring semester, but we're facing a crisis after the first
of February this college will be practically a girls'
school 1'' .
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MRS. HOPKINS' WEDDING PRESENT
0 one in Washington realized how much
social significance there was in the Hop
kins article until a few days ago, when tongues
began to wag round Washington of a hard-
times .party thrown at one of the capital's
snazzier hotel-night clubs, in honor of who
else but Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Hopkins. Then
it became apparent that here was a new . New
Deal magna charta.
This function, reflecting at every turn . the
wartime curtailments of which Mr. Hopkins
bad written so feelingly with one hand tied
behind his back, no doubt was given by Mr.
Bernard Baruch. But it is perhaps unfair to
bring him in on this, as he was merely the
man on whose cuff the party was thrown,
The gossip in Washington is that Mr. Baruch
asked Mrs. Hopkins what she would like for
a wedding present, and she told him she'd like
to have him give her a party. Mrs. Hopkins
was apparently told to go ahead and arrange
it, Inviting whomever she pleased, and the
Baruch cuff blanche was extended on which
the guest of honor could write her own menu,
as on a blank check.
Now never let it be said that the new Mrs.
Harry Hopkins, the former Mrs. Louise Macy,
nee Brown, is not an Ingenious person when it
comes to arranging a party on a war economy
basis for a reduced standard of living. No
cocktail parties as usual for her. Mrs. Hop
kins had no doubt read every word of her
husband's article, and she had approved. She
used to write articles for the slicker and
thicker paper magazines herself, always with
emphasis on how to avoid being vulgar or in
bad taste.
Some say there were 60 guests Invited, some
say 80. Either way, there definitely were not
100 people present, unless you counted the
orchestra, the waiters, all those cooks which
Mr. Hopkins wrote were so badly needed by
the army, and the man who opened the taxi
doors as the guests drew up in front.
CAVIAR. CHAMPAGNE AND BEEF
AS for food, since Mr. Hopkins had written
that adults would not be fed as well as
men In the armed services, the menu was held
down to a simple buffet supper. There were
only 30 dishes, leading off with caviar and
pate de fols gras.
Knowing that all the guests had read Mr.
Hopkins' article and were therefore prepared
to get along on reduced rations of beef and
bacon so that their sons (and brothers could
have more in the army, the meat courses were
held down to just five beef a la mode, corned
beef in jelly, cold tongue, calves head, and
Virginia ham.
To show how the Ingenious housewife can
get along with substitutes in wartime, how
ever, the shortage of meat was made up for
with two soups, three kinds of seafood baked
oysters, trout and terrapin;, chicken fixed four
ways, to say nothing of turkey and duck; three
salads, three ice creams and petit fours.
Any civilian defense volunteer who has left
the children with the neighbors so she could
take a course In nutrition knows that all these
foods are filled with vitamins, and just what
the government has been telling war workers
they should eat to make them strong so they
could help win the war quickly. And oh, yes
another meat substitute on the menu was as
sorted cheese.
The rationing effect that Mr. Hopkins had
blustering, boasting and blaming in a warned his readers about was evident at this
ew xears day pronouncement. A eood an.
swer to Adolf was given by an old Dutch
woman who was arrested for listening to BBC
broadcasts from London. ,
Haled Into a Nazi court, she was asked by
the Judge:
"Why did you do this?"
"Oh, but your honor," she replied, "Hitler
told us he would be In London in October,
1940. I have been listening every day since
then. I would not want to miss der fuehrer."
function in that the only coffee served was
demi-tasse.
The real war touch, showing how people
will have to get used to a standard of living as
low as it was at the bottom of the depression
in 1932, was most noticeable in two respects
French champagne, vintage of 1926, flowed
like water and every lady there was given
a large bottle of the rarest French perfume
as a souvenir.
You will recall that back In igaa. th
rnvm rJ!. ' ' . ' ' depths of the depression, you could get French
., t ?d " Sairty hat " was champagnes and French perfumes.
lor work Sunday, believing it to be Tuesday, magazines more often. '
WHY MOTHERS WANT TO
WORK
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., (To
the Editor) Everyone gets time
and a half for overtime, sick
leave, Sundays and holidays off
except mother. That is one of
the basic reasons young mothers
want to work.
In many instances the unpre
paredness for, and the high cost
of having babies has left the
young couple on the rocks so
to say. The young wife who is
used to a few friends and an
occasional movie with hubby
now Just stays home and minds
Junior. If she is ill Junior still
needs his diapers washed and
even the weatherman doesn'
always cooperate in drying
them.
Daddy comes home to burv
himself in the paper., Mother
wants some one to talk to. The
new neighborhood hasn't yet
nung out the welcome sign to
the newcomers personally, so
she hasn't visited across the
back fence, like she and Mrs.
Huston . used to back home
Home without Outside life be
comes even more boring in a
trailer house or the usual dec
orators' nightmare she has rent
ed.
She must stay home all day
because Junior can't be taken
out, but in many cases there
isn't enough actual work (If
done systematically) and Inter
esting activity to keep a twelve
year-old busy. A woman of 20
or more either gets puttery or
Clustered.
As time goes on she feels
worthless and if she listens to
her radio she hears constant
pleas for war . workers. This
doesn't do her frame of mind
any good. Besides, the pay is
very attractive. She hasn't had
many pretty things either for
herself or the house and what
a wonderful joy a baby buggy
would be now that Junior
weighs nearly 16 pounds and has
to be carried. The family car
isn't available for every jaunt
to the store like it used to be.
Many of these young women
remember how difficult it was
to get work a few years ago
and feel this is their big chance
to lay something in the bank
or bonds. After all, when the
war ends there might be an
other depression and one can't
save much following defense
work unless both man and wife
work.
In some cases better salaries
for husbands in non-defense
work would help. Many of the
women who wish to work are
wives of men who are holding
their places so they will still
have a Job when the war is end
ed. The low salary now doesn't
seem fair to her when the
neighbor in defense work makes
several times as much for the
same hours.
There is talk of free nurseries
for working mothers. They get
salary, why couldn't they af
ford, in most cases to pay. It
is the non-working mother who
needs a free place to park Jun
ior so she can work for the Red
Cross or service center where
she does herself as much good
as the cause. A little adult com
pany is one of her needs. She
also feels that she is doing too
much as she would do in peace
time, wiping noses and drying-
diapers. There is nothing dram
atic about t h a t like making
bombers. . , .
Any man who would spend a
week at home with the children
while his wife only comes home
evenings would understand the
problems much better than the
average husband. The two-yea
old s chatter is clever and
baby's antics are simply darling
out tncy get rather tiresome on
a seven day a week, well or sick
basis, even though you know
tney are the most wonderful
babies in the world,
The price of child care has
risen along with other thins
The shifting of population has
removed grandma or the girl
next door who exchanged piano
lessons for watching Junior. As
a result the young mother has
to change her habits and this
doesn't come without a certain
amount of resentment. This is
especially true if hubby is still
on the same old salary and she
must lower her social standard,
When the husband has eve.
nings free he can stay home
and let his wife see a movie or
visit friends an evening or two
a week. Many men work eve.
nirfgs so their wives are just
out oi iuck. Any factory or of
lice manager will agree that
workers, to do good work must
have a change on their day off.
What change has the young
mower?
As a result she begins to feel
the only solution is to go into
the factory. She worries about
Junior but won't admit it even
to hubby.
Another angle Is health or
strength. If the house is old or
poor, house work is hard on a
young woman who has just had
a Daoy. now appealing a filing
cabinet looks beside a big wash.
mg on a frosty day. Even Jun
lor gets to an age where he Is
too- heavy to carry around but
sun can t do his own walking,
The old office job is much less
of a strain on her back.
Few mothers can take any
sick leave until they are actual
ly ready for the hospital. Father
takes a day In bed to cure his
infected throat. Mother drags
around tne house yapping at the
emmren until father gets home,
He scolds her for staying- ud,
little realizing that even a few
minutes will be interrupted
This isn't his fault, but It is
nevertheless a real problem for
ner.
We need something to replace
or bring back the old-fashioned
leaving baby with grandma or
a neighbor so the younger gen
eration can care for their physi
cal and mental health. Working
tew nours at the Red Cross
would cure many bored wives.
They can't though because of
j unior.
It is a bit hard for the vouna
wife to feel time and a half
for overtime, sick leave, a day
off and pretties like working
women have weren't meant for
her too. Until this is solved we
will never overcome the' desire
of mothers to work. That 'is
what she is fighting for. She
just doesn't know any other
way to get it except through a
JOD.
I. W.
VITAL STATISTICS
BACON Born at Klamath
Valley hospital. Klamath Falls,
Ore., January 2, 1943, to Mr. and
Mrs. Fred G. Bacon, 2711 Cra
ter street, a girl. Weight: 9
pounds 13 ounces.
AUGUSTUS Born at Klam
ath Valley hospital, Klamath
Falls, Ore., January 2, 1943, to
Mr. and Mrs. Dean E. Augustus,
Keno, Ore., a boy. Weight: 7
pounds 11 ounces.
MIKE Born at Llghtfoot
hospital, Klamath Falls, Ore,,
December 30; 1942, to Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Mike. 2150 Biehn
street, a girl. Weight: 7 pounds.
HERBERT Born at L ghtfoot
hospital, Klamath Falls, Ore..
December 30. 1942. to Mr. and
Mrs. Sidney Harrison Herbert,
zizi wantland avenue, a girl.
Weight: 7i pounds.
If you want to sell it nhone
The Herald and News "want
ads," 3124.
By Tha Associated Press
Deaths In the nation over the
now Year's holiday resulting
from violent causes automobile
accidonts, drownings, fires,
shootings, stabblngs, etc. num
bered at least 128 Saturday. l
most two-thlrds below the total
for the same period a year ago,
The recent trend showing a BO
per cent reduction In motor
vehicle deaths was Indicated in
the number of traffic fatalities
reported since New Year's ave
nn Associated Press survey
snowed that 84 of the total vlo.
lent deaths since New Year'
eve resulted from automobile
accidents.
Of the 265 violent deaths re
ported on January 2, 1842, auto
mobile accidents accounted for
171 of the total. Principal fnc
tors for the decrease In auto
mobile deaths were gasoline ra
tlonlng and observance of the
lower driving speed law.
Thore were more than 400 vlo.
lent deaths reported throughout
the country in the extended
Christmas weekend holiday of
1942, and of the total, 250 were
listed as traffic fatalities.
No deaths of violent nature
were reported In 17 states, while
the largest number of violent
deaths In any single state was 2i
in California, Including 15 trnf
fic. New York and Illinois each
reported 11, the former state
total including seven violent
deaths from various causes,
Illinois' total included six auto
mobile deaths.
3 KUHS Students
Ski In to Lake o'
The Woods Sunday
Getting to Lake o' the Woods
for a mid-winter holiday was no
problem for George Proctor,
Dick Newman and Dick Hicks,
Klamath Union high school tu
dents, who skied into the resort
Sunday, returning here Wednes
day.
The trio drove as far as the
Rocky Point Junction by car and
made the remainder of the trip
on skis in a pelting rain. They
reported some three feet of snow
at the lake. The boys were
guests at tho Joe Hicks cabin on
the west side.
OBITUARIES
SADIE MAY GENTRY
Sadie Mny Gentry, a native of
Suisun, Calif., ago 63 years
months and 18 days and the wife
of John Gentry, passed away at
tne inmiiy home In Stewart ad
dition, Friday, Janunry 1, at
11:40 p. m. Mrs. Gentry had
been In poor health for four
years and became seriously 111
Friday evening. In addition to
her husband, she Is survived by
tour daughters, Mrs. Ethel Uhl
Oakland, Calif.; Mrs. Stello
Roark, Stockton, Calif.; Mrs.
uiaoys amerson, Coquille. Ore
and Mrs. Hazel Bishop of Med.
ford, 'Ore.; three sons, Edwin
Buker, Oakland, Calif; Herbert
Buker, Klamath Falls' and Les
ter Buker, Cloton, Calif.; also
four brothers, all of Sulsun
Valley, Calif., and one sister of
San Bernardino, Calif. The re
mains rest at the Earl Whitlock
tuneral home. Pine street "at
Sixth. Announcement of the fu
neral arrangements will be made
next Monday.
JOHN BENJAMIN AUTEN
John B. Auten. a nloneer resi-
dent of Klamath county and na
tive of Indiana, aged 70 years,
10 days, passed away In Med
ford,. Ore., December 30. after
an illness of several years dura
tion. Mr. Auten is survived bv
two daughters, Mrs. Elno Hem-
miia of Mcdford. Ore., and Mr
Harry Lloyd of Tacoma. Wash.:
and one son, Glenn Auten, Port
land, ore.; also two grand,
children. Announcement of fu
neral arrangements is belne
uiuae tooay.
FUNERALS
CHARLES OREWILER
The funeral service for the
late Charles Orewiler, who
passed away near Tulelake.
Calif., on Thursday, December
if will take place from the
chapel of Ward's Klamath funer-
home, 925 High street, on
Sunday, January 3, at 3 p. m.,
e itev. victor Phillips of tho
Methodist church officiating.
The commitment service and In
terment will take place In the
Bend, Ore., cemetery on Mon
day, January 4, at 1 p. m.
Friends are Invited to attend.
JOHN BENJAMIN AUTEN
Funeral services for the lata
Jdhn B. Auten, who passed away
In Medford, Ore., December 30,
will be held at the chapel of the
Earl Whitlock Funeral home,
Monday, January 4, at 2 p. m.,
with the Reverend Arthur
Charles Bates, pastor of the
First Christian church, officiat
ing. Interment will follow in
Linkville cemetery. Friends are
invited. ,
""7 A M in
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"Invisible Agent." suggested by the H. O. Wellt story "Invis
ible Man." features J. Edward Bromborg (L). Hons Massif and
Jon Hall are co-starred and In this fantastlo scsna Hall Is teen In
his ghostly portrayal. A companion hit, "Shtphtrd of the Hills."
co-stars John Wayne and Batty Flald. Tha program starts to
morrow on tha Pin Tr screen.
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MhaaaaHaVaatsaM
Arthur Kennady, Errol Flynn, Alan Hal. Ronald Reaaan.
cast as members oi an RAF craw forced down In Oormany in
Warner Bros.' "Dtiparita Journay," now at tha Esqulra. hid
from pursuing noils.
tm w fe,
Gloria Jaan stems to b on tha wrona and of tonunn for h
moment in the "tan-aga" jlva rampaga, "Gat Hap to Lova,"
which plays at tha Towar thtatre starting Sunday. Tha compan
ion faatura "Underground Agent" faaturtt Frank Albartson and
Bruca Bmnstt.
Spunky Mary Drury Takes
New Courage From Lettei
ORANGE, N. J., Jan. 2 (P)
Sho did It, daddy, and I will
walk too." Just wait and see."
That was the New Year's
greeting nine-year-old Mary
Drury of East Orange gave her
father, Waiter, yesterday from
her bed in Orange Memorial hospital.
It was a letter of cheer from
Mrs. Josslo Simpson Steward of
Hackcnsack that prompted the
pledge of courage by the spunky,
dark-haired youngster, whose
legs were severed just above tha
knees two weeks ago by a rail
road trnln.
Mrs. Steward, a former model,
lost her legs In a similar acci
dent several years ago.
After showing her father the
letter. Mary tucked It tindor her
pillow.
Messages of cheer and presents
from all ports of tho country
continued to arrive at tho ho
pltol. Mony of the letters and
gifts wero from Undo Sam's
soldiers and sailors.
Sergeant MIko Moszar of Clif
ton, N. J a soldier stationed at
Clalrbornn, La., wrote to toll
Mory thot sho has been named
mascot of his outfit.
"I'm from Clifton," Moszar
said. "And you're a close neigh
bor. Don't forgot to keep smil
ing and remember we're with
you."
Check These Ration Dates
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (
The office of prlco admlnlstra
Hon today llslod important ra
tioning dates as follows:
Coffoe ?
Jah. 3 Last day for using cou
pon No. 27 In war ration book
for purchase of coffee. Counon
No. 28 becomos valid Jan. 4. It
will be good for one pound of
coffoe and valid until Feb. 8.
. . Sugar
Jan. 5 Last day on which
institutional and industrial sugar
users may reglstor at ration
boards for January and Febru
ary allotments.
Jan. 31 Coupon No. 10 in wor
ration book 1 is good for thrco
pounds of sugar through this
dale.
Mileage, Gasollna and Tires
Jan. 21 Last doy for using
No. 3 coupons in "A" books.
No. 4 coupons become valid
Jan. 22.
Jan. 31 Last day for tempor
ary "T" coupons to bo Issued dl
roctly by ration board. Begin
ning Feb. 1, "T" rations will be
Issued on the basis of ODT cer
tificates of war necessity. All
motorists must have tlroa in
spected by this dote, .
Fuel Oil
Jan. 1 No. 3 coupons valid
all month and first part of Feb
ruary, dates varying among four
zones. Coupon No. 2 . remains
valid until about Jim. 25, exact
dates depending on zones. -Typewriters
Doc. 31 Last day on which
holders of typewriter certificates
could purchnso machines.
War Ration Book I '
Jan. 15 Last day for obtain
ing this book.
Book No. 1, originally Issueda.
for sugar but now good also fort?
coffee, will be used in obtaining
subsequent books.
Always read the classified ads.