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PAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH 'FALLS, OREGON January 8, 1JMB, Mmb$r of Thi Amociatxd Pzm The AisoH..td Frets li exclo Ivclr entitled to the dm of r Itubllcatlop of til news dlinitchw cnrfitd to It or not otherwise credited In this paper, and alo tltfi IocaI mwft published therein. All rlghti of republication of pedal dlipatohea an tl re served. FRANK JENKINS Editor A twnporarr combination of the Evening Herald and the Klnniath News. Published every afternoon except) Sunday at Ksplansde and Pine streets, Klamath Fall. Orcfon, by the Haralri Publishing Co, and the Klamath Xeva Publishing Company Entered ai aeeond olau mattr at Hie postofflM of Klamath ralla. Or., on Aurust to. IMS under tot of eongress, March t, 1179. M$mbr of Audit Bureau Or CntcniATioK Represented Nationally by AVisr-HotLiDAT Co., Inc. $an Francisco, New York, Re tua, Chicago, Portland, Lot Angela, MALCOLM EPLEY Managing Editor Today's Roundup News Behind the News h 5 ) jiy MALCOLM EPLl.iT IN LINE with Klamath's part in the aviation phase of the war effort is the conversion of Summers school into a headquarters for the nrop trnlnfnff KPrvlrA civilian ...o- - authorities and the University ot Oregon, sponsor of the WTS here, have virtually completed agreements on this project. . ' which may mean an increase 4 in the number of pilots receiv ' .lng training at the Klamath ' municipal airport. . Under this plan, the school hullrlin0. which is virtually on : Epley the airport property, is to be used for class rooms, dormitory and dining hall. If and when this is accomplished, as seems quite certain at present, those conversant with the war training program here will breathe more freely. By concentrating the ground school program under one roof, the prospects are good for increasing the activities here. Had this not been done, the program was actually in jeopardy, for government officials disapprove scattering the activities over the community, as has been done up to this time. Heretofore, the students have lived in private homes. The classes have been held downtown, necessitating transportation of students back and forth from the airport, scene of the flight j activity."' No classrooms were available at the airport, and until the Summers school con- ; version project developed, the situation was I definitely unpromising. In many ways, the Summers building is ideal for this purpose. It is so close to the airport that no transportation of students is involved. ' It has the space for the various facilities needed. According to school authorities, its use as a grade school can be terminated as a war meas ure without seriously disrupting the school pro gram in the suburban district or inconvenienc ing students. " At present, there are 40 students .in the WTS program. Prospects are good for increasing the quota to at least 60 under the new arrange ment. The plan is for the university sponsors to' lease the building. If this can be done without financial disadvantage to the district, it will be . a distinct local contribution to the war effort. Incidentally, Summers school might eventual ly become a part of the airport property. It is close enough to serve as administration building : or otherwise as an added facility on a field , which is still short on buildings for offices, etc - .i ' J ': New Congressman THE second district's hew congressman, Lowell Stockman, is now launched on his con gressional career. In Washington, he told the press he stands for concentration of the victory effort and for curtailment of government bureaus which he feels are detrimental to that program. He favors reduction of non-war spending. Whether Mr. Stockman will have any legis lative hobbies remains to be seen. He has indi cated he did not go to Washington with any ideas of a great, single mission to fulfill. In stead, he- conveyed the expectation that he would meet the issues as they come, exercising Judgment and horse sense and seeking to render sensible, well-rounded service to his country and district Mr. Stockman is amazingly placid. While others got excited, sometimes, about his political . campaign against the veteran, "unbeatable" Walter Pierce, he went serenely on his way. For years, he had the idea that a candidate of his type and qualifications could beat Pierce; when the time came, he stepped in and did it. The story is told that when a close supporter of Mr. Stockman saw an advertisement in the Lakeview Examiner in which the democratic committee gave a lengthy list of reasons why Walter Pierce should be retained, Stockman was asked excitedly: "What are we going to do about that?" "NothinB.'f answered tho He carried Lake county. Industrial Outlook ON a trip to Washington, D. C. this month, Earl Reynolds, secretary of the chamber of commerce, will do some investigating and "con tacting" in behalf of the Industrial development committee of the Klamath county chamber of commerce. Klamath needs to be alert to the possibilities of bringing new industrial activities into this community. The war has tremendously stimulated timber harvest. In the field of lumbering, new ideas are being generated that may result in definite changes from the present character of logging and milling and box-maklng. The industrial future of Klamath Falls may be enhanced, If altered, if these developments are brought into the lumberine rtlcttira hi Weyerhaeuser's great new laboratory may be of special significance in that outlook. The Willard hotel Thursday night banqueted the members of the state championship (please note, Coos Bay Times) Klamath Union high school football team. The hotel put heaps of Inviting victuals in front of the 37 husky gridsters. Their response was terrific. Everybody evidently had money to buy 1943 uto licenses. It was Just a case of procrastlna tlon. . We know. Klamath ' Union high school basketeers will play Redmond here tonight. The attendance at games here has not been what it should be. Lee Smith, president of the Klamath Quarter backs, wants to build it up, and we pass along his suggestion here that those games are worth seeing. Paul Mellon By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 Solid fuelist Harold Ickes announced everyone should convert to coal, even though there is a minor shortage in New England. People are ..wsjvw Just refusing to do so because "te it is an "inconvenience," hefcf x said. Well, Washington is not New Ik England, so I decided to try ltiWjL again. Six months ago, no furnaces or grates were avail able. Today my oil dealer, who also handles coal and furnaces, said: "Fine. I have just the furn ace for you. It will cost $200." Now $200 is something more than an incon venlence to me, but not as much inconvenience as my inability to get oil here, adequate oil coupons, or oil deliveries now at a time when the government daily announces (erroneously) plenty of oil is available. I had finally obtained 300 gallons shortly after my furnace went out last night. The air line from the tank to the burner thus be came locked with air and I had to call my furnace repairman. This in itself proved to be more than minor inconvenience as the repairman was so flooded with similar calls for help that he left his telephone off the hook as a matter of neces sity for half a day and does this regularly every day. No Promises BUT I finally got the furnace going again today and went in to see the aealer aoout conversion, carrying my 2200 gallons of fuel oil coupons with me to pay up for oil used so far this winter, the same having been allotted to me under the complicated tormula of Mr. Leon -Henderson's bright young men, who proved themselves to be such aamned fools that . they figured only the floor space of every house instead of the cubic footage (heating space to the ceiling) in making oil allocations. The dealer took half my coupons, 1175 to be exact, saying 1 bad already used them so far this winter. As the winter has hardly begun in this section, I could see I can't get through on oil. So I decided to suffer the $200 inconvenience, on Mr. Ickes' advice, and told the dealer X would order the furnace. He said: . "Well $200 is the price without installation, and I can't tell you when I could get it in- 1 stalled because we have no help." " - I asked: ' ' --'' s "But if I once get it installed, can I get all the coal J want? Half Gone 1 1 fvJO," he replied, "you see the coal miners IN are still working a five-day week, seven hours a day 33 hours a week. I have more than 100 orders right here (and he showed them) for nut coal. "They say the miners are going to add seven more hours a week, making 42 in the anthracite mines, beginning this week, but that wont fill my orders, and I can't make any promises." I immediately asked why in the name-of- bureaucracy, should anyone then convert to coal. r ' -"Yfl ' ' ft Bad Propaganda 1 1 THAT'S what I say," broke in a nearby I army officer just back from abroad. "Those blankety blank government officials Trover there (and he pointed in ' the general direction' of OPA J and Mr. Ickes) cut me 60 per cent from last year's mild win- . ter for the hardest winter yet. "I have got to go away to 'fight this war and leave an 86-year-old mother-in-law and rtwo children with my wife to Htrold Ickes, struggle through this winter Fuelist fuel mess. "The government is just putting out propa ganda on this stuff, and It is the worst kind of propaganda from the standpoint of domestic morale. "It makes me boiling mad, but I can't even get in to see the ration board to get enough coupons and now I can't get the oil for the coupons I have, and, on my pay, I would be a fool to convert to coal, especially when I can't get coal either." . While the bureaucrats here have been dally announcing that dealers in this locality all have sufficient oil, my dealer told me he has been out of oil more than he has been in" since last October 1. No Gas to Get Coal DOZENS of his customers were women and children whose men are away to war, some of whom went without heat for five days when the temperature here was down to zero. They sat In the kitchen huddled around their electric stoves. He said he could probably always dig .up some kind of coal if the army officer and I would get it, that he was unable to promise deliveries because his men were quitting daliy or laying off every few days. But bureaucrats did not allow us enough gasoline to get our own coal. , The officer and I decided the dealer was Just trying to sell us a new $200 furnace, and, apparently, he considered we were in luck be cause he had a couple. Show Their Ignorance THE OPA, an equal branch of government with Mr. Ickes, has Just announced the people had better locate a coal furnace before deciding to convert. I might add they should, also see if they can get it installed, at how SIDE GLANCES I- COflt mi BY OTA tCTVKt. INC. T. M. Kltt. tt. 1. KT. OTT. ""Well, well! So you've been promoted to captain in the artilleryl Guess 1 schooled you pretty well when you were my delivery boy, eh, Bill?" Yeslertltuis 1 ' From the files 40 1 ycori , ogo end 10 years ago From The Klamath Republican January 1. 1903 There are now 63 telephones in the local exchange. The ice harvest on Upper Klamath lake has Just started. although the product is rather tnin as yet. Great care should be exer cised by skaters on the lake. They should not venture too far out where the ice is thin and the water deep. . . Wood Is $3 and $4 a cord here. That Is high enough, con sidering our proximity to great forests. From The Klamath Newt January 8, 1933 The News and Herald an' nounced that the classified ad' vertising section will be thrown open for free use by local peo ple In helping promote employ ment and exchanging the ne cessities of life. The measure was announced as a means of helping fight depression condi tions. Klamath people mourn death of former Congressman Robert R. Butler in Washington, D. G. Herald and News editorial: 'Franklin D. Roosevelt has come to personify hope in the minds of a large section of the people . . , What he will mean in the memory of future years depends to no small degree on Mr. Roosevelt himself. ODT Official to Wrestle With Coast Motor Transport SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8 W) Ray G. Atherton, associate direc tor of the office of defense trans portation, arrived here yester day to confer with ODT officials and to devote his attention to keeping western trucks in opera tion. His conference with ODT offi cials will be in an attempt to avert a threatened breakdown of motor transport on the Pacific coast. Harold C. Amot, regional ODT manager, recently predict ed a breakdown of truck trans port by early summer if main tenance and manpower problems were not solved. much cost, and whether they can get coal after they have the furnaces. These personal experiences have convinced me, just as they must have convinced every citi zen encountering such average conditions everywhere in the countrj, .that none of thesa Washington officials know the Individual human problem of rationing in which they are supposed to be leading us. They do not understand. They deal only In generalized statis tics of supplies and transporta tion in the nation as a whole. They show their ignorance every time they open their mouths on the front pages be cause every newspaper reader knows different and can prove it from his own experience. Evidently the men in charge have a far better estimation of what can be done by the sense of touch than . I, and they should be commended for it. The work and place can be only described as ideal. Ed ward P. Hamann, blind aircraft worker who, with his seeing- eye aog, won navy "is." Telling The Editor Ltllw, prMltd hrt must not M mar Ifcan 100 wordi in itnctlt. mutt b, writ ln Itgibly on ONfl SIOI ot IM pp' only, and must b oixntd. Contributions following tnM ruloa, ,r warmly wa coma. NAVAL TRAINING LIFE WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (To the Editor) I thought I would drop you a line and give the home town folks an inside view of our naval training life. Of course there are some men In Klamath Falls and vicinity that have not been called and I can probably relieve them of some undue suffering by warn ing them of what to expect. Virginia has a climate from December till the first of March that is comparable to Klamath Falls, yesterday we had a bliz zard and the weather cleared last night, the temperature drop ped to about zero. Now recruits are arriving by the hundreds and the camp is only partly completed, some of the men are sleeping on the floors with no mattresses and only two blankets. Last night over a thousand men arrived and stood In line getting chow and bedding issued until a num ber of frozen feet and hands and ears were brought to the offi cers' attention. Several men were carried Infc barracks so cold they could barely talk. -Most of the men come down here dressed In light clothes ex pecting to find a nice balmy cli mate. Don't let anyone kjd you about the climate as it freezes an inch of ice every night and during the day mud is ankle deep. If any men In that vicinity have or are planning to join the Seabees they will be sent to Camp Peary as this Is a new camp and Is the only camp In the future to train naval con struction men in 'America. Our chow is good, It Isn't fancy, but there is plenty of It and if you like beans for breakfast look us up we have them and like it or rather we have them. I'd like to advise all men sign ed up or planning to Join, if you come down bring your long handles, a pair of gloves and your overshoes, as you may have to run around in this weather a day or two In your civilian clothes.. Of course, the first three weeks is spent in boot camp and we are fenced in and restricted to a certain area. We don't get a chance to see anyone unless we run into them in chow line. Since I've been here I have met about a dozen men from Klam ath Falls. I will try and give a list of the Klamath men that I know. Of course I realize that there are soma I know that I haven't had an opportunity to meet. Some of the men are: Clarence "Slats" Nelson, of Big Basin; Al Royer, of Kester son woods; Martle, of Oregon Food butcher shops; Hutcheson, of Klamath Packing company and Klamath Falls Creamery; Frank Lowell, of Klamath Pack ing company; Howard Burkhart, local building contractor; Em-' mitt Sisemore, of Swan Lake Moulding; Adln Fenwlck, of the White Starr Inn, Dorrls; Everett Wright, of California Utilities; Floyd Crown, of Frankford's Fuel company; Ed Barker, S. P. brakeman; Henry Klinkhammer, local carpenter. Most of these men are here but they don't hnve the same address as mine as we are di vided into companies and pla toons and each platoon has a different number or letter. We would appreciate any letters from friends at home. My ad dress is: Donald Dale Phelps, C.M.I.C. 67 Bat., Co. A, Plat. 8 N.C.T.C. Camp Peary , Williamsburg, Va. Midland ZmpuAe Aew4 o TO GET LICENSES TULELAKE Registrations for 1043 automotive licenses are coming in slowly, according to Highway Patrolman Fred Engla, in charge of registration, and motorists are warned that Feb ruary 4 is tlie deadline. Appli cation for registration renewal may be murio by mull provided tlio registration curd nnd ' the proper amount of money Is eiv closed Willi the request mailed to the department of motor vo hides, Sacramento. Few new applications for li cense tags will be filled out this year, Engle stated, In com parison to liiOO vehicles that received plates for the first time In California last year. Car owners will receive this year instead of the regulation plate, a four-inch square steel plate, with white background embossed with a .red V that will be pluced ubove tho 1042 number on last year's platus. The metal tabs will ba mailed to applicants at a later date, ap plicants to receive In the mean time a serially numbered re ceipt. The local office of the depart ment of motor vehicles Is In tlia city hull. Tulelake Mrs. Frances Carter, teacher In tho Tulelako elementary school, lias asked for a lcava of absenco for one month and will spond the time In Sacramento and oth er California points with .her husband, who has been granted a month's furlough following his return from Bctive servlco In tho Aleutians. Mrs. Ruth Boyd will substitute for Mrs. Carter. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Osborne were hosts New Year's evo ut dinner for Dr. C. O. Prentice, daughters Barbara and Mrs. Her bert Tildcn Osborne, Miss Mary Knopp and Rev. Hugh L. Bron son. Ensign Horbert Tilden Os borne, on duty In foreign service, cabled Mrs. Osborne and his par ents, sending love and best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, saying also that ho was well. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 8 (P) Orde..; for Idaho white plno, ponderosa pine and sugar pine and associated species for the week ending January 2 totaled 53,025,000 board feet compared with 71,600,000 for the previous week -and 79,853,000 a year ago, the Western Pino association re ported today. Shipments were 82,033,000 compared with 58,832,000 and 51,472,000, and production total ed 41,018,000 compared with 45, 273J0OO and 30,332,000. Bradford, Vt., was the site of the first factory for the manufac ture of terrestrial nnrl rt1ntlnr globes, in 1813. Fire Destroys Cray Residence CHILOQUIN Early Thurs day morning, Januury 7, fire completely destroyed the resi dence of Mr, and Mrs. Wslter Cray and family. Flames were first noticed In the attic by one ot Cray's sons, who was sick In bed. Mr. and Mrs. Cray were at work at tho box factory and the othor chil dren were attonding school CIGARETTES GO TO MALIN Boys of the' Malln community who are sorvlng over seas are not being forgotten by folks at home. Through efforts of the chamber ot commerce and the Czech-American alliance, cartons of cigarettes ro sent each month to between 25 and 30 boys. Money that would hava been spent in preparing for tho an nuul chamber ot commerce ban quct this year Is going Into smokes. The chamber completed a successful membership drlvo but folks of tho basin who year after ycur have attended the big dinner, usually served In Feb ruary, will hove to wait until tho war Is won before again ac cepting the hospitality of tho pcoplo at Mnlln. Tho Czech-American alliance meets on tho fourth Sunday of eacn month in the homo of mem bers, with Mayor A. Kallna pre siding. ' A bond buying program,! bo lng sponsored. Tho lost mooting was held at the home of Mrs. A. Henzol and tho next meeting will be at tho home ot Herman Sostak. Sprague River ConRratulatlons are anlna tn Mr. and Mrs. Snnricmnn Mnnhai who are the proud parents of a uuuy ooy, oorn Saturday m Sprague Klver. Mrs. Joa Youna hu rtiirn home after being In Klamath rans nospitai with pneumonia. Mrs. SUss Shepherd Is again confined to bed. She has been under the doctor's care since un dergoing a major operation some time ago. Mr. and Mr. Earl Atrhl.on Mrs. Mortha Hayes. Pvt. Clifford Hayes, Pvt. Stan Wallace and Mrs. Wallace wera ffnnvta nf Mr and Mrs. Byrd Tompkins last ncancsaay, Saturday visitors In Klnmnth Falls Included Mr. and Mm. Wll. l.am George, vMr. and Mrs. Silos Shepherd, Mr. and Mrs. Hurley McWllllams and son Tommy, Mr. and Mrs. O. Hammnni Mr and Mrs. Everett Hammons, and Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Tompkins and son, Sidney. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Campbell ond Paul Eden, wcro Klamath visitors las'. Monday. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Klrnhor spent New Year's with Mrs. Klrcher's parents In Hood River. They stopped at The Dalles to visit l-ienas. Thn Well Child Mlnln ;.. held Friday, January 8, In the club building. Read Classified Aai for Results Ti TULELAKE T. W. Chatburn. Merrill attorney, guest speaker at the Rotury club luncheon Wednesday, guvs a comprehens ive talk on the now victory tax and on Incomo taxos, stale and federal, answoring questions of prospective taxpayers at tho closa ot his dlscuiwion. lie was Introduced by R. M. Prior, pro gram chairman, after the meet ing was oponad by President P. C. Bergman. Tho mooting was the first ot tho new year, Glenn Kent of Klamath Fallr- end Lawronca Runlcke, Yreka, - supervisor of school attendance and welfare in Siskiyou county, were guests. . C, C. Spears will let as chair man of the program next weak. Hager Mrs. Annlce Anderson was a shopper In Klamath Falls Thurs day. Mrs. Charles Hess and Mrs. Ellzuboth Campbell of Barnes Valley returned from Portland Friday. While on their way here. Just after their train had crossed a bridge near Eugene, Ore., tho bridge washed out, Several of tho side roods are practically Impassable now. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Richard son closed the store near the Junction of SB and 60 highways far tho duration Monday, but will still resldo here. Mr. Griffiths has had a crew sorting spuds tho past week and"1'' is loading can here. Chiloquin Mr. and Mrs. Gelnger recently motored to California on bus iness. Eorl Hall has token over the Shall service station following the resignation of the former station man, Mr. Cooley. Cecil Matt, representative ot Mason Ehrman and company, was In Chiloquin Tuesday on business. E. II. Radkye has recently re turned from Portland where he wss under a doctor's core Mae Hostatter, proprietor of Mae's cafe In Chiloquin, has re cently closed her business. NO LEND-LEASE NEW YORK George A- a. Dewey, who used to live in Brooklyn, now is with the U. S. army In England. He wrote George C. Tllyou, Kings county ration administrat or, that his fuel oil coupons, which had Just reoched him in England, are "not of much use In this vicinity. I doubt very much If the British ministry would honor them even on the lend-lease basis." If you want to sell it phono The Herald ond News "wont ads," 3124 COLDS- riftiiT Mierpv "TO WICKS? V VapoRui FIGHT MISERY when you feel lt-rub throat, client and bock with Urns-tested Statement of Condition of First Federal Savings & Loan Association s OF KLAMATH FALLS As of Dec. 31, 1942 ASSETS First Mortgage Loans $1,293,211.74 Loans on Passbooks 123.20 Properties Sold on Contract 32,459.78 Real Estate Owned and in Judgment 9,408,76 U. S. Government Securities 363,429.01 Cash on Hand and In Banks 120,525.66 Office Building and Equip- ' mont less depreciation 39,003.66 $1,858,161.81 LIABILITIES Members' Share Accounts $1,758,892.90 Loam In Procei , 13,009,88 Other Liabilities 10,258.97 Specific Reserves 429.38 General Reserves 32,937.40 Undivided Profits 42,633.28 $1,858,161.81 iStlt i m i - u ... t .- mil.U.IHJMM
