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Jnntmry 12i 1948 PAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON iltmbtr 0 Thi Auociatu Pim Tb anwliM r U ml tlvtlr -ntltM lo las ' poliHtHM) of all dlipltehrl -rtdltJ lo W of Dot olhcrwlte mint lo tnll frr. mi el the kfl 0 publl.hed Uitl5. All rlsMl of rfpuWlMtkwi f pl aiipelriiee sri lo ' itr-id. HUSK JENKINS Editor A tm,vrr7 combination of tbt Ktenlng HrM inJ th KUmth Stw. Publtolied rry furaoon rtrrpl Pvinrfnj at Epln4e and Iine ttrMt. Klamath FN. Orefoa, by th Hfralri Putillthlng Co. and U Klanuih Nwi Publishing Com piny V.ntrmi ftroon4 cUas matter at th prwtrtfftrt of Klamath Fall. Off., on Auyt SO, IM8 UnJ act of - mntrtaa, March 8. 1ST. .Vm6r o Audit Bnut Or Cicuinox Ripmcntid KaUoaally by Wkt-Hou-hut Co., Ixc. on rninoUra, Xtv York. a, aula. Ullcacu. Portlud, Um Anstlea. MALCOLM EPLEY ilamafinf Editor Today's Roundup News Behind the News Epley By MALCOLM EPLEY SOME time ago a Mrs. McLean of Pelican City wrote a piece for this page in which she gave everybody the devil, in hard-hitting - .. ... language, for not realizing the seriousness of war Bnd the sac rifices required to win it. She concluded by calling us all, including herself, "big, fat, soft palookas." Mrs. McLean aroused con siderable Ire in the commun ity. She was berated in a couple of letters sent in reply, whose authors contended that people in general do realize all the things involved in the current critical times. Well, we admired Mrs. McLean's letter. We won't say we liked it, because nobody likes to be treated roughly. But we think it served a good purpose in stirring those who read it into a sharper consciousness of all that is involved in a real war effort, and into a realization that any hardship or inconvenience we encounter is as nothing compared with that of the men who fight our battles on sea and land. Even the letters of resentment, which were no doubt justified from the- personal standpoint of the writers, showed Mrs. McLean's little article was having that effect They were more definitely aware of their own determination. We need an occasional jolt. And He Got One RECENTLY, we were told of the terrific im pression received by a local resident who had occasion to see a number of wounded men who had been brought home from the battle fronts of the Pacific. After that experience, other things that previously loomed large in his thoughts faded into insignificance. Bitter com plaints died on his lips, for he realized then that his grievances were petty that nothing un pleasant that had happened to him compared with the tragedy of what he had seen, Thinking of those boys lying there, and the others to come the same route, we realize how important a single day a single hour can be in the time 'Which elapses between now and victory. Every thing that we do, large or small, that moves that day closer or farther away, is of vital personal significance to untold numbers. That doesn't leave much to argue about. It leaves one only anxious to do his little part, and to miss nothing. Our whole nation, striving and straining in that direction, can become the greatest concentrated force in history. Pit River Bridge THE Pit river bridge on the Pacific highway south, a graceful structure slung spectacu larly across . the canyon where Shasta . dam waters will be backed, was opened to traffic this week. Shasta Sam, writing in the Redding Record Searchlight, notes that the war robbed the Shasta-Cascade Wonderland of one swell chance for glamorizing the country and capitalizing on an engineering marvel. Instead of bands and pretty girls cutting ribbons and dignitaries making speeches, state highway workmen sim ply moved the barricades and traffic began crossing the great bridge. Shasta Sam lives nearby and tells us "it was a thrill, anyway, riding over the bridge for the first time." If this gas rationing keeps up, it's a thrill a lot of us won't have for quite a spell unless we cross it on the railroad, which uses the lower deck. The Pit river bridge Is a part of the big highway and railroad re-location job in con nection with the Shasta dam construction. It crosses the Pit river canyon high above the old bridge, familiar to every Pacific highway travel er in past years. This new bridge is the highest double-decked span in the world. The lower deck, which carries the Southern Pacific main line, has been in use for some months. The total cost of the bridge was 55,000,000. The top deck provides four lanes of concrete roadway, and the railway deck has two sets of track. The bridge is 3588 feet long, and when we get the tires and gas and a free conscience for travel, we're going to drive that 3588 feet. A sports column in the Oregonian has been going strong recently on the wonders of muskrat as edible meat. We don't know any body who eats muskrat, but if there are those in this area who are willing, there are plenty of the. animals around. . Irrigation farmers would be happy to have them all eaten. . Carl Engdahl, the Umatilla legislator who was named chairman of the powerful house ways and means committee, is a close friend of Klamath's Henry Semon. The two usually oc cupy adjoining hotel rooms and their desks are near together on the floor of the house. Both are on this year's ways and means committee and both have seen service on that committee before. .' , L. H. Craver, new Klamath legislator, re ceived a number of favorable committee ap pointments. Mr. Craver must overcome the dis advantages of being new to tlie legislature and a member of the minority party. Anyone who received the appointment given him would be in exactly the same boat. Governor Charles A. Sprague leaves office after four years of distinguished service to the state. Governor Sprague tackled the problems of his administrative term with intelligence and good judgment. He leaves the stale with its finances in good shape, its civilian defense forces well organized and active, and its house generally in order. : The retiring governor is returning to the helm of the Oregon Statesman, Salem mornhjg newspaper. S J, Paul Mallon By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 It is time we faced the full facts of what has happened to us in Tunisia. Two months ago (November 8) we went in mr- -rr-vw e there with a light force. ine t liT'H s"e ' our 'orce shows we ex- tory- A nazi delaying action was all we had cause to an ticipate. But Hitler elected to make a fight for Africa. He with drew crack veteran troops and his planes from more import ant places, even Russia, in order to make a stand. He stopped us. While mud and long communication lines are given as the official reasons for our lack of im mediate success, and were mentioned by the president, these can furnish only secondary excuses. Our generals knew in advance the rainy season was at nana. The plain fact is we were unexpectedly stopped by superior nazi concentration. This rainy season will continue until the last of January or the first week of February, if it follows the normal weather line. The promised big offensive suggested by the president, cannot come before then. There is every reason to expect, however, that it will complete the victory which Hitler denied us at the start. He had alfout 40,000 troops In Tunisia and another 60,000 In Rommel's army down In Tripoli when a fairly accurate estimate was obtained a few days back. He will have a few more by the end of January. But we should have accumulated enough by then to assert a superiority. His plane concentrations In Tunisia have so far counted no higher than 200 to 250, most of which are fighters. Counting all he has in Sardinia, Sicily and a few more he has lately rushed to Rommel, or whoever is now In charge of the nazi army in Tripoli, he has no more than 600 In all that area. We can top that. Perhaps we have done so already. No Line in Tunisia DISPATCHES refer to "the fighting line" in Tunisia. There is no line. The British advanced along paved roads on the coast, and our armies went forward on the few usable highways in the Interior. Fighting has been confined largely to clashes where we both en countered the Germans on these roads. Unfortunately, at the start, Hitler seized the two best airfields in all Africa, at Blzerte and Tunis. Both are very large and- have long, paved runways. We had to construct practical ly all our fields, and photographs recently ar rived here show our men working up to their knees in mud on these fields. Naturally, there could not be much activity either in the air or with armored and motorized vehicles on the ground at any points except upon the very few prepared highways during the rainy season. We found no gas there when we arrived. Most of it had to be shipped 5000 miles or more from the United States. While some of our original supplies came from Britain and a few are still being sent in from that source, the expedition Is based on this country. Hitler has had enough planes to damage and sink some of our ships as they neared our Mediterranean coastal ports, and at the unload ing docks. The only safe port we have is at Casablanca on the Atlantic coast. Hitler has bombed this twice, but his bombers came 900 miles from southern France and were unable to carry enough of a load to do much damage. Several landed in Spain and were interned. The inferior railroad from Casablanca, a thousand miles up to the front, offers such dif ficulties, however, that it Is better for us to try to get ships in directly when we can. Thus, "the appalling mud and very limited communications," mentioned by Mr. Roosevelt, have annoyed us in the accumulation of super ior fighting power, which we lacked when Hitler first decided to make his stand. Rommel Got Away GENERAL ALEXANDER'S British army, cut ting in from Libya, has not been able to accomplish his expectations either. He thought he had the Rommel army trapped two weeks ago west of El Agheila, and the headlines were high expressing these hopes. When he came up to the line, however, he found Rommel had merely left, behind two divisions as a rear guard. The smothering of these seemed a foregone conclusion, but, in the end, the Germans got away with the loss of only 500 men. Details are not yet available, but it appears that the rear guard was two armored divisions, which circled south into the desert and escaped while the British sought them up the coastal road. There are two more places Rommel can make a stand before Tripoli, in the coastal range of mountains, leading south cither from Mlsureata or Homs. But it is unlikely that he will be able to extricate himself In the end. Allies Have Odds THE Germans do not have enough troops in Tunisia and Libya to hold a triangle from Biserta down to Misureata or Homs. Will Rom mel attempt to cut his way across the Tunisian border and join the North Tunis nazi forces, or will he seek escape by sea from Tripoli and join them? In either event, the nazi hold on Africa will be concentrated in a small area with the sea at its back, wide open to the weight of our inevitably coming superior air power. The Tunisian-Libyan battlefronts, therefdjs, offer a deadly serious Job ahead tgr us. A quick SIDE GLANCES 1 torn, v u " srwes, c. t. a, in. u. a, rrr. err. "It's on invitation lo Aunt Mnry's nnnivcrsnry celebra tion! They're sure to lmvc chiuiipngne, but I "wonder if ve can spare the gallon and a half of gasoline lo get there and back!" victory is out of the question. Important results are not evon to be expected within the next few weeks. But the weight of final ex pectations are heavily on our side. Centenarian Ice Skater Aims to Keep on Going SPOKANE, Jan. 12 (iP) Warming his hands before a 100 candle cake that would have made heat rationers lift their eyebrows, John Jerome White, centenarian ice skater, yesterday took in stride the gags of the athletic round table at a day early 100th birthday party in his honor. The real party and official birthday will be tonight when White, no mean figure skater, will be the featured attraction at an ice carnival at the ice arena. White apparently plans still to be cavorting on the blades when he reaches 110. He an nounced yesterday he had Just purchased a war bond and plan ned to live long enough to cash it at matured val c. Seattle Jitterbug Pays the Price SEATTLE, Jan. 12 (AP Delmer Dodds, 17, was taken from a dance hall to a hospital today, for treatment of. a prob able pelvic fracture. "I was jitterougging and sat down," Delmer declared. PATRIOTIC CROCHET USES AMERICAN EAGLE PL. vs.U".., Vk fifei-- . Tig ',vlV ? li: r: : I Vs. ':: ":: i: IL-iHSK:?!!::::::-:::;.!; 7476 by Alice Brooks Who of us today does not con tinually voice the prayer "God Blesa America"! Express It In this filet crochet far pillow or panel a piece that you will always cherish to commemorate these times. Pattern 747 contains Instructions and chart for pillow or panel; Illustrations of stitches; materials needed. To obtain tnis pattern send 11 cents in coin to The Herald and News, Household Arts Dept., Klamath Falls. Do not send this picture, but keep it and the number for reference. Bo sure to wrap coin securely, as a loose coin often slips out of the envelopo. Requests for patterns should read, "Send pattern No. to followed by your name and address. HiGHSCHOl News Notes and iisl'lijj; Comment AWISEGRAGK About That Income Tax W1 i By ANITA GWYN The first day of the second semester, and one could tell that something was going on. Students dashed around trying to- get tneir sencou ps gmmmT Mrs. Howard, Mrs. O Neill and a- T . Tnln cln,4 ' away in their jlS'if.; new headauart- WJL -V arrange sched ules to please thn student and the instructor. Everything should be set by now and most of the classes are in order. T.ists have been oasscd around In the senior home rooms for those who are going to graduate this spring.. They will sign their name as they wish it to appear on the diploma. ... I Every nine weeks about this time there comes up the old sub ject of fines due at the county or freshman and sophomore librar ies. If you are one of those over due book owners then trot right up to the librarian and pay. your fine if you expect to get your report card. You may not care whether or not you do get it, but don't be a fine evader, for crime never pays. ... A prospective list of mid-year students, 12 of them, who will graduate officially this month is to be compiled. Most of them aro boys who are planning to join one of the armed services and so will receive four credits for their work. HORNET Two Days' Work Nets $16,000 WESTPORT, Wash., Jan. 12 W) Captain Hans Mickelson of the boat Trade Wind, fished two days and came in with a $16,000 load of sharks. Buyer E. Kaakinen said the catch totaled 4000 pounds of soup fin shark livers, 900 pounds of dog shark livers and 11 tons of shark meat. It was a record return for this port. SAFE DEPOSIT SAN JOSE, Calif., (AP) Ex cessive modesty or caution brought a San Jose youth before U. C. Commissioner M. S. Hall charged with draft evasion, but it's all straightened out now. After much urging, he finally produced his registration card, to the embarrassment of himself and Commissioner Hall's attrac tive secretary, who was present but not for long. , The card was inserted between the seams of his shorts. MANPOWER PROBLEM YOUNGSTOWN, O., (AP) The response to an advertisement for track laborers men or women gave Baltimore & Ohio railroad officials here Bnmnfhtnrt nl n 1s.1f Seventy-five women and only; 10 men applied. The men and I seven of the women were put to work immediately. Railroad officials said 40 or SO more women wore ordered to report later this week. r BUCK III BATTLE SEATTLE, Jan. 12 (AP) How a wisecrack sont the stunned men of the U. S. Aircraft Currier Hor net futally crippled October 26 roaring back Into the fight against a host of Jap planes was told yesterday by Lieut. William Rummcns of Seattle, a surviving officer. "Wc were a lot of decks down,' Lieut. Kummem said, "when the first torpedo hit us. It knocked everybody flat. And almost at the same second a bomb ernshed into the ship above us, exploding and starting fires blazing. Tunny Thing "1 snld my little prnyer like everyone else. Then 1 began re minding myself I was the senior officer present. There were about 35 men down there and it was up to me to lead them. (Lieut. Kummens was an electrical of ficer aboard.) "You sny funny things at n time like that. A seaman a talker standing beside me, was opening and shutting his mouth. But words weren't coming out. I said: 'quit imitating a fish calling Its mother.' I Just said it, but it broke the tension." Carrier Idsntiiled After the Hornet was aban doned Lieut. Rummens spent two hours in the water, with' Jap bombs fulling in his vicinity, until he was picked up by a de stroyer. (The navy department identi fied the Hornet tor the first time yesterday as the carrier lost in the battle of Santa Cruz island in the Solomons. The commun ique announced that the Huniot was sunk by United States ships after being damaged beyond sal vage.) Suicide Diva "Tho deck was a shambles," ho said. "There is no uso try ing to describo it. Three Jap planes had crashed on us and burned, and we'd been bombed." Lieut. Rummcns said the Jap planes were afire when Uiey struck and expressed the belief their pilots headed for the ship after they saw their end was near in tho flaming planes. Dr. Kelly, Famous Medical Authority, Passes Tuesday BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 12 () Dr. Howard Atwood Kelly, 84, internationally known medical authority, and member of the "Big Four" of the original Johns Hopkins medical school faculty, died today after a brief Illness. At Union Memorial hospital where Dr. Kelly was a patient for tho past week, death was ascribed to a heart condition complicated by his advanced age. He was born In Camden, N. J., February 20, 1858. He was known chiefly In his profession as a surgeon of the abdominal region and when he was but 28 years old became professor of gynecology and obstetrics in Johns Hopkins which was then organizing. Message to Garcia Hero Dies Sunday At Army Hospital SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12 (AP) Major Andrew Rowan, noted carrier of the "Message to Garcia" in the Spanish-American war, died Sunday at the army's Lcttcrman hospital, the army an nounced today. He had been in ill health for about two years. The "Message to Garcia" was immortalized in an essay of that name written by Elbert Hubbard In commemoration of Major Rowan's achievement in carrying Information from the war depart ment through dangerous jungles to the Cuban Rebel leader, Gen eral Calixtc Garcia, on May 1, 1888. The message notified Gar cia that hostilities were im minent. WHERE'S WILLIE? NEW YORK, (P) The police searched diligently for Willie, 7, after his family said he hod disappeared. No Willie. After hours of searching and while his mother paced the liv ing room floor, Willie's dog, Fluffy, started barking frantical ly at her bedroom door. Willie was under her bed. Always read the classified ads. Working conditions in the muddy and o)Iy debris of sal vaged vessels cannot be Imag ined by anyone not personally in touch with such a situation. Navy report on Pearl Harbor damage. Wonderful for Skin and Scalp Irritations Effective Home Treatment Promptly Relieves Torture! 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When the tax payer makou his Income and Vic tory tax return for the year 1043 (duo In 1044) he will show In his return the amount that has been withheld by his employer niul claim credit for this amount In his return. Tho amount withheld by tho employer Is A per cent of each wngo payment in excess of the "withholding deduction." The "wltholdlng deduction" is an ex emption from tax on the first $624 of "Victory tax net income" for the year, or tho proportion ate amount corresponding to the pay-roll period. Thus, for an em ploye paid weekly, the amount withheld on account of Victory tax is 8 per cent of the amount of the wage payment In excess of 912. A table of approximate amounts may bo used by em ployers for computing this de duction. For cxumplo, tho labia provides that on weekly wng payments over $12 and not'ovcr $10, the amount withheld is 10 cents, nnd on weekly wgo pity, monts over $10 and not ovor $20 the amount withhold Is 30 conU. Corresponding amounts aro with, held for wago payments of othor amounts and for other payroll periods. The amount withhold Is com putcd upon tho total remunera tion of the employe for tha pe riod (In excess of lha withhold ing deduction), Including re muneration in form othor than cosh. Thus, If board end lodg ing are part of the employe' ro nuinorutlon, tho cash value of tin board and lodging must b In cluded in computing tho amount to bo withheld, Employers aro required to fur- WNU employes a fliiiiuiu-in u Victory tax withhold. Thcso statements aro not furnished with each wage payment but nr mado for tho calendar year, or for the period of o mploymont during tho calendar year. If an employe Is employed until tho end of the year, the statement must be furnished by January 31, 1044; If the employment censes during the year, then tho stntemont must be furnished within 30 days from the tlm of the last payment of wagas. As the statements will bo evi dence In substantiation of an em- ploye's clnlin for credit for Vic tory tax withhold, the should bo carefully preserved by tho recipient Yesterdays From tho Hies 40 yqors From the Klamath Republican January 8, 1803 F. M. Uarnum lost a valuublo horso last Saturday In a peculiar manner. Two horses were run ning and kicking In a yard, when ft slick caught in tho shoo of ono was thrust Into the haart of the other, killing it Instantly Tho stick penetrated the flesh 18 inches. Born at Bonanza, to Mr. and Mrs. George Chastain, a son, January 1, 1003. L. F. Conn of Lakevicw was hero today on his way to Salem to watch tho legislature perform, From the Klamath News January 12, 1933 City Engineer E. A. Thomas was named street commissioner by Mayor Mahoncy today. A movement for rigid milk and meat inspection began tak ing shopo today. A. L. Crawford was elected president of the Klamath Sports men's association Monday. Lt. Clark Gable Assigned to Second Air Force FORT GEORGE WRIGHT. Wash., Jan. 12 (P) Second air force headquarters announced Monday 1st Lt. Clark Gable, who received the silver wings of an aerial gunner January 7 has been assigned to tho second air force and arrived Inst night to report to the commander, Maj, Gen. Robert Olds. Reporters found Gable reluct ant to talk, but accepted his brief explanation: "I'm not a film slnr now, but Just another lieutenant who, llko all the rest, are anxious to do a good Job for their country." The announcement said Gable was not expected to remain long at this baso, but gave no hint as to his future assignment. The second air force trains and organizes bomber crews for com bat duty, OH, ABSOLUTELY! SAN PEDRO, Calif., (!) Ba ker Pletro dl Carlo shrugs his shoulders. Should he .obey Secretary Wickard't order to deliver only uncut broad to his customers, starting next week? Or should he comply with his army contract to deliver sliced bread dally to Fort MacArthur? Treadwoy Proposes National Ban on Pleasure Driving WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (&) Extension over the wholo coun try of the bun on pleasure driv ing of automobiles now confined to Hie east, was proposed Mon day by Rep. Tread way (IVMnss.) "Every drop of gasollno used for non-essential purposes," ha said In a statement, "means that much less avallablo for essential driving, and at the same time It requires the use of tank cars and other transportation facili ties which otherwise could bo used for tho shipment of sorely needed fuel oil." Trcadwey sold that "if equali ty of sacrifice Is to be the rule, Iho ban on pleasure driving should bo extended to the coun try as a whole." If you want to soil it phone Tho Herald and New "want ads," 8124 Bargain .ire net always what-theyseem especially in ixiuraxK premiums "Thi CaurlhouM li Jutt Aoro Main tlrMt From Our Of Mm" if you NEED TO BUILDUP REDBLOOD? 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