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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH PALLS. OREGON Jnnuary 28, 104S PAGE FOUR Mtmbtr of Tub AHociAno Pun Th AHOite4 Prwt U nd llr nlltld to tin of w nuhlfeatlrtn of til ntwt dliMtchef crfrfllrd lo II or ooi oUiwwI" OTrtltH 10 thll pjr, Mil iM th loeM ntw publUhed tbareln. ll rllhtt of republication w pcd&J dlipUchw art alio r Mrved. FRANK JENKINS Editor Today's Roundup Advertising Roundup By MALCOLM EPLEY MANY local people regard the sort of de velopment represented by the location of n OPA district office here as more desirable ' for the community than a military Installation. The OPA office will bring a considerable government payroll (more than $100,000 a year) into the community. It makes this city the adminis trative headquarters for a huge section of southern Ore gon and northern California. It offers a number of advant ages without some of the dis EPLEY advantages that come with military installations. Klamath has gotten along without military developments. Civilian activities, such as the lumber and agricultural industries, have sus tained the community in the war period, and government civilian activities such as the OPA office will help that much more. The OEM's central administrative services act as a sort of quartermaster's department for the OPA, and it was the OEM that arranged for the OPA quarters in the Balsiger building, announced today. A number of sites in various parts of the business district were looked over. The avail ability of these quarters indicates the town could offer ample office space to other admin istrative agencies if any of either private or public nature can be brought here. Warm praise for local cooperative spirit was given by both J. F. Stutevoss, the OEM district manager, and Leo Gentner, the OPA regional executive, who were here in connection with the district office location. ' Gehtner attended the junior chamber Found ers : (Jay banquet here and declared alterwards that: the evidences of civic KDirit shown there . ; j u : .v. 1UU1C GVCl jChcnwn wisely when it selected Klamath Falls as. a district .headquarters. That's the kind of thing that will help in bringing other admin istrative headquarters of this nature to Klamath Fall. ' jr..".:. . ' ' ; Weather and Logs MARK this up against the weather this year: It is a hampering factor in the plans of the Klamath . lumber industry to produce heavily for the war effort. ..... . The weather barrier is really serious in the Inaaina nwwfwm ' TTrnm nnw until .Tuvia Intt. "PO O X- - 0 - ... ..v.. wuj.s., wa ging is going to 'be extremely difficult, and the prospects therefore are not good for bitting the lumber production pace the industry would like to achieve. ... This situation is worse than usual. If early operation' is to be made possible in some of the plants, it may be necessary to find timber in pumice areas where high moisture conditions are. not such a hampering factor as elsewhere. There is some discussion of asking government agencies, controlling timber in pumice areas, to give this matter consideration. A down mill does not make a pleasant picture at a time when there is a demand for lumber in the war program. But a down mill is in evitable if that mill can't be supplied with logs. In some cases, where there are logs on hand for temporary operation, the outlook is com plicated by the fact there is no assurance of . enough logs to keep the mill going through the spring once it gets underway. Map Problems . IF THE mugs at the head of this column have you confused, you have nothing on this writer. ; . Since this column idea started with the first of the year, the photogenic qualities of the map with which we are endowed have been seriously questioned. . So far as we are concerned, the first or worst view of our countenance would be as good as any. But inasmuch as the picture is small and can be made from a piece of waste zinc, our sympathetic photo-engravers have kept on trying.. We all. have suffered. t One of the shots, we swear, shows something we do not recognize. Another catches us in an attempt to display that new bridgework that filled a hole in our face and made a hole in our bank account. Still another reminds us painfully that we were a lot leaner a few years ago. There will probably be others. We shudder with you at the thought. Not So Bad GASOLINE rationing Is not proving to be so bad as most of us feared when the 240-mile-a-month limit was imposed. Many motorists found themselves at the end of No. 3 coupon period with several gallons of gas in their tanks, and some of them did considerable driv ing Just before January 21 to reduce their tank supply so they could use up their tickets. It was suggested here before rationing began that people generally should try to get along on an A card. We have talked to a number of people who tried it and found they did better on the A ration than they expected. Snow conditions in this area may use up more gasoline in the current period than was tha case in the period ending January 21. A Jot of gas can be consumed in getting out of a snowdrift. Downtown traffic does not seem to have ' slacked off to any great extent since rationing began. But travel on the outer, highways is really down. A motorist making a trip at night over highways through unsettled country gets a feeling of extreme loneliness, and welcomes the sight of a pair of lights coming down the road. "'."'' . Pity the poor milk man on a day like this, r ; . - ,7 ... . A twnportrr wmblmtlon of the Eventa Herald and the KUmatn Ncwi. Puhluhed every afternoon except Sunday at K.plnnude and rine itwti, Klamath F1U, Oregon, by the Herald PubHthln Co. and the Klamath Neva publlthlng Company Entered at teennd class matter at the poitofflc of Klamath Fall, Ore., on A mint to, tPM under ad or oonarei. March X, 187. By business in Washington, D. C. It masqueraded behind the Washington, D. C. address as an official bureau, in the days when that was popular. Consumers Research thrived by endorsing obscure products, claiming great value for them on the grounds that much of the price of well known, estab lished articles went for ad vertising rather than for the r-aA i I UUl wx i m 11 well. "The store that keeps up a running fire of cheerful, helpful advertising during the public's trials and tribulations is the store that will have the first dance when the music begins to play again." You can't blame the manufacturer for want ing the first dance. . I THINK my biggest thrill after we get down to living at peace again will be to grab a copy of the paper as it flips off the press, ink still wet, and thumb through to look at the ad that shows the first new car, .... These Hit the Spot SATURDAY Evening Post now carries a little feature, "Selling That Sings." Phrases are picked out from its many ads that do "sing." Here are some from our own ads. that hit the spot. . "Drama to make every woman wish she were a man . . . and to make every man glad she isn'tl" Esquire theatre on "Wake Island." "Can I buy a ticket to Victory? Sure, buy a War Bondl It's a ticket to Victory and a return trip ticket for the boys." Great Northern. "Beauty Is your duty." Everbody's. .Vm6r of Audit BmutAU Or CactrLATiow Represented Natkna1ly by Wtsr-HoLtaiur Co., Ixe, fcin FranHiro, New York, Se atUe, Cbleafo, IVrUtuxL Lot Angrlea, MALCOLM EPLKY Managing Editor DELBERT ADDISON WE USED to have the Consumers Research boys to contend with. It was conceived by an enterprising individual who set up 1 ADDISON value of the products themselves. A good test of the truth of this can be had from one of our leading, and best advertised, cigarettes. When you plunk down your change for another pack, less than a quarter of one cent goes to pay the advertising bill. (The federal excise tax alone is six and a half cents.) ' And if you didn't contribute this fraction of a cent which goes to advertising, your smokes would cost you a good many cents more. It's the great volume built up through advertising that brought the price down. Professors Step In v NOW we have with us Consumers Union, an organization of 200 professors. Consumers Union has sent an appeal to gov ernment officials urging an administrative order drastically restricting all advertising for the duration. The professors say that newspapers ought to be less dependent on advertising anyway, and should collect "the true cost of publication from the readers." Offhand that might not be a bad idea. Pic ture the tired advertising man released from pounding the pavements of Main - street. No more doors slammed in his face, no more sweating over copy, no more haggling with the printers over proofs. An idyllic life, collecting social security checks, grubbing in the " victory garden, and with plenty of gas left for an occasional fish ing trip ... It would mean reading , the paper a day late though, after the neighbors got through, be cause such an existence could scarcely budget the "true cost of publication." On this basis (no advertising) the Herald and News subscriber would be nicked more than ' $20.00 a, year. , j Now, with the paper very definitely depend ent on advertising, the difference between this figure and what you pay comes from adver tising. American newspapers have just two sources of income, subscriptions and advertising. As a matter of fact, newspapers all over the country, now feeling a wartime pinch in advertising, are raising subscription rates as the only al ternative to cutting the quality of the product. (But they're not tripling the price, as our good professors suggest.) FRENCH newspapers were not dependent on advertising. "Were" meaning the period be tween the two wars. They were dependent only on their sponsors who operated them at a loss in order to express their "independent, un biased views." They were operated by such statesmen as Pierre Laval. Laval's paper is still being, published. Bring 'Em Back Alive. THE Consumers Union boys were no doubt gunning for the big companies though. The ones now exclusively in war production who are trying to keep their trade names alive through advertising. Their advertising is doing more than that, of course. It's firing us all up with the dramatic story of how our industry has changed over from autos and appliances to planes, ships and guns. It's firing us all up to buying more bonds and to working harder. But getting back to keeping trade names alive. When a tremendous 'organization, like General Motors for instance, scraps its opera tion overnight to go to work for us, is it asking too much that it be allowed to advertise to keep alive its main remaining asset? .... Get the First Dance BERNARD GIMBEL, whose fame as a success ful store keeper is known clear to Klamath Jails, has this to say about war-time retail ad vertising, and it applies to manufacturers as SIDE GLANCES "W. 'M V MA glV1CI. Wfc T. M. Ufa U. t. PAT. 0f. -JS ' Come, children, let your bond, tux and current bill 7 take us to a -movie if he (Continued From Page One) check on whether or not she had been attacked. Robbery was ruled out as a motive, when investigating of ficers found $112 in currency m her purse In the berth. Fell From Berth Sgt. Harold Skip worth of the Eugene city police force, who investigated the crime, said Marine Pvt. Harold R. Wilson, ban Diego, calif., who was sleeping in upper 13 was awak ened by a woman's scream about 4 a. m. . He looked out of his berth and saw a man jump from lower 13 and run toward the rear of the car. W.ilsonj said 'the young woman fell from her berth to the floor immediately afterward. By the time he got down, he said, she was dead. - He described the man who ran out of the car as being about 35 years old, five feet 10 inches tall, of a heavy build, smooth shaven, with curly hair combed straight back. The pri vate said the man was wearing a brown suit with a white pin stripe. Pvt. Wilson said the man's complexion was dark and he was possibly colored. Skipworth said a negro fitting this description had been on the train before the body was discovered, but could not be found when the train was stop ped and searched at Eugene. A vestibule door on the left side of the train was found open and the conductor said the attacker could have left the train at Tangent. ALBANY, Ore., Jan. 23 UP) A man-hunt spread throughout the Tangent, Ore., region of the Willamette valley this morning for the slayer of Mrs. Martha Virginia James, 21, wife of a Se attle navv officer, Shp urns slnln aboard a Southern Pacific train early today. Sheriff Herbert Shelton said the object of the search was a negro who apparently leaped from the train in this vicinity. A description was furnished local authorities by other pas sengers. Farmers, townspeople, state, city and county officers scoured the snow-covered countryside for the fugitive. About That CARE IN PREPARATION OF RETURN A federal Income tax return is a report to the government of one's taxable Income for the year. It is a statement required by law of all single persons, and all married persons not living with husband or wife, whose gross Income for the year amount to $500 or more, and of all married persons living with husband or wife throughout the taxable year, whose combined gross income for the year was $1200 or more. It Is no longer required that returns be sworn to, but the tax payer must make a declaration on the return that it is made un der the penalties of perjury. Income tax returns are kept on file and, under certain con ditions, are subject to Inspection by state officials In connection with the determination of state Income tax liability, as wall as by other law enforcement offi cers. ' . 1 DEVELOPMENTS WAITED HERE IN KNIFE SLAYING father finish his flaurinii or deductionshe promised io finds anythinii left overl" Red Drive Into Caucasus Goes At Break-Neck Pace (Continued From Page One) of those major sectors at a breath-taking pace. Red army drives have carried to within 10 miles of the import ant Ukrainian city of Voroshilov grad, drives aimed at reducing its worth as a transportation center and also at flanking Khar kov to the north. The red army also reported that it took Konstantinovskaya, on the north bank ot the Don river, 75 miles northeast of Ros tov and only a short distance east of wnere the Donets river flows into the Don. Campaign lines developing along those rivers, however, fast are being outflanked by pushes along the Sal river valley, south of tne Don's course, and down from Kamensky, west of the northern Donets valley. During last night's fighting, the Russian midday war bulletin recorded by the soviet radio monitor in London said, the same armies that took Salsk and Novy Yegorlik pushed into sev eral more towns in the region, while south of there the trans Caucasian army' was credited with the capture of "dozens of populated places." (More successes were detailed on the Voronezh front and on the southwestern front with the capture of more towns noted, al though they were not identified in the war bulletin.) Poultrymen Asked To Make Fuel Needs Known t Poultrymen, in need of brl quets for brooding and poultry house fuel, should make known their demands immediately at the source of regular supplies, according to the state county agricultural agents office. The office has been advised by the Portland Gas and Coke company that if poultrymen will make . their needs known an effort will be made to sup ply the dealers. Due to scarcity of fuel, suppliers will receive only the amount which the poultryman requests. JENKINS ELECTED EUGENE, Jan. 23 W)- Frank Jenkins, publisher of the Klam ath Falls Herald and News, was elected president of the Oregon Newspaper conference at the close of the two day session here today. When you give folks who owe you money too much rope they're liable to skip.. Income Tax Aftor a return has been filed, It is checked for accuracy by the internal revenue service, and the taxpayer may be subject to examination or inquiry relative to matters connected with the return, or his income, and he may be asked for further sub stantiation of statements made in the return. It is important, therefore, that persons subject to the income tax prepare complete and accurate returns, as required, both in their own interest and in the interest of economy in the ad ministration of the law. As an aid in accurate filing of returns, taxpayers should keep a record of Income received during the year, and at the time of prepar ing a return they should care fully read the instructions ac companying the return form. Employes receiving statements of Victory Tax Withheld should retain these receipts for evidence in supporting the claim for credit for Victory tax withheld. NZ 15 FLEE ACROSS L (Continued From Page One) Ish planes bombed and shot up the nazl columns. Military experts said It was expected that Rommel, despite the exhaustion of his troops, would attempt a new delaying action behind the French-built Mareth fortifications, triple line system of concreto emplace ments and pillboxes extending 60 miles inland from Zarzls, on the Tunisian coast, to the Mat matas mountains. Plane Blast Road Dispatches said British troops storming into Tripoli at dawn found the city, onco the strong- nola ot Barbary plratus, In flames. Axis demolition squads were reported to have added to the havoc wrought by allied bombs and shells. The fall ot the axis citadel climaxed the des ert from El Alnmeln. Egypt, the farthest point of Rommel's of fensive -toward the Suez canul, and left tho axis bottled up in a 300-mile strip of territory along the African north coast. While Rommel was apparent ly making good his escape into Tunisia, leaving only rearguards to delay the onrushlng British, allied warplanes were reported blasting the tattered axis col umns from east and west. Ribbon of Holl The full weight of our fighter bombers' efforts was directed against enemy transport columns withdrawing westward along the coastal road into Tunisia, the British command said. "Great damage was inflicted on excellent targets." Front-line accounts pictured the 100-mile coastal road as Ut tered with the wreckage cf bombed and machine-gunned trucks and other vehicles a veritable "ribbon of hell." As the campaign now turned to the bleak coastal plains and mountains ot Tunisia, Gen. Hen ri Honors Giraud reported that hard-pressed French troops In Tunisia, aided by American and British relnforcemonts, had blocked German tank-led thrusts in the hills southwest of Pont du Fahs, which lies 30 miles be low Tunis, and that French and British troops had advanced sev eral miles In the valley of Qucd Keblr. , " L -fvfy Search on for Two Navy Planes Reported Missing SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23 OP) Wide search was made by sea and air today for sign of a naval plane with 10 persons aboard which vanished In fog and storm near San Francisco on a flight from Pearl Harbor. Identity of the men on the plane had not been disclosed. The navy said merely that tho four-engined seaplane, operating for the naval transport service, carried a crew of nine and ten naval officer passengers. Another navy plane also was overdue on a flight from Wins low, Ariz., to San Pedro, Calif. The navy said the twin-engined cargo transport land-type plane left Winslow at 5:40 p. m., and had not reached its destination late last night. The plane carried three of ficers and three enlisted men, together with cargo and mall. Coast Guard Cutter With 30 Aboard Presumed Lost WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 W) The presumed loss of the Const Guard Cutter Natsek which has been overdue In the north At lantic for several weeks with an estimated crew of 30 aboard was announced today by the navy. The 225-ton Natsek, which went into service only last June, was commanded by Lieut (jit) Thomas Sargeant La Farge, of the coast guard reserve. A grandson of the famous ar tist, John La Farge, and son of the late Bancel La Farge, Lieut. La Farge was described by the navy as woll known for his murals, stained glasses and mosaics. There was no reported cluo as to the possible fate of the vessel. Oysters Stolen And on Friday, Too And It happened on Friday! Four one-gallon containers of "B" oysters were stolen from his fish truck according to a story told city pollco yesterday iby E. C. Altorfer, 2333 Blehn street. The truck was parked at Sixth and Klamath. Denmark Is one country whore poker is outlawed. Woll, that's one way to promote It. Just be totally satisfied if you BYAN BORDER want progress to stop. EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Page One) been administered to our EN EMY. ... AS to Guadalcanal, Marine "Colonel Puller, who saw tho fighting there from tho begin ning, says the Japs had 15,000 men on the Island at the start and now hnvo only 4000 LEFT, of whom 1000 to 2000 are STRAGGLERS. Moro of Bullion's bittor medi cine. ... "yHE news today Is good un- bollovably good. Sharply In contrast with the dark news of a year ago. Let's givo forvont thanks to the tough American fighting men and sound American leader ship (along with the tough fight ing men and smart leadership of our allies) that have mada this change possible But, whatever wo do, let's not get cocky. Lot's not looson our bolts, Instead, lot's tighten thorn. ... TF rationing pinches, lot's suy; A "Lot 'er PINCH! Wo'ro ready and willing to put as near ALL our effort Into tho war as la hu manly posslbla to the great end that tho war may bo concluded victoriously and our boys brought buck to us at the earli est possible momont." JJ1TTING hard when your en emy begins to show signs of weakening is tlio way to win fights. Lotting down when the going begins to get batter is the SURE WAY to lose. TOF (Continued From Page One) ranging from Ghent to the Cherbourg peninsula. Seven German fighters went reported destroyed while four allied bombers and six fighters wero listed as missing. Fort Klamath Power Resumption Reported Today (Continued From Pago One) ages wero reported on tho line between Tloncsta and Alturus. t PORTLAND, Jan. 23 A1 j The Columbia river still was frozen over at The Dalles today as Oregon dug out from one of its worst snowstorms in years. The river ice pack extended from Crate's Point about a mile west of The Dalles, to Big Eddy, about two miles east. The Columbia River highway was reported closed again by snow at Corbett. Snow which fell throughout the night at Baker had ceased this morning and temperature was moderate. Grants Pass reported light snow that fell during the night was turning to slush today and all highways were open. The Rogue river continued falling. Salem and Roscburg reported clear and colder. Milk and mall deliveries still were handi capped at Salem. Tillamook reported a snow record sot 15 years ago was equalled last night, but traffic was moving. Lumber operations remained paralyzed throughout the state. War industries continued to op erate with reduced crows, but moro workers were returning to their jobs hourly. In Portland) streetcar and bus service Improved today and most stores that suspended operations yesterday reopened. The snow storm was described as tho city's worst since February 1, 1037. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY OIL TO BURN For Union heating oils phone 6404, Klam ath Oil Co., 016 Klamath Ave. l-30m FOR A BETTER WEARING Shirt with a better tit, try Van Heusenl In whites and colors. Rudy's Men's Shop. 2.20 CHIMNEY SWEEP Furnaces vacuum cleaned. Phone 7149. 1-26 OIL BURNER Service. J. A. Tufts. Phone 7140. 1-26 TO LEASE Grain land In low er Klamath, 680 acres. Cash or crop share. Donald Mot schenbachcr, 710 N. 11. Ph. 3445. 1-29 FOR SALE Hardwood skis, 5tt ft. length. Phone 6670. 1-23 FOR SALE . 1041 Chav. Pick . up. Good condition. Now tires. 815 N. 2nd St. 1-26 FURNISHED APT. Electrically equipped heot. Hot and cold water, Inquire 128 Pine $t,'. 1-26 I WHEAT STOCK IIPFOR SALE (Continued From Pago One) typo into publlshod reports that union soiinicn had rnfunrd to unload a ship ut Guadalcanal Inland In tho Solomons because it was Sumluy was called for by Chairman Vinson (D-Ga.) ut COVERNIN (hn house naval comnilttoa. Vinson said ho would appoint a special subcommittee Tuesduy and that ha had ftlruudy tal. gruphed tlio Akron, O., Uuucun Journal for all tho InfurmatlonQ It hud supporting lis story quot ing returned murines. Vinson said tho nuvy already had start ed an Inquiry. , Milk Dtlivtry Cut With both tho s o n a I e and Iiouhu In races, other chief cap ital developments centered in government agencies. Develop ments lucludud a prujactod search for now uconoinlcs In, lood distribution and dlsclosuro that military and land-lcuno problems wero cumpllcutcd by u "dlnuppointlng'1 purk market. Secretary of Agrlcullur Wlckurd and his wurltme food distribution adinlnistrutlon Indi cated additional revisions In es tablished markotlng and dis tributing methods will result from a search for now econo mics In converting farm raw materials into product for th consumer. Tho agency which yesterday ordered elimination of homo Un livery and store sales of mllkft in pints and halt pints, declared the principal objective of the economy hunt Is to find meth ods of raising farm prices to encouraga needed production while still holding consumer pries Increases to a minimum. Coniervallon In yestorduy's order, Secre tary Wlckurd decreed that de posits must be collected on bot tles and other containers and that no moro pints or half pints shall bo delivered to homes, or sold in retail stores. Tho order, ho explained, will conserve bottles and other ma t o r I a 1 s , manpower, delivery equipment, gasoline and rubber tires. Tho deposit must not b less than 1 cent for each glass container of four quurts or lens used in the snlo of - milk or cream for consumption off th-m premises of tho hiiudlor. Tho economics must bo start ed February 1, Allies Smash Last of Papuan Jap Resistance (Continued From Pago One) in 32 airline miles of the allied outpost ot Port Moresby. While allied troops continued to hunt down enemy stragglers In the Papuan swamps, United Nations bombers struck a heavy new blow at Japaneso shipping in Rabaul Harbor, New Britain, sinking four vessels totaling 24. 000 tons, and blasted enemy bases at Lao, Salamaua and Mafe dang In northwest Nov Guinea, Dcsplto snowstorms, icing con ditions and heavy anti-aircraft fire, all the big four-motored al lied planes roturned to their bases. Keep the WlilHtJen Blowing! The whittles of Induatry hsrs. a new meaning these days. The whittles starting each new shift rocsn more produc tion to win the war. It takes dollars though to keep the wheels turning. Let's Invest In MORE War Bond, to koep our future secure. Th tteurlty of jsur ettd't tiueaUon 1$ punranletd bp a mod urn tducatlowil plan mil ten through . RUPItENBNTrNO TUB EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY M N, 7th v ftwm MM