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page rotm HERALD 'AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON Jnnunry 26, 1048 Mtmbtr cf Til Auocuns Pum ' Till AaaaetataS Fraaa la ado all antltlad la the ol re publication ol ell newi dlipatchee credits ta It or not otherwue ertdltatf 10 thll pip". end the local newa publUh-d thereto. All rlihu ot rapuMlcalloi ol pedal diipatdiee en alio re eerTed. FRANK JENKINS Editor Today's Roundup ' By MALCOLM EPLEY DO WE get a better break in the weather here In the Klamath country, or are we Just more accustomed to weather trouble and . , meet the problem more calmly - and efficiently? ffm' At any rate, looking back i 4 11 over recent years- we recall I -fTS ' i serious floods, silver thaws, i ) and other such news making t I ! .l,.,,,V,rk ,.,V,il over here we go taking weather ft. I stride. In the decade we have jV I J lived In Klamath, we have & & seen n0 such disasters as this EPLEY year's floods and last year's silver thaw In the Willamette valley. The Willamette is reputedly mild and peace ful, while over here the country Is supposed to be raw and rugged. Maybe so. But it happens that tha U. S. weather bureau's cli matological data shows that Klamath Falls has more sunshiny days than any other major sta-' tion In the state of Oregon. If you get a little upset sometimes about our weather, give that a thought, along with tha flood and thaw news from over in the mild valley country. Impressions FOR the Interest of the 25,000 or so Ellery Queens left hereabouts after the center of the train, murder probe moved to Linn county, we are going to relate today personal impres sions of the three men who were detained as "material witnesses" in this mysterious case Despite the fact that none of these men is technically accused of anything in connection with tne case, it is of course true that the investigators look upon all three suspiciously. They are looking closely .into the stories and. the background of each. Private Harold R. Wilson of the marines, the man in upper berth 13, is an open-faced, voluble young man. He is sturdy, good-looking, ' and seemed to us to be enjoying his place in the. limelight in a youthful way that was not repugnant. Private Wilson would talk to anybody, and he told his story many times at the station Saturday. He indicated constantly he wanted to be helpful in every way, and showed nothing but good nature when told he was going to be detained as a material witness. A state police man accompanied him to his car where he obtained his belongings. He asked that a tele gram be sent to his "outfit" explaining why he. would not arrive on schedule. He posed eagerly for pictures and was anxious to know how the . pictures "came out" when he saw the photo grapher later. We saw Robert Folkes, the cook, -in the Southern Pacific... depot, when Deputy Sheriff Jack Franey' brought him in for the finger nail examination by Dr. Adler. Folkes ap peared somewhat on the short side, with a roundish face and a thin moustache. He was perspiring, and he was openly resentful at be ing delayed. He wanted- to be next with the examination so he could get back to his kitchen, where he said he was needed. Most placid of the three was John Flinches, the waiter on the deadhead diner. Funches was neatly dressed, and wore a brown suit. It had rather indistinct squares in the fabric, but .was not what we know as pin-stripe. We remarked to Funches about his brown suit, and he said that yes, unfortunately for him, he was wearing one. He wore a white scarf. Funches had- a limp whether temporary or permanent, we do not know. , His brother, Robert Funches, was a member of the same deadhead diner crew. According to their own stories, at the time it the murder Funches was asleep far ahead in the deadhead diner, Folkes was at work in the kitchen of the diner following the death car, and Wilson was in the1 berth above that in which Mrs, James was attacked, i ' .: ::. . A friend of' ours, who was on the death train, thinks we treated the handling of the case a lit tle too kindly yesterday. He thinks the whole train should .have been locked and stopped at Eugene, with an immediate and complete inves tigation of every car from the death car back. He says he was in the first sleeper behind the death car, and that no one asked him any ques tions, no one looked through his baggage, leading to the conclusion that the murderer might have gotten into a berth and stayed there safely throughout, secreting the weapon and any bloody clothing in his baggage. The Southern Pacific, we imagine, is well aware of strong public feeling in this case, and its investigators will do everything in their power to break the mystery and bring the killer to justice. Collections IN REFERENCE to comment in this column the other day about collections from the WRA, we have received some interesting in formation from a man who states he obtained $2900 owed him by the WRA. This was done, he said, by writing to Mr. Whitman, OEM, 1355 Market street, San Fran Cisco. Arrangements were made promptly for payment. , Our informant was told that getting the money is not a question of appropriation, and as soon as the OEM at San Francisco is certain everything is in order, the money is forth coming. ' We're handing along this tip for what it is worth. . ' . Klamath has always come through in a big way in support of the annual infantile paralysis fund drive which centers around President Roosevelt's birthday. , This time, the climax of the drive is to be a birthday ball Saturday night at the armory. People who can go to this are assured a good time while they are aiding a good cause; those who can't go will still be aid ing the good cause by buying tickets. A tfmporary combination of tht Kvwilnf Herald nd tha Klamath Ncwa. Pulillnhed every aft f moon excf.il Sunday at Kplanad and Pine itrtcta, Klamath Kail. Oregon, by tfcc UeraM Publishing Co. and th Klamath New publlahlDg Company Entered aa teeond claia matter at th poatoff.ee. ot Klatnath falla. Or., oo August to, IK under ftct oC eonitrtu, March t, 1879. calmly along, incidents in XNfi Alii LA 4U Mtmbtr of Audit Bnu.Au Or Cikculatiok Repreiented Nationally by Wot-Houiday Co., Ikc Han ftanrUm. Jiw York, at tit, Chicago, Portland, loa Angtle. MALCOLM EPLEY Managing Editor News Behind ihe News By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 The domestic radi cals and their liberal friends, whose counsel has largely guided this country for the past 10 years, are becoming confused. They do not seem to know where they are going in this war world, or in the next, after the peace. v For instance, they long pes tered Mr. Roosevelt about tem porizing with Vichy, often pre- I x iv "'J tending it was not Mr. Roose LaawJLu&J velt but ne sta,e department MALLON wnicn was responsiote lor ins expedient. When the reprobate Darlan was allowed by General Eisenhower to help us fight nazis in Tunisia, their pesterings rose to a shriek. They wished Darlan out of the way, and when fate,' presumably with the help of the nazis or French royalists, obliged them with Darlan's assassination, they saw the results of their policy in the confusion of French politics in North Africa, It proved very detrimental to our cause. Our General Eisenhower accepted Darlan, and now the worse Peyrouton, because he wanted someone whose orders would be obeyed. The general is not a social reformer, but a military man charged with the responsibility of victory. He must have known, as do all political ob servers, that French politicians of all huei generally have one policy in common the doctrine of the open palm, preferably embow ered in gold and green. Meditative Silence THE crushing realization that confusion had followed their wishing Darlan dead caused the local liberals to go into meditative silence for a week or so while Eisenhower's military campaign was obviously suffering from their victory. When Peyrouton came in a few days back, they went at it again, and have even succeeded in getting columnists and commentators to espouse their confusing cause. But their policy is clear enough in itself. They want no temporizing with anything nazi, even in the second degree through Vichy. Yet their international and domestic doctrines show no similar sensitivity to totalitarian ways. The rights of the individual have ceased to draw radical or liberal support. . Their civil liberties union is practically dor mant and ignored by their press, the nation, new republic, and PM, and orthodox liberal columnists. Domestically, they favor regimen " tation, which is essentially a fascist theory. Democracy Not Championed THEIR press sounds out loudly against criti cism. They favor censorship and the sup pression of criticism to the fascist extent of singularizing the national voice, in opposition to democratic principle. Similarly, their international policy does not champion democracy as the ideal method of government. They want it for India, but they never mention it in connection with Russia or China. They do not seem to know what they want to do with the British Empire. They advocate freedom for India, ut are prone to call anyone a fifth columnist who would advocate it for Egypt, Canada or Aus tralia. They advocate suppression of individual rights and regimentation in the United States to pro mote national unity, but, at the same time, they inconsistently start and lead a negro race revolt which promotes disunity and bitterness. They Want Liberals THEY ride into retirement such Rooseveltian associates as Joseph P. Kennedy, on the ground that that kind of leadership is not as anti-nazi as they are, although i Kennedy and his school of . thought were only trying to 'J avoid war at the very same " time these liberals were try ing to avoid it. and radicals. 1 such as the Communist Brow. der, were calling it an "im perialistic slaughter" and ad vocating, like Kennedy, "that JOE KENNEDY the United States remain out Tried to avoid it. 0f it. Their proposals for the post-war world are not founded on democratic principles of the individual rights of people or a sensitivity against all things totalitarian, such as they dis play in connection with Darlan and Africa. They visualize world states and international police forces to provide regimentation, and totalitarian economic systems, which smack far more of Hitler than of freedom and liberty of the individual. The authoritarianism they abhor in Africa, they openly demand for themselves, the only change being that they want liberals in control of their dictatorships. In their contradictions and confusion they have apparently forfeited the dominance they once exercised in the administration. Mr. Roose velt has not followed their counsels in the African affair, and it is doubtful that he will do so in post war. . Vice President Wallace, who was the vocal try-out man for their views in the administra tion, is being kept increasingly under wraps and his bureau of economic warfare is facing dis mantling. Babble of Confusion THERE is one way the liberals and their radical friends can become consistent and clear away the clouds which confuse them. If they want to be so sensitive against nazism in the second degree in Africa, thjiy. can also get SIDE GLANCES r- w ir&M mi com, tau by mx atffnct. we. T. M ata ol a. "I've been waiting for days to Inlk to him nbout the wnr, but every time we'd get alone he'd suv, 'Come on. Cube, let's dance I'" About That No. 11 WHEN AND WHERE TO FILE RETURNS For individuals generally, in come tax returns for the calen dar year 1942 must be filed not later than midnight of March 15, 1943, and they should bo filed as soon as possible after Janu ary l, 1943. Some individuals, operating businesses, keep their books on a fiscal year basis, that is, for a 12-month period ending on the last day of some month other than December, and re turns of such individuals are due on or before the 15th day of the third month following the close of their fiscal year. Individuals who have been outside the Americas continual ly for a period of 90 days or more are allowed an extension of time amounting to the length of the residence outside the Americas, plus 90 days (but not beyond the 15th day of the third month following the close of the present war), in which to file their income tax return. Also, an individual who is a prisoner of war or otherwise detained by an enemy country or by enemy forces, or who is in the military or naval forces of the United Oregon Business Activity Continues Upward Surge UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Jan. 26 General busi ness activity in Oregon contin ued its upward surge in Novem ber for the eighth consecutive month, according to figures just released in the Oregon Business Review, published by the school of business administration. The November figure was 13.0 per cent above October. Most striking gain was over business of a year ago with debits to accounts of banks and branches throughout the state showing a 54.1 per cent jump in November. Ail areas in the . Portland : Lower Willamette Valley Upper Willamette Valley North Oregon Coast Douglas-Coos Bay .. Southern Oregon Upper Columbia River Pendleton Central Oregon Klamath Falls-Lakeview Baker-La Grande Burns-Ontario (All figures are plus sensitive about economic regi mentation and totalitarian ways in this country and in the rest of the world. They can espouse the demo cratic system all the way through with its individual rights, states rights, national fights. They can shun economic as well as political totalitar ianism. They can shed their incon Navy's First Seaplane Glider Pi ' tlMatJ''7TVliii1aa"lirfKif" ' K (OBlcial V. S. Navy Photo from HEA) For silent attack on the sea the Navy has developed this water glider, shown oh trial flights on the Delawara river. mt, ot. Income Tax States serving on sea duty or out side the continental United States, is allowed until the 15th day of the third month follow ing the month in .vhich such stat us ceases or the present war is terminated, whichever Is earlier, to file return and make payment of tax. In unusual circumstances a resident individual may be grant ed an extension within which to file a return upon application to the collector of Internal revenue for his district, if appropriate reasons are shown. If the ex tension is granted, the taxpayer is subject to an interest charge of 6 per cent per annum on the amount of tax payable, from the original due date until paid. Returns must be filed with the collector of Internal revenue for the district in which the taxpay er maintains his legal residence or place of business. Taxpayers with no legal residence or place of business should mail their re turns to the collector of Internal revenue, Baltimore, Md. If re turns are filed by mail, they should be mailed in ample time to reach the collector's office un der ordinary handling of the mails on or before the due date. state shared In the rapid rate of business except Pendleton where war activity in 1941 swelled bank debits to an unusually high level. At the same time Independent retail dealers found their sales 24.1 per cent above the same month In 1941 and 0.5 per cent below October. For the first eleven months of 1942 sales were 10 per cent higher than in the corresponding period of last year. A comparison of business ac tivity in the state Is given in the following table: Compared With October 1942 November 1041 14.5 54.1 3.4 22.8 8.3 27.0 11.7 2S.I 13.4 13.7 11.3 43.2 6.3 36.5 7.7 .3.7 28.6 53.5 . -6.7 18.6 18.2 21.8 54.0 39.S except where indicated). sistency and confusion by hat ing all of Hitler, everything he stands for, not just his religious cruelty and the oppressions of his conquests. The advocates of true democ racy know where they are going and what they want to do. The liberals have become a babble of confusion along with their radical associates. - 1 " ' .1,1 Telling The Editor ttttara RrlnlM Hart mutt not Da mora than aaa worda In lanilh. muol ba mil tan lajiDI, on ONI IIDI ol tha papar only, and muat ba alrtatf. Qonlrlbullona (oiieanni thaat rulat, ara warmly vat. PRAISE THE LORD In talking about that foller out on the Pacific I'm talking about a chaplain, If you want to b specific. He is supposed to be a sky pilot And toward that goal to drive. But he wanted to help his com1 rades While they were still alive. One day when they were caught In a perilous position, For them to get out alive Seemed to be his real ambition. And as any real man would do, Ho saw their rent condition, And shouted, "Praise tha Lord, And pass tho ammunition.' Several days wont by And nothing had been said. We thought just as usual, Another phrase was dead. Then up jumps an eastern preacher, And as ho Jerked down his vest, Ho shouted, "Come on, Ameri cans, Let's shout a loud protest." Thnt protesting prcachor Isn't out hero fighting Japs. He is staying where it's safer And always will perhaps. There are lots of peoplo safely Tucked in beds at night Apt to ridicule their neighbors, If they don't got out and fight They somctlmos smear our gov ernment, Because of men they picked. Sometimes thoy say, "If I'd been there, The Japs would soon been licked." Those arc just the kind who have so often said, "Let tho others do the fighting. And I'll pray for them when they are dead." Most ot us know a good stiff blow Landed on the Japs, Will hit them where we can't with prayer, And hurt them mora ucrhnos, So let us cheer our fighting men, we Know his task Is hard. Let's pass them the ammunition, And if they get it, PRAISE THE LORD. , "DAD" HOLLISTER, Coulee City, Wash. Grandfather of Mrs. G. Micka. "HELP FOR UNCLE SAM" I came to this big city To work in the great shipyard I cannot stand the work At this I cannot bo Undo Sam's pard. '. ; - . I'll take myself back to the coun- try 'Where I left my heart behind Uncle Sam can use mo there Still the ships will bo built in time. - I'll help tho boys at homa To raise and harvest the crops So tho boys in camp and overseas Can have food to go over the top. Out of this rushing crowds Back In the wide open spaces Back where' tjie sun shines brighter Where there is familiar faces. I'll put my shoulder to the wheel To raise crops for my boy, your boy and all So they can have plenty of food To fill that old mess hall. We must not leave a- thing un done Not even the smallest gap For all our boys must come marching home After they have conquered the Jap. ' A COWGIRLS PRAYER Oh Lord pray take me Out of this city of rush Back to the wido open spaces Back to the pines and sagebrush. Take me back to the old cow country Where there is always a glad handshake Where the coyote howl la music to me Where there is a mule deer and diamond rattlesnake. And don't ever let me wander Back in this crowded place Here in this gloomy, rainy city Where there is thousands of every race. Take me out of these 2x4 flats Where there is sickly steam heat And can goods to cat Oh Lord please save me from that. Pray, Lord take me back to the land and nature Away from this city of strife And guide me once again Let me live there tha rest of my life. j BIRDIE MAHAFFEY Route 2. An X Cowgirl from Eastern Oregon. ' No peoplo in the world Is more experienced . than you (Amer icans) are to realize that freedom has no unilateral value, that the monopoly of freedom by one in dividual or group means tho peril ot its neighbors. MaJ.-Gon. Chu Shin Ming of Chinese em bassy. If you want to sell it phone The Herald and News "want ads," am. . Ration Banking to Be Established on Nation-Wide Basis The following .answers, ex plaining the ration banking program which will be estab lished on a natlon-wido basis this month, woro released to day by tho office ot price ad ministration.. In., response to questions asked by storckoup ers, gasoline wholesalers and others: Q. When will ration banking go into effect? A. On Januury 27, 1943. Q. What rationed commodi ties will it cover? A. In tho food group coffee and sugar. In tho old group gasollno but not fuel oil. 'Q. Will tho program bo' ex tended to Include other rationed commodities? Banking Operation ' A. Yes, ration bunking will be applied lutcr to other ration programs, Including tho point pluu which is scheduled to go into offect next month. Q. What is ration bunking? A. It Is a banking operation that, utilizes tho fucllltios of the nation's .commercial banking system for handling and safe guarding ration stumps, cou pons and certificates after they have passed out of tho hunds of consumers into trado chan nels. Q. Will consumers be affect ed? A. No, they wilt continue, as at present, to get their rution stumps, coupons and certifi cates front tho local war price and rationing boards and to spend thorn In stores and else where for tho rationed commo dities they are authorized to buy. Toed Dealers Included Q. What tradespeople and others will come under tho ra tion bunking program? A. In foods, all primary dis tributors, wholesalers and chain stores, and also retailers whose December ' (1042) sales of all foodstuffs totaled (5000 or more must open bank accounts. (Re tailers whoso sales totaled less than. $5000 may do so if they want.) In gasoline, all wholesalers, distributors and roflners (If tho lattor are licensed to distribute gasoline) also must open ration bank accounts. - Reduce Detail Works . Q. Why aren't gasoline re tailors included? . A. For tho present, at least, it is believed that the system now in effect Is more satisfac tory. Retailers turn in their coupons to tank wagon distribu tors at tho time of delivery. Q. How will ration bonking help tho grocer whoso sales av- crago $5000 monthly or morc7 A. It will reduce detail work and simplify his bookkeeping. It will also provide the same kind ot bank protection for his ration paper that ho now gets for his currency when ho banks it. In addition tho larger sell ers of rationed commodities will no longer find It necessary to exchange stamps for larger de nomination certificates for sur render to their suppliers In re plenishing stocks. A ration check will serve the purpose. Q. How does the grocer (or other qualified seller) open ' ration bank account? A. He should apply to the bank where he has his check ing account. It is authorized to open ration bank accounts. If tho grocer has no checking ac count, he may go to any bank that is convenient for him. One Account Q. How docs a ration check differ from an ordinary check? A. A ration check Is , non transferable. It must be depos ited by the person receiving it. It is not a check In payment but strictly an authorization to buy the rationed commodities ordered. Q.' How many accounts must bo opened? A. In the case of a gasolino wholesaler only one ration account may ba . opened his gasoline ration account. How ever, a separate bank account must be opened for each ra tioned food listed In the ration banking program for the food trade.. Thus, the grocer would open an account for each of the following: Sugar, coffee and la ter for processed foods wncn point rationing goes into effect. Q. Docs tho grocer (or oilier qualified depositor) have to maintain a minimum balance in his ration bank account? A. No, and once he makes his ration deposit, tho grocer may bcain drawing against it imme diately. Howevof, he is caution ed to watch his balance careful ly; A ration check must be cov ered by the ration bank balance at tho time tho check is writ ten. An overdraft is a serious federal offense, Valid Any Time Q. Do ration credits (created by the deposit in a ration bank account of stamps, coupons and certificates) expire if they are not s p e nt within a specified time limit? A. No, such credits unlike most stamps, coupons and cer tificates which nro not valid ofter specified time Unilts are valid at any time after tho de posit Is mndo. Q, Ara commarcliilhiinks re quired to open rution bunk ac counts? A, No, huwevor. It Is bollaved that almost all will do so be cause of a desire to rontlor a public service. . itupiosentiittva bunkers, Including a rution bunking comniittuo appointed by tha American Hunkers associa tion, and federal und state bank ing supervisory agendo coop erated with tho OI'A" In estab lishing the ration bunking sys tem. Q. lias ration bunking been triod out before? A. Yes, in Albany,, Troy, Schenectady und surrounding communities in New York stuto whero rution banking hus been ' subjected to I ho test of actual operation since October 2U, 1U42. It hus also been applied in England. Hum and abroad tho results are good. Q, Will tha commercial bunks, under ration bunking, su persede the local wnr price and rationing boards? A. No, the loeul boards will continue to have the smile Juris diction and possess tho sumo authority over rationing that they have now. Holp Local Boards Q. Will rution banking help local boards? A. Yes, it will relieve them ot a heavy burden of detail work, After Jumiary 27 they will no longer make exchanges of ration btumps and coupons for certificates. They will hnvo more time to dispose ot other ration mutters. Q. Will rution hnnklng serv ices cost ration depositors any thing? A. No, the government will reimburse tha banks for all ex penses. Q. Would It be practicable for tho government to create Its own system for clearing trans actions In ration stumps, cou pons and certificates? A. It would bo difficult tor the government to acquire the equipment and trained person net needed to handle such a largo scalp and technical opera tion, and the cost would bo great. H Is much less expensive to utilize' the exiting commer cial banking machinery, Always read tho classified ads. V I 4a
