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HERALD 'AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
Jnnunry 26, 1048
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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
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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
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Bnu.Au Or Cikculatiok
Repreiented Nationally by
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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
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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.
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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.
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