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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR HERALD ANB NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON January 27, 194$ Utmtf f Thi Amocutis Fum Tha Anodnfd PreH It fid lYfly ntllM to tha nil ot re publication or alt newi dlipatctier ' orerflud to It or not otnrrwlt eradlttd to thll paper, toil alM tha local Bva publlih'd tharcln. ill right, of republlealloo ot pedal dKpatehea ara alio ra. aerved. FRANK JENKINS Editor A temporary combination of tht livening HtriM tad the Klamath Newt, pubtlr-hed every afternoon except Sunday at Kiplanade and Tin street, Klamath Fall a, Oregon, br Uia Herald Publishing Oo. aod tfca Klamath Newi Publishing Company Entered aa aecond claaa matter at the poatofflte of Klamath fall. Ore., on August JO, IMA under act of oongreaa, alarch S, ISfS, 3fmbr Audit BtnuAir Or CracutATiow Represented nationally by . AVest-Hollidat Co., Ixc San Francisco. Kew Tort, ft a tile, Chicago. Portland, Loa AngMta. MALCOLM ErLEY ManagiHp Editor Today's Roundup News Behind the News EPLEY Br MALCOLM EPLEY THAT was big news, all right, from North Africa, but it was a let-down for a lot of . folks who had been over-heated by the build-up ri , vj and had- an idea some great and immediate break was in the offing. Some expected an announce ment of Germany's collapse. Others expected announce ment of an armistice, or soma great Russian development, or the opening of another front on the European continent. Some of the more impres sive, we are told, could hardly do their work Tuesday. When the announcement came, it was clear that what the world was not told about the North African conference was more important than what was told. It was like a bare an nouncement that there had been a disaster in Portland, without telling what kind of a disaster or the details. In this case, the bigger news was withheld, no doubt with good reason, and an over-play was made on what was left. Speculation AS soon as the news was out, speculation and Interpretation came In torrents. As good a job as we have seen along this line came from Glenn Babb, Associated Press analyst, on our teletypes this morning. Let's give the remainder of this space to Mr. Babb: . By PAUL MALLON AASHINGTON, Jan. 27 Senate republicans Y V MALLON JT GLENN BABB THE primary significance of . the Casablanca meeting of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill is summed up in a phrase of the communique which reported It to the world. It was intended to draw "the utmost advantage from the markedly favorable turn of events at -the close of 1942," to catch the rising tide of allied victory and good fortune and ride it to full flood. Therein lie the great difference between this meeting and Its three predecessors. ' The presi dent and the prime minister held their At lantic charter conference against the back ground of vast Russian defeats; Hongkong and Manila fell during Churchill's Washington visit at the end of 1941; the Tobruk disaster and the Rommel threat to Suez coincided with his second journey to the United States last June. But even as the Casablanca deliberations pro ceeded Tripoli fell, the Italian empire was fin ished and the task of clearing a continent for the attack on Hitler's Europe was reduced to the dimensions of a local siege operation. Military First and Last DOUBTLESS the Immediate problems of Tun isia and the French generals occupied much of the conferees' attention, but the discussions looked far beyond North Africa, both in time and space, achieving accords and plans that ; could ba revealed only in the roost general '. terms. , -,'. '' First and last It was a military conference. She generals and admirals held the center of the stage. The civilians remained in the back ground. And while Messrs. Roosevelt, and Churchill, both adept at combining an iron purpose with a diplomat's approach, spent some time on the De Gaulle-Giraud problem, they doubtless made clear to those temperamental warriors their determination that French politics should not Interfere with the great objective, complete victory. This was primarily a council of war, to plan the strokes that will crush Hitler. . Stalin Too Busy THE announced results of the conference al ready are being criticized because of the questions left unanswered. No supreme war council for the united nations was unveiled; the name of the allied commander in chief for the invasion of Europe was not disclosed. Joseph Stalin and Chiang Kai-Shek were not present, although Stalin wa Invited. The Russian leader, it is explained, lsXoo busy with the vast campaign he personally is directing as the red army's commander in chief. Stalin's chief Interest, naturally and properly, is with the immediate job of expelling the nazls. from his motherland; he, can hardly be ex pected to share fully the Anglo-Saxon leaders' concern with mora distant lands and times. There still Is no substantial basis for the hope that he will make Russia's war match the global scope of the conflict his allies ara wag ing by declaring war on Japan. are fuming at the Impulsive leadership thrust upon them in the Flynn case by their New Hampshire Senator Styles Bridges. To him they attribute the prospect that the Bronx politi cal boss will be confirmed as Australian ambassador. Republican Leader McNary and Michigan's Senator Van- denberg counseled Bridge against making the excessive charges with which he greet ed the Flynn nomination. They wanted the matter considered on its obvious merits the appropriateness of appointing a Bronx political boss to be diplomatic leader in the far eastern war. But Bridges took his own way and leveled personal accusations against Flynn, which the Bronx leader was able to disprove or becloud to such an extent that the original valid ob jection to his nomination became lost. No other subject has been discussed more in the republican cloakroom in the last few days, Wallace Answers wius fKESUJJSWi' WALLACE s announce- V ment that all Americans would be' per mitted to join the middle class' after the war is nowhere here accepted as a post-war plan, Nor- was his promise that private enterprise will be maintained, taken any "more profoundly, Probably these statements were issued to an swer criticism made to earlier Wallace, pro nouncements about post war planning. For instance, some have said the middle class will be wiped out, ground between high taxes and high prices. Others have suspected Mr. Wallace of planning a socialist state. The two new statements, therefore, can be considered merely uninformative denials. The vice president has established for him self a peculiar position in this government. On occasions, -he speaks for Mr. Roosevelt as ad vance man for future government intentions, but more often he is spokesman for the extreme class of New Deal liberals represented, for in stance, by Archibald MacLeish. Thus, while Mr. Wallace continues to talk, fewer and fewer people regard his words with alarm, acclaim, or any emotion. GOP's Will Be Thorough CHOICE of James P. ' Selvage, New York business publicist, to the publicity director ship of the republican national committee gives f -StgL 1 the new Spangler administra s jlrfe.J j tion a different meaning. ( ft - , 1 It had been assumed that . J Mr. Spangler, the new chair- -i 1 man, would sit on the party SPANGLER He's thorough, " . 53 lid during the war Interim, 1 - The democratic national com uiorougmy or lis oia person nel, and was presumed to be also entering an Inactive per iod under its new chairman, Frank Walker. But Mr. Selvage was not hired to help In lid-sittine. his experience has been In the organizational type of publicity. In his own New York firm and formerly in the National Association of Manufacturers. He will organize a national publicity set-up, presumably along the lines of his experience. He is a capable, former AP newsman, who knows Washington as thoroughly as he knows business publicity. It means the republicans are going to be thorough in their preparation for 1944, Revelatory Omission THE Casablanca communique throws no new . light on tha burning question of aid to China. ' But tt should be remembered that the omis sions are omissions of revelation, not necessar ily of decision or action. There is very explicit assurance that "the entire field of the war was surveyed theater by theater throughout tha world.". If we are not told of plans for a su preme war council nor introduced to a new allied generalissimo nor given blue prints of the campaign which will follow Tunisia or may even be sprung before Tunisia is liquidated that does not mean that these plans were not made and the instruments and means chosen. Hitler would like to know the answers to these, questions, too. We can await the results with more equanimity and confidence in the future than he can. , Congressional Fade-Out THE congressmen now publicly driving to cut I the size of the American army would seem, offhand, to be meddling in a military business in which they are unschooled. But there is a valid, official basis for their movement. It seems that several civilian officers of the war production board, (and even Manpower Mc Nutt), think the army will hinder -production If they go through with plans to raise 10,200,000 men, Including the air corps (in addition to the navy's 2,000,000). They are behind the con gressmen. . Also inspiring them are many complaints from citizens about the extremities to which draft boards have gone In summoning married men with children from necessary occupations, when local quotas could not otherwise be filled. The army, however, will insist it knows how to win tha war, and the congressional campaign will no doubt fade. Tha legislators could cut army appropriations, but dare not carry their protests so far. ; Same fade-out Is likely for Senator Bank head's demand that this nation turn itself to production and let others chiefly do the fight ing. , Solemn Warning REFUSAL of house democrats to honor the promise of their leaders and take the radi cal Representative Marcantonio on the judiciary committee was a bit of news rating little space these days, but no more ominous news could have come out of the house. . - ' Speaker Rayburn and Leader McCormick promised Marcantonio the job, because he saved the lives of three or four democratic congress men in the New York area during the last elections by getting the American labor party to support them. The house democrats refused to pay off, be cause the Texas chairman of the judiciary com mittee, Hatton: Sumners, convinced a majority of southern democrats that they 'should back SIDE GLANCES C Mm. ,m rr m unKt:wK,-r:n.-iiK. ora. t, nn. "Oh, I won't mind getting along on fewer clothes it will give me something in common with our boys in the - ' jungles l" Loggers in Naw Guinea . . Citation of the 41st and 32nd Divisions by General MacArthur for their great part in Papuan victory on New Guinea Island, is a timber country triumph. They are ours, those fighting men of the 41st, the Sunset Division. Oregon and Washington Infantry and Artillery and Idaho Engineer regiments, of the National Guard such is the fighting body of the 41st. - And the 32nd is made up of National Guard units from the older timber states of Mich igan and Wisconsin. They were also tied up together in France, That s my story But first, do you remember anything about the -1940 field training period of two weeks at Fort Lewis, when the 41st was still a National Guard outfit? lhere was nothing much new about it to the eye of an old Worjd War I sergeant of 4he Sunset. There were but a few small tanks and motorized guns, The rifle was still the old Spring field. There were many awk ward squads of green recruits. The whole effect was a reflec tion of the early training days of 1917. Only a year and a half ago, and now the gang has come through with a citation for one of the most remarkable fight ing jobs of modern warfare. Boy, we ve gune putcesi Prida of the A.E.F. . . . It was between the 41st and 32nd in France. The issue was on which should be held for the duration in the Service of Sup ply, as a divisional unit for training of replacement drafts, In the early spring of 1918 our outfit seemed all set for combat duty. The 41st had been filled to war strength in November, 17, at Camp Mills, N. Y., six weeks or more before boarding the transports at Hoboken. Soon after the New Year my regiment, the 162nd Infantry the old 3rd Oregon relieved the Sth Mar ines on guard duty at St. Na- zaire and Bordeaux. The Mar ines were headed for the Front. We took it for granted that in due time the 41st would follow. Then units of the 32nd Di vision came through St. Nazaire Its National Guard companies had not yet been expanded to war strength of 250 men each, The. rumors were many and strong that the 32nd was sched uled to become a training out fit behind the lines. The men of the 41st felt safe enough from that fate. We were war size. We were at the point of final training for the trenches. Our commander was one- of the Army's top generals' Hunter Liggett. Tha Lost Battla ... That was the trouble. General Liggett was too good. He was taken from the division and given command of the 1st Army. We were unworried about this on through our three-month tour of guard duty and our first period of combat training in the region of St. Aignan "St. Agony" to the soldiers, The news came to Company D, my outfit, a Portland unit of the 162nd one noon on the train ing field. It reported that most of the privates were to be trans. ferred to the 32nd Division, to fill It up to war strength. Our companies were to be reduced to cadres of SO officers and non coms each, for the final training him in his refusal to accept a radical, . even though it meant dishonoring their leaders pledge. It was a solemn warning to Speaker Rayburn and Leader McCormack, as well as to Mr. Roosevelt, that southern demo crats in the house intend to lead themselves. of replacement units as they came to France. We were told that this was recognition of the ability and efficiency of tho commissioned and non-com personnel, but it didn't make us feel any better. We had missed our own objec tive in France. The 41st had lost a battle. Pinetopt and Wbfootr . . . Our privates made a great record in. the 32nd. The lads from the rain forests of Douglas itr were soon at home with the boys from the jackplne plains of the Lake States. In short order a number of those from the old 3rd Oregon won stripes at the Front. The fighting men of the timber regions of the Midwest and War West formed one of the very toughest divisions the Huns had to face. And there they go again, first in the Papuan campaign, and now on for the Philippines and the final victory drive into the islands of Japan. This time there was no lost battle for the 51st, no dispersion of its men into the 32nd. The two gangs with bark on them are battling side by side, but the Sunset keeps its own. All of us who fought the long, dull battles of St. Agony and Contre through 1918 are proud, baaucoup proud. Tolling The Editor Lattar prlntad hara mual mi ba mora than laa worda in lanathi muat ba writ, an laIMy on ONI II Dl ol lha oapar only, and mual ba airtad. Oonlrlbullona rolloMrini thaaa ntlaa, ara warmly wat. ooma. Parents of Cpl. Dieter to Receive DFC for Son . (Continued From Page One) tering service Dieter was em ployed on the D. E. Alexander ranch near Merrill. Following is tne letter re ceived here from General Con-nell: "I have been directed to pro ceed to Tulelake, Calif., and pre sent the Distinguished Flying Cross to Jesse T. Dieter, father of Corp .William J. Dieter, AC, reported missing in action. This citation is being award ed posthumously to William J. Dieter, AC, U. S. army, for ex traordinary achievement while participating in a I highly de structive raid on the Japanese mainland on April 18, 1942." The nubile Is Invited to attend the presentation' ceremony. Dealer snonages put new value on used merchandise. Cash in on your "junk" through a classified ad. Phone 3124. WAR DOOS WANTED HELENA, Mont. (To the Edi tor) Please pardon this Informal way of addressing you but it Is done to save tlmo and expenso. We are looking for quite large number of sledge dogs and I .thought that a notice in your newspaper should be one produc tive means of reaching tha peo ple who have tliom. Tho kind of sledga dogs wo want are as follows: Ages, one to five yean. rieignt, eigntaen inches or higher. Weight, heavy dog preferred, Any color. Mala or female. Breeding: preferably Alaskan Malmutcs, Eskimos, Samoyodos and Siberian Huskies and cross breeds of these. Of course we should like to get dogs which have been broken and trained to sledge and pack work but we will be glad to get them untrained It thoy are of siedge dog breeding. Any aood leader, broken and tralnod, is desirable regardless of breeding. Sometimes Labradors, Sottors, and Chcsapcakcs do tha Job. Our requirements at present are for weighty sledge dogs for slower freight work rather than a llaht. speedy dog. Anyone having does of the above description should imme diately contact their local rep resentative of Dogs for Defense Inc., or the undcrslgnod, if there is not one of the former in their locality. Also, if you know of anv ex perienced sledge dog drivers who are in tho army at nrosent. or wno aro oooiit to enter the army. we should like to have thoir names and addrassis. Any help, publicity, etc.. vou may give us oh the above will oe greatly appreciated. Very sincerely yours. E. J. PURFIELD, Mojor. Q. M. C. Commanding. EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Page One) announcement of the Roosevelt. Churchill conference was char acterized by far too much ex hibitionism. a a a IN these matters, which Involve t ; tn i .. . i mm Hi-am, wo must oe en tirely fair. It is not impossible that the advance whoopla about an "im portant announcement at p. m. was intended to build up keen Interest and so Iniure as large en audience as possible In ENEMY countries where listen ing to the radio is an adventure that can end In death before a firing squad. Even so, it wag overdone. At least, that is this writer's sincere belief. . a a a "THE war news is sparse today, and not exciting, The Russians are finally li quidating the Germans trapped before Stalingrad and say it is only a matter of two or three days. The Americans who raided to within 33 miles of the Mediter ranean coast the other day are reported to have HELD THEIR ADVANCED POSITIONS and to be still within striking dist ance of the Mediterranean. Watch this situation. . If our side can drive a wedge through to the beach between Rommel and Tunis, it will be a great victory for our side. There are veiled hints in the news that such a blow is In the making. Joe Visits Pacific War Zone Movls comedian Joe, E. Brown really gti nround tliCM dnyi. ltn'a ihown, left foreground, in Honolulu's Trlpler Hospital Rotting right chummy with the toldlar patient. Nuna Elisabeth Morlts o( Philadelphia explore! Joe's cavernous mouth for a place to take Ills temperaturo as the Army boys get a laugh. Others ara H. T. Bmllh ot Jersey City, between Joe and the Dune, and left to right rear, Gilbert Clrticllar, Aiiilln, Tex.; E. H. Dllck, Tlmmonsvlllo, 8. 0 and Sergeant O. Bherrod, Blmpoort, Ton. CLYNN is finally approved by the senate foreign relations committee as our ambassador to Australia. Hold your nose and let It pass. It's just another thing to re member after the war. WER WORK WEEK SALT LAKE CITY. Jan. 27 (P) The National Wool Grow ers' association, terming tho 40- hour work week "totally inap plicable to tho present sltua tion," culled for Increased hours ot labor and advocatod reduc tion in governmental civilian employment. The 40-hour week, the associ ation said in a resolution adopt ed yesterday at the concluding session of Its annual convention "was originally Intended to spread employment" but now "prevents full utilization of manpower." A 54-hour basic work week was proposed. urging a reduction by one- third in the number of civilian employes o( governmental units, tho association observed: "The combined number ot federal and local government civil servants is almost equal to the number of men In the armed services." TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY CLEAN 3-ROOM HOUSE Util ities furnished. 2000 Blehn. 2-27 1925 DODGE SEDAN Four 8-ply and one 8-ply tires, new battery, Prestone. Excellent condition. $40 cosh. 1834 Or chord. 1-29 COMPLETELY furnished ono- room apartment, Electric stove, Frlgldaira, steam heat, , all included, $8 week. 1411 Main. 2-2 ROOM - BOARD 1841 Main. 2-20 EXPERIENCED BOOKKEEPER between 20 and 40. Answer in own handwriting. Horald- Ncws Box 4940. . 1-29 OIL TO BURN For Union heating oils phone 8404, Klam ath Oil Co., 618 Klamath Ave. l-30m FOR A BETTER, WEARING Shirt with a better fit, try Van Hcuscnt In whites and colors. Rudy's Men's Shop. 2-20 OIL BURNER Service; Tufts. Phono 7149. J. A. 1-26 FURNISHED apartment. North 9th. Light, water furnished. Gas heat. $39. 733 Main. 1-29 USED WOOD HEATER Extra large size, oval drum type. Suitable for garage or store building. Price $20. South ern Oregon Hardware Co 1-28 Ifflt! Pi liiSl, a i i mm ''iwiiiii'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiBiii'ini'iiiiiniiii ImtmtmM I PIPS!!! Ili'HiPiill I; I I i.i'fii',': '-. ffom lha files, -j- 40 1 years, From the Klamath Republican January 29, 1903 Modoc county Is conslclurlug establishment of a county high school, a a a Tho Klamath Literature and Lcctura club has been organized with a membership ot 18. C. C. Brewer is chairman and Miss Mao Wordon, secretary. a a a John Nichols, an old settler of tho county, died at his residence near Bonanza Saturday, a a . From the Klamath News January 27, 1S33 Klamath Falls was confronted with Isolation today after a heavy snowfall and wind that drifted the snow ovor railroad tracks and highways. a a a Klamath's Battery D hit again won tho coast artillery ef ficiency trophy. a a Moyor W. E. Mahoney will ad dress the Leogua of Women Voters Tuesriav. Jap Fighters Taken Into 'Protective' Custody at Gona INK A T.nl..,.l Carefully guarded by Aussles with bayoneted rifles, these three disconsolate Japs In Naw Guinea will have no opportunity to display any of their bagful of tricks for which they aro noted. The Japs were captured from tha fsat-dlmtrurtilng forces being annihilated by Allies in the Buna-aona-Banansnda sector. Court Acts to Sell Crescent Lots To Highway Board The county court on Wednes day took action to soli four lots in Crescent to the state highway commission to be used in widen ing The Dalles-California high way In thot northorn Klamath county town. Judge U. E. Reodcr said he understands tho widening oro- ject is designed to eliminate haz ards in Crescent OBITUARY FILMORE TRUMAN CHAIN Fllmore Truman drain, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Furman Craln of Bcatty, Ore., passed away in that city on Monday, January 25, 1943. Baby Craln was a native of Klamath Falls. Ore., and was aged 10 months and 25 days when called. Be sides his parents, he is survived By two brothers, Dclford and Furman Jr., three sisters, Petri cla, Shirley and Dolores, grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hicocta and one uncle and two aunts, ell of Baatty. The re mains rest in Word's Klomath Funeral homo, 925 High street, where frlonds may call, Tho no tice) ot the funeral arrangements will appear in this issuo. FUNERALS FILMORE TRUMAN CRAIN Tha funeral service for baby Fllmore Truman Craln, who passed awBy at Bcatty, Ore., on Monday, January 25, 1943, will take place from the Methodist church at Beatty on Friday, Jan uary 29, 1943, at 10 a. m., tht Rev. B. V. Bradshaw officiating. The commitment service with vault entombment will follow in the Piute cemetery, Friends ara respectfully invited to at tend. There will bo a service at 1 p. m. Ward's Klamath Funer al home in charge of tho arrangements. FRANKLIN LAWRENCE , (PAT) McGARREY Friends are respectfully lnvlt- ed to attend the funeral servlci ' for the late Franklin Lawrenci (Pat) McGarrev to be held Thnra. . day morning at tho Sacred Heart church, High street l. Eighth. Where a rpnnlnm mnai will be celebrated for the repose ', of his soul, commencing at 8 o'clock with the Rev. Potor Dulg nan officiating Intermnnt will follow In Mt. Calvary Memorial , parK. Arrangements are under the direction of tho tfnrl Whit. : lock Funeral home of this olty.