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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Fobrunry 13, 1048
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Industries now in the crowded
centers of tha east are looking
forward to placing plants in
roomier , locations close to the
source of raw materials, Earl C
: Revnolds. secretary of the chanv
ber of commerce, said today in
reviewing experiences on his re
cent trip to Washington o. c,
and other eastern and midwest-
em cities.
Reynolds interviewed officials
of various industries to deter
mine their attitude toward west
ern development, and to direct
their interest toward raw mate
rials and industrial opportune
ties in this section.
There is no chance, he said, of
getting much action until after
the war, but he said he found
easterners "fed up" 01 the long
standing policy of locating indus
tries in centers of concentrated
population and willing to look
to the open spaces in connection
with plans for the future.-
He said that Industries are also
Interested in finding new,sources
of raw materials.
Reynolds went to Washing
ton D. C, to attend a meeting
of the directors of the National
Association of Commercial Or
ganization secretaries.
In Washington, he said, he
visited with Lieutenant Law
rence Slater, Klamath Falls, now
With the weather bureau of the
air corps. He said he found Sla
ter tremendously interested in
his work but not happy at living
In the jammed capital. .
' Reynolds also talked with
Lieutenant Colonel T. K. Gillen
waters, former Klamath county
district attorney, executive offi
cer in the weather bureau. -The
chamber secretary said
that Congressman Lowell Stock
man of this district is quickly
adapting himself to his new situ
ation in Washington.
SALEM, Feb; 13 (JP) The
house taxation and revenue com
mittee made up its mind on
amendments to the initiative
measure which was passed last
November to give surplus in
come taxes to school districts to
reduce property taxes.
The committee voted to intro
duce three bills containing the
amendments.
One would set a tentative fig
ure of $5,000,000 as the maxi
mum amount that could be giv
en in any one year to school dis
tricts having special school lev
ies. The others would create a
special state fund for the surplus
revenues, and would set up ma
chinery for distributing the
money. . . 1 ' .
' The committee still is dead
locked, however, on how to re
duce income taxes. Half of the
members want to make the same
percentage reduction in all
brackets, while the other half
want to give bigger reductions
to taxpayers with small incomes
and smaller reductions to those
. who pay on large incomes.
Langell Valley
Miss Marion Ekstrom of Se
attle, has been visiting at the
home of Mrs. W. D.. Campbell
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dearborn
entertained with a dinner on
Tuesday in honor of Mike
Dearborn's birthday. Guests
Were Mr. and Mrs. Mike Dear
born, Mrs. Mary Dearborn, O.
C. Johnson and Helen, Marilyn
and Charles Dearborn.
Private James Romtvedt left
Thursday for his station at Fort
Chaffee, Ark., after visiting his
parents, Mr, and Mrs. Sandre
Romtvedt. '
Staff Sergeant and Mrs.
Lakue House and Mr. and Mrs.
Elliott House and Jean spent
Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry McCartie and family.
Mrs. Mary Leldy was a lunch
eon guest of Mrs. Cora Leavitt
on Wednesday. She also visited
Mrs. Reg Thomas and Mrs.
Harry Frazier.
Mrs. Cleda Wells left Satur
day for San Francisco after
spending several weeks with
her parents, Mi, and Mrs. Owen
Pepple.
: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pepple
and Bob visited on Monday with
Mrs. Lloyd Pepple and sons in
Klamath Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Dear
born and Bill and Henry were
dinner guests on Tuesday at the
Les Leavitt home.
Phyllis and Bobby Lee end
Charles Dearborn have been ab
sent from school because of se
vere colds.
D0KIN6WES
SAYS REYNOLDS
The average child's vocabu
lary at one year is three words',
at two about 200; at three about
600.
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OUR MEN
IN SERVICE
H fefc iV ; 1
. Major Harlan P. Bosworth Jr.,
formerly manager of the Klam
ath Falls district of the California-Oregon
Power company, has
been transferred from . Camp
Claiborne, La., where he was
commanding officer of the 715th
Railroad Opera
tion Battalion,
to the utilities
division of the
North Atlantic
Division of the
fnrns nf Enfft.
neera. and is
now in New
York.
He has just
completed two
weeks of special
instruction a t
Camp Dix, N. J.,
and has been
tentatively assigned to the Syra
cuse, N. Y., sub-office of the
North Atlantic Engineer divi
sion. He will be in charge of
the Syracuse office. His assign
ment to Syracuse is expected to
take effect on February 15, and
until that time he will remain
in New York.
The North Atlantic division
includes New York, New Jer
sey, Delaware, Newfoundland,
Greenland and Bermuda, with
sub-offices in New York City,
Syracuse and Philadelphia.
The North Atlantic Engineer
division handles operation, main
tenance and. : repair of army
buildings, grounds , and struc
tures in the area as well as oper
ation and maintenance, of all
utilities and land acquisition and
rentals. -; .
.
UNDERSEA MAN Roy- Wal
lace Benedict,' 19, seaman first
class, son of Mr. an'd Mrs. A. W.
Benedict, 4CV Pine street,; has
completed basic training at the
submarine -.school, submarine
jjf base, . New Lon
don, Conn., for
duty with . our
growing fleet of
iunderseas fights
ers.
X Seaman Bene
dict will be en
titled to wear
the twin dophin
insignia of the
submarine service after further
experience aboard a submarine
during which he must demon
strate to his commanding officer
that he is fully qualified to carry
out the duties of his rate.
; Benedict, a graduate of Klam
ath Union high school in May,
1940, lettered in . football and
wrestling and later was a stu
dent of forestry at Oregon State
college, Corvallis. He had ROTC
training during the last three
months of 1941. In December of
that year, he joined the navy, re
ceived . recruit instruction at
Bremerton, Wash., and saw ac
tion at Dutch Harbor. He said he
chose submarine duty "for more
action." -. -
NOW AT SEA Louis Schwei-
ger, 19, seaman second - class
with Uncle Sam's navy, is now
at sea, accord
ing to word re
ceived by the
youth's parents,
Mr. and Mrs.
' . Konrad Schwei
'ger, 526 Lytton
street. Seaman
Schweiger join
cd the navy on
November 8,
1942, just one year to the day
after war was declared. He is a
former Klamath Union high
school student and at the time
of his enlistment was employed
by Fluhrer's bakery. He took his
early training at Camp Farra
gut, Ida., and was later sent to
Treasure Island. ;
FARRAGUT, Ida! Entered in
a hospital corpsman's school at
the U. S. navy hospital here
for a six-weeks' training period
is Russell R. Blnney, son of Mrs.
Binney, 1745 Menloway, Klam
ath Falls, Ore.
During the time he is receiv
ing this training, he will learn
a great deal about the care of
the injured and ill from the
U. S. navy forces.. On gradua
tion he will go into service at
a navy hospital for a short pro
bationary period, then be trans
ferred to a permanent , assign
ment. . . ...'.,
Sgt. Elwood Gilreath, nephew
of Mrs. L. R. Stringfellow of
2260 Garden avenue, was the
driver of a General Grant tank
which went on a lone rampage
when the Yanks took over in
Oran, it has been learned here.
The tank, unaccompanied, ac
counted for three French :' 75
mm. guns and 50 motor vehicles,
and emerged from the city with
its armor plate pock-marked but
all its men safe.
Sgt. Gilreath, whose picture
also appeared in the December 7
issue of Life magazine, is a na
tive of Norcatur, Kan.
A seemingly minor weather
condition, low clouds, causes the
greatest number of delays in air
travel.
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RETURNED Wendell Prime,
former Chiloquin business man,
has returned to his duties at the
naval air station
at Corpus Chris-
tl, Tex., after an
lo-aay leaves.
speni in me
Klamath coun
try. Prime en
listed in the na
val reserve in
May, 1942, com
pleted his pri
mary training at San Diego and
was sent to the Great Lakes
navy school and the Ford navy
school in Dearborn, Mich., for
further training. Having com
pleted this training, he now
holds the rank of aviation ma
chinist mate 3c.
IN NEW MEXICO Private
Robert L. Hosley is now sta-
1 1 o n e d as a
Ssli clerk in opera
tional engineer
ing at the Unit-
...1 C4tAn " .
'Stcu umivo n.uij.-
air base in Dem-
f ing, N. M. Pvt.
Hosley was for
merly in the
grocery b u s 1
ness in Chilo-
ja quin.
.
IN TEXAS Private Lewis E.
Wilkinson is now stationed with
the medical detachment, 335th
infantry, 84th
division, iCamp
Ho wze,-XTex.
Pvt. Wilkinson
was inducted in
to the U. S.
army in Decern- t
ber, 1942, from g!0
Vallejo, Calif.,
where he owned
a store and fill-!
ing station. He I,
is the son of"
Mrs. Lee Sutton of Klamath
Falls and attended Mills -school
here.
Portland Mother
Will Christen
Escort Vessel
BOSTON, Feb. 13 (F) A
Portland, , Ore., mother whose
only son was killed in the war,
will christen an escort vessel
named in' his honor at a launch
ing ceremony Monday at the
Bethlehem-Hingham shipyard in
Hingham, Mass., the navy an
nounced today.
The mother is Mrs. Sydney
Lawrence, of 3115 S. E. Sixth
Ave., Portland. Her son, Charles
Lawrence, an aviation machin
ist's mate, was killed in action.
Poe Valley
George Davis is expected
home from the army in the near
future by his father.
John and Joe Nork are cutting
juniper posts and wood tljis
week.
The county road scraper came
through here early this week,
opening up the road. It was im
possible for the mail carrier to
deliver mail Monday.
Leslie Pruitt is expected here
on a furlough from a training
camp. ... .'.....;.
Among the Klamath Falls
shoppers from the valley Mon
day were . Mr. and Mrs. '. Irvin
Ross, Ray Freuer, F. Rodgers
and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nork.
: Joy Phillis and Frank Ross
visited at the home of their
grandparents,. Mr. and Mrs. Los
son Ross.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Roberts
went to Merrill Tuesday to visit
some relatives.
Clarence Webber is building a
milk shed : for his cows this
week.
Charley Rife is helping Arch
ie Roberts with the chores.
Mr. and Mrs. Hallie Haines
are planning on sending their
daughter, Mary Louise, to the
Shrine hospital to receive treat
ment for a leg ailment.
A shower was held at the Chet
Barton ranch for a couple of
newlyweds recently. - .
' Hank Holzhouser is sawing
lumber for the Liskey brothers
to build hop pens with;
Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Johnson
were callers hero recently from
Klamath Falls.
' Siberia's first mass settle
ments began in 1590, according
to documents found in Vologda.
WANTED
. Experienced
Lath Mill Men
LINSCOTT
MFG. CO.
CENTRALIA, WASH.
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PORTLAND, Feb. 13 (IP) A
19-man committee, representing
labor, management, war agen
cies and the public, today sought
a cure for absenteeism in Port
land war industries. '
The problem was described as
serious here, and the committee
was named following a meeting
of 200 persons from the war
plants and government agencies.
Time Off
L. C. Stoll, Oregon manpower
director, said the committee
would attempt to get recommen
dations on paper Wednesday.
His organization will follow
them "as far as practicable," he
said.
Speakers said many employes,
new to industrial work, are tak
ing time off to conduct personal
business at their convenience,
unaware of the disturbance "to
production, and that others, un
accustomed to high wages, arc
laying off periodically to spend
their money.
Representatives from" labor
said, however, that much of the
absenteeism is due to sickness,
often unreported.
TREATY BLAMED FOR
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MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 13 (P)
William J. Hale, research, con
sultant for the Doa Chemical
Co., at Midland, Mich., charged
that an "unnubliclzed" recipro
cal trade treaty proposed with
South American nations to de
stroy all United States synthetic
rubber plants after the war was
he real reason for reluctance of
nany companies in this country
to start rubber production.
Speaking, at the annual din
ner of the Minnesota bankers'
conference Thursday night,
Hale declared that the. "state
department in Washington is
holding back' the country - In
chemical development."
"We have signed an agree
ment in South' .America',;' Hale
said, "saying all plants built to
make synthetic-, rubber:, will be
wrecked after 'the war-that is
wrecking the : chemical industry
for reciprocal" trade treaty."
He said "time to inquire by
Samuel Crowther exposed the
treaty "which never was pub
lished," and which "signed the
rubber industry's . birthright
away." '''
All attempts at making rub
ber from oil, Hale said, have
provided a "damnable flop,"
and a $500,000,000 government
fund to develop synthetic rub
ber "went into the oilmen's
hands." The oilmen, he said,
didn't know how to make rub
ber." ' '''. ,'..'.
NO PASSPORTS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (AP)
Canadians and British subjects
resident in Canada soon will be
permitted to visit the United
States without passports, the
state department announced
Friday.
ABS
NTEEISM
CURE SOUGHT
PORTLAND
THE OLD JUDGE SATS...
"Here's a piece. Judge, that says that In
spite of more cars and faster speeds, the first
sis year of repeal showed 12 less deaths
from automobile accidents than during the
last six years of prohibition."
"Now doesn't that just go to show you,
Henry, you've got, to be on pretty solid
ground aa far as your, facts go before you
make an out-and-out prediction, Why, back
in the days just before repeal quite a few
folks around th. country made pretty power
Cleaning Up
n
iter I i nittffiii jtokjLl Wit i hum SSSA-.i
Handy horse trough somewhere In
British paratrooper cleaning some
. , oft his
Legionnaires Challenge
All - Promise to Lead
Klamaih Bandage Rollers
Tho fighting spirit has been
aroused In the breasts of the vet
erans of 1917-18.
Fred LaForge,' commander, of
tho local post of the Legion, read
in tho paper that men of the
town are going to help mnko
surgical dressings, and forthwith
sent a challenge to all and sun
dry, asserting that American Le
gionnaires will prove they can
make more and better bandages
than Elks, Kiwanians, or ' anyj
body else.
Here is LaForgo's statement:
."It has come to tho attention
of the local Legion post, that
certain civic groups namely the
Elks, Klwanis and otiiers, arc
gathering next Monday evening
at' 7 p. m. forr tho purpose of
making bandages. This Is to in
form any and all organizations
that the American Legion mem
bers can make more and better
Ediiors Pledge Spot News
To American Public, in
Spite of War-Vime Cuts
Br KENNETH X,. DIXON
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 W1)
No matter what else may be cut
out. of the national newspaper
diet due to wartime shortages,
spot news will be served to the
American reading public as long
as the presses keep rolling. ;
That was the pledge today of
members of the American So
ciety of Newspaper Editors" as
they went into conferences with
home front leaders to find out
just how deeply the newsprint,
zinc and manpower shortages
will slash Into the industry's; op
eration. Furthermore, these editors be
lieve, the quality of America's
free press may bo vastly Im
proved by the industrial exigen
cies born of world conflict.
After discussing the handling
of war news with federal war in
formation and censorship offi
cials, ' and conferring with the
president and secretary of state,
the 200 editors spent the last day
of their 21st annual meeting with
'.'-': l'V.- ....
ful predictions about how automobile acci
dents were going to jump up if wc got legal
liquor back.
; . "About the only thing along that line
you're ever safe In predicting, Henry, is
this.' No community or county or nation,
for that matter, ever became or ever will be
come dry just because it voted that wdy. All
that the votin' decides is whether you
have legal or bootleg liquor. We had nearly
14 years of experience on that, didn't we?"
in Tunisia
i . . m wro i
Tunisia makes a wash basin for
of that embattled country's mud
boots.
surgical dressings than any other
group or combination of groups
that will be present on that eve
ning. In order that wo will have
some decent competition, the
Legion has decided not to begin
making bandages until the
others (wo seriously doubt If
many others show up) havo hod
at least one hour's head start. As
men and veterans, wo received
a severe Jolt to our pride, when
somebody Implied that men
might, or maybe could, moke
bandagos almost as good as the
women.
Our great and natural com
munity spirits havo been
aroused, so watch out you other
sissy clubs, for our slogan. Is:
"When more and better bandag
es are made, tho American Le
gion will make them."
FRED La FORGE.
Commander, Post No. 8.
military leaders and the heads
of various civilian war agencies.
Considerable attention was fo
cused on this morning's meet
ings with General Georgo C.
Marshall, army chief of staff,
Admiral Ernest J. King, com
mander In chief of tho U. S.
fleet and other top-flight mili
tary men.
. Tho newsmen wanted to know
just what shortages arc due and
why. Once they find out the
worst, well
"Newspapers will have to pull
in their horns and weather a
few restrictions," said Wilbur
Forrest, assistant editor of the
New York Herald Trlbuno and
Asno director. "In a way, it may
be a good thing. Somo papers
got too big. The cut In newsprint
probably will result in closer
and better editing newspapers
will be even more readable."
"We will cut everything else
out before we cut the spot
news," said Editor Walter Mor
row of the Columbus (Ohio) Cit
izen. CanJtitMi ej AUeketu Bnnmt MutoUt, Ini.
9 MAJOR BILLS
still mm
LEGISLATORS
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
SALEM, Fob. 13 (!) With
houso leaders still hoping that
tha session might one! two woolts
from today, tho Oregon legisla
ture finished lis fifth week to
day with Its nine major pieces
of legislation still unpussud by
either houso,
If tho session should end In
two weeks, It would bo the 47th
day, making It tho shortest ses
sion in ninny years. Tho 1041
session lusted U3 days, and tho
1030 session, longest in history,
lasted 08 duys.
Slow Work
Of tho 020 bills which have
been Introduced, lid have been
pussod by both houses. At this
aiugu of. the 11)41 u-sslon, only
83 of 730 bills had boon ap
proved by both houses.
Tho No. 1 legislation ' Is the
program to reduco income taxes
and to amend tho 1042 Initiative
giving surplus Income taxes to
school districts. Chulrman Giles
L, French of tha house revenue
and taxation commlttco, which
Is drafting the program, sulci
he doubts that tho house will be
ablo to act on It next week. And
utter that, it must go to the
senate.
Ssnat Bills
Bills to abolish milk control
and to amend the unemploy
ment compensation law are In
both houses, and have been
passed by nclthor. Uut these
probably won't hold tha session
up vary much, as tho attitude
seems to be to lenvo luws on
these subjects alone.
Important senate bills, which
have not boon passed by either
house, would bring occupation
al diseases under tho workmen's
compensation law, make indus
trial lnsuranco mandatory upon
all employers, permit tho stuto
fish commission to assume tho
legislature's right to fix seasons,
and give state liquor stores a
monopoly on the sale of most
wines.
House bills to permit bigger
trucks to operate on stuto high
ways, and to establish civil
service systom for state employ
ers have received . c 1 1 o n in
neither house. j'
- Most of the remaining major
bills should begin to receive
consideration next week.
AMOUR, INC.
FORT GREELY, Alaska, (T)
"If your lino Is tough end words
como slow we'll wrlto that let
ter and she'll never know."
With this slogan, two soldiers
established a confidential letter
writing service Amour, Inc.
for their Fort Grccly comrades.
Their rates?
To an old love, 25 cents; to
someone you've never met, 75
cents; to a movlo star, $1;
grounds for divorce letter to
wife, $1.10; letter to Fort Greoly
sweetheart, Rose Teed, frco of
charge.
THIS, TOO,
-.' IS
uni the task is War. Uddor the busy fingors of th
' long distance operators flow messages that niov .
troops, locate and asaomblo supplies. ..that help to
build ships, guns, tanks and planes.
To handle the gigantic volume of long distance
' calls, we could use moro equipment if wo could get
, it. But that would draw upon critical war matoriuli '
that are needed at tho fighting fronte.
So we earnestly ask you to co-operate by making,
j t to war-busy centers, only long distance calls that are
absolutely necessary. .
Thank you for your help and your understanding.
For Victory... Buy United Statei Wor Bondi
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Well, fellas, some Interesting
news has boon coming through
about somo of our mon In ser
vice that makes tha home folks
swell with pride. . , . There was
a story about Lloiitoniint John
Harding, who used to play In the
lino for the Pelicans, and who
skilfully pancaked a Flylngf")
Fortress In North Africa after it
hud been disabled by uttack on
a bombing mlnsion, , . , And
there wan another yarn about
Robert Ntiues, Klamath Falls,
who was cited as exemplary of
the fighting spirit of tho men of
the heavy cruiser Pensucola.
Folks ut homo are having their
rationing and food shortage
troubles, but wo haven't seen
anybody going hungry. , . , Out-1
tor and meat aren't as plentiful '
as they used to be. , , , Shoo ra
tioning slgn-ups aro set for the
middle of tho month, , , , Some
local people who live Inside the
city want to keep hogs as ono
way of meeting tho food prob
lem, and the city council has
been asked to rolux city ordi
nances to let them do It.
Southern Pacific has asked lo
cal business men and other city
workors to work on tho S, P.
tracks over weekends! making
up for manpower shortage. , , ,
Men of tho town are going to.
help the Red Cross moot Its'
quota , of 03,000 surgical dress
ings for overscus uso this month,
Tho Pelicans took Bend In a
couple of buskcthuil games last
weekend. , . , They still aren't
assured of a placo In the state
tournament at Salem,
This has been a real winter
here. . . . More snow than usual.
. . . There's still lot. of it
around town and on the nearby
hills. -
Industrial Hazard
Note for 1943
PORTLAND, Feb. 13 (P)
Frances Plasha's hair caught In
a machine at the Iron Fireman
plant last night.-
Condition of the 22-ycar-old
woman wua not serious.
Phone Tho Herald and News,
3124, to place classified ad.
INCOME TAX RETURNS
EXPERTLY PREPARED
Reasonable charges. W hive
II forms. Bring last year's
roturni. Appointments eve
nings and Sundays.
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Across From Courthouse
Evenings phone 6579 or 4439
Phone 6678
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Task Force
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