PAGE TWO
FIRE FIGHTING
PLANS LAID FOR
M SEASON
Coordination of fire protecting
agencies In KlBmath county, pre
paring for the 1943 fire season,
..... ji.omioM at a meetlna held
all day Wednesday In the offices
of John Snrglnson, ranger in
charge, Fremont national forest.
This year's program will fol
low that Inaugurated in 1943
with volunteer farm fire crews
working on areas not covered by
othor protection agencies. Other
agencies will assist in providing
leadership and training to volun
teer fire crews. It was brought
out that an educational program
is now going on in the upper
bracket schools and students will
be made available for fire fight
ing service tills year.
King Attends
Fire fighters are faced with a
serious man shortage problem
this year and will depend large
ly on volunteer workers and the
older high school students. Seri
ous aspects of the fire season
should be well considered by
southern Oregon residents, it
was stressed. Coordinated effort
on the part of all citizens, especi
ally while they are In the woods,
will do much to save manpower
and materials If individuals will
work to remove fire hazards and
take on the personal responsibil
ity of averting disaster.
Attending the meeting was Ar
thur. King, state coordinator of
the forest fire fighting service
and office of civilian defense;
Klamath Forest Protective assoc
iation officials, local OCD heads.
extension service employes, In
dian and U. S. forest service rep
resentatives and Don Norlan of
the local fire fighting service.
Three Per Cent
Soles Tax Issue
May Go to People
(Continued From Page One)
oatlne- In Oregon. Washington.
which has a sales tax, raises only
44 per cent ol Its touu income
by property taxes, he said.
Rep. Robert A. Bennett, Port
land, said the people are against
, the sales tax, it's the wrong time
to Introduce a controversial
measure, the tax merely would
be an added tax, it is an in
flationary tax, and would tax
persons least able to pay.
The bill would raise $20,000,
000 a year, of which 20 per cent
each would go for public welfare
and schools, and 60 per cent to
reduce property taxes.
Those favoring the sales tax:
Callaway; C h a d w I c k, Cutlip,
Dammasch, Deich, Dickson, El
lis, Engdahl, Gear in, Gile, Hall,
Hesse, Carl Hill, Jones, Kuratli,
Lags, Landon, Lleuallen, Marsh,
Martin, McAllister, Meyers,
Moore, Pier, Ramage, Rennie,
Semon, Snellsrotn, Snyder, Steel
hammer, Van Dyke, Wells and
Joe Wilson.
The unanimous vote in the
senate on the house school bill
was taken just before the senate
began consideration of a pro
posal to reduce income taxes
about 30 per cent starting with
payments made next year. The
house has voted to cut them 10
per cent this year and 11.62 per
cent starting with next year's
payments.
There was no criticism of the
school bill, although several sen
ators objected to the income tax
reduction measures because no
relief is given on payments made
this year.
Tulelake O. L. Hodges and
E. J. Welsh, both of Tulelake,
were in town Wednesday on
business.
Visitors Mrs. Ruby Prince,
Tulelake, was a visitor Wednes
day at the home of Mrs. Irene
Welsh, 516 Pine street.
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helping you to easy, nat
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grocers. Bat It regularly,
drink plenty of water and
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Your Last
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Potatoes
m vpanc.tsco. March 4
(AP-USDA) -Potatoes: 8 Califor
nia, 8 Idaho, 1 Washington, 3
Oregon. 2 Nevada, 1 Florida ar
rived, 8 unbroken, 12 broken
cars on track; no sales reported.
LOS ANGELES. March 4 (AP-USDAV-Potatoes:
3 California,
5 Idaho, 3 Utah arrived, 18 un
broken, 11 broken cars on track;
by truck 3 cars arrived; market
steady; Idaho Russets No. 1,
$2.89; No. Zs .o; dskois
CHICAGO, March CAP
TTcnN Pntnlncs. arrivals 4S;
r.rfc 7S: total US shipments
863; old stock; supplies very
light, practically no track trad
ing on account of lack of carlot
offerings; market in confusion;
new stock, supplies light, de
mand moderate; market steady;
no track sales reported; North
Dakota B1U" Triumphs, US No.
1. $3.40; Nebraska Bliss Tri
umphs. U. S. No. 2. $2.80; Maine
Chlppewas and Katahdins, US
No 1, $3,471-50; Florida bushel
crate Bliss Triumphs, US No. 1,
$2.73-85 per crate.
(Continued From Page One)
1 ht fnnl authorities who may
not be quoted, said today It may
be delayed until Apru w.
Points Not Disclosed
rt un loomed that food offi
cials had hoped to handle the
rationing of meats, DUtier, sua
nutvins fats and oils under
separate sets of coupons. How-
..... ration DOOK AO. WHS
Tint simpd IOr SUCH Uiw,
and officials decided that it
would take too long to prepare
and distribute new ones, par
ticularly when supplies of these
foods are being consumed at a
greater rate than the overall
supply situations believed to
warrant. .
mi.. Atni values of these
products were not disclosed;
neither was the number of
points which will be assigned
each consumer.
Lee Hing Has
Some Dog Worries
To Cope With
(Continued From Page One)
premises last year when he
served as sanitary inspector,
in th front yard of Lee
Hing's residence, police officers
found a long brown nogs wu.
The rest of the dog was not
fnn4 Lm Hina had told offi
cers that "dogs are good eat
ing!" Officers are still wonder
ing. r-v,;. of Police Earl Heuvel.
making an investigation with
his men, said one of Lee Hing's
hounds attacked and bit an of
ficer. He said the sanitation
nroblem was "something."
TOO LATE TO
CLASSIFY
OIL TO BURN For Union
heating oils phone 8404, riiam
ath Oil Co, 615 Klamath Ave.
3 -31m
WANT TO BUY or rent Gas
motor suitable for cordwood
saw or similar. Phone 8441.
3-4
OIL BURNERS Chimneys-
Furnaces. Complete service.
Phone 7149. 3-17
FURNISHED home; with piano.
Close in. Also sleeping and
housekeeping rooms. Very rea
sonable. Phone 7058. 3-4
THREE-ROOM modern furnish
ed house, 2552 Shasta way.
3-6
THREE-ROOM furnished apart
ment, 5 blocks irom wain
street. Adults only. No pets.
Inoulre 609 Lincoln. 3-6
FOR SALE Three-room modern
home. Basement furnace, gar-
and larden snace. fenced
Terms. Hugh Woodard, 1522
Siskiyou. 3-6
WANTED Woman to help with
young child and nouseworK.
No washing. Good wages. Call
6419. 3-5
O-nrnnriOM HOME and three
apartments. Hardwood floors
throughout. Very close In. Un
furnished, income near $2000
per year. Price $10,500. $5000
will handle. Call 5480. 3-5
HAVE YOUR INDIVIDUAL IN
COME tax returns made at
Interstate Business College,
432 Main. Charges reasonable.
3-4
FURNISHED APARTMENT
3-room, automatic gas heat,
fine view. $35. Hot and cold
water furnished. Drew'a Man-
store. 3-0
H111BT0
USE WAR BOOK TWO
IMTILIEIE'S
m W
ALLIES FALL
BAGKQN NORTH
TUNISIAN LINE
(Continued from Page One)
and raised an increasing threat
to Orel to the south, In evident
determination to wipe out once
and for all the German menace
to the soviet capital.
RAF Strikes
southeast of Kharkov in the
Ukraine, however, the Germans
claimed a further success in their
vti,ntArnffonftivA that is men
acing the Russian flank, and de
clared that SlavyansK, a vuai
Donets valley railway hub about
miriwsv hetween Rostov and
Kharkov, had been recaptured.
The RAF, neeaiess oi com
paratively weak German efforts
at retaliation for the destruc
tive assault on Berlin Monday
night, renewed its hammer blows
at vital reicn targets last nujnt
,..ith a heavv four-motored
bombing raid on Hamburg which
it was indicated was almost as
severe as the attacks on Cologne,
St Nazaire and Berlin during
the' past week.
Tt was the eiehth consecutive
niht aesanlt bv the RAF. and
indications that the round-the-
clock offensive was continuing
tnrinv were seen in the silence
of the Danish radio.
Th. ,-alH cost the British 10
planes, the British announced.
Th alliprf North African com
munique said the British eighth
army had repulsed axis imaniry
attacking eastward from the
Marpth line and added, "the
has reinforced his in
fantry with tanks in mis area.
Allies Near Faid
Th allied occunation of Sidi
Bouzid again placed allied forces
within striding distance oi uu
pass whence they had been dis
inricpd hv the armored drive on
Rommel February 14. At the
same time allied patrols were re
nnrteW within a few miles from
Gaisa to the south, evacuated.
by French and Americans when
they were threatened Dy encir
clement from Sidl Bouzid.
The allied withdrawal was in
the Sedjenane area, 12 miles
from the coast and about 40
miles west of Bizerte. after the
infliction of heavy casualties on
the Germans.
178 Londoners
Die as Woman
Trips on Stairs
(Continued from Page One)
the entrance of a London tube
shelter causing the death by suf
focation ot a numoer or peopie.
"According to accounts so far
received, shortly after the air
raid alert sounded, substantial
numbers of people were maxing
their way as usual towards the
shelter entrance.
"There were nearly 2000 In
the- shelter, including several
hundred who arrived after the
alert, when a middle-aged wom
an burdened with a bundle and
a baby tripped near the foot of a
flight of 19 steps which leads
down from the street.
"This flight terminates on a
landing. Her fall tripped an el
derly man behind her and he
fell similarly.
"Their bodies again tripped up
those behind them and within a
few seconds a large number of
people were lying on the lower
steps and the landing, complete
iy niocKine tne stairway.
"Those coming in from the
street rnnlrl not see evactlv what
had taken place and continued to
nress down the stens so that.
within a minute, there were nun
dreds of people crushed togeth
er and Ivinff on ton of one anoth
er, covering the landing and the
lower steps.
"By the time it was possible
to extricate the bodies it was
foitnH that a total at nresent est!
mated at 178 had died and that a
further 60 were In need of hos
pital treatment.
Always read the classified ads
Boon Oixn it 1:M snd HU
"CITY OF
SILENT MEN"
with JUHt LANQ
PRANK ALBSRTSOM
3 BIG HITBI
LAST DAY!
J AUDI
(Continued Trom Page One)
direction of conservatism) says:
"Our decisive success can not
fall to have the most Important
results on the enemy's strategic
and tactical plans. His cam
paign, for the tlne being at least,
is COMPLETELY DISLOCAT
ED." W7HEN the great news Is read to
W ,k. Australian nnrliament.
Its members rise and cheer wild
ly. They know this astonishing
victory has removed for the
present the fear of Jap invasion.
SO much for the great news
from tha flchtlnff front in the
South Seas. The news from the
home front lsn t so good.
AT this very moment of decls-
iv riamnnstratlon of the tre
mendous importance of airplanes
in moHarn warfare, there are
mutterlngs of discontent In the
air Industry of the west toasi
that SUPPLIES the rijftKM
for us in the South Pacific,
where the Jap is being met and
held. There are hints that this
discontent might flame Into work
stoppage.
Without undertaking to enter
here into the merits of the con
troversy (which has many angles)
we should keep clearly In mind
that these troubles on the home
front have their root in MONti.
The troubles our men taee on
the fighting fronts in the South
Seas HAVE TO DO WITH
LIVES.
Boeing Plant
Seethes as WLB
Awards Raise
(Continued From Page One)
In wages Is not sufficient." Tay
lor said. 'The aircraft workers
should get an increase propor
tionate to the higher cost of liv
ing. Even In the face of this
very inadequate increase, how
ever, I hope there will be no stop
page of work. The Issue may be
adjusted satisfactorily in some
manner, eventually."
The Boelne management has
aereed that wage Increases
amonff ATnnloveS was lUStified.
Dave Reck, international vice
president of the Teamsters' un
ion, who saw no Justification of
last week's half shift walkout by
Boeing workers to attend a mass
rally, was equally critical of the
warn1.
"I think It Is terrible," Beck
said. "It certainly is not produc
tive of nreventlne Industrial dis
turbances and It lowers thi pres
tige and standing of the war la
bor board.
Harold Gibson, president of
the union district lodge, said he
had no comment to make on
whether the decision, offering a
il eent an hour increase in start
ing pay, would have a place on
the mass meeting program, ar
ranged beiore me hld veruici
tut hnnHMt Hown.
Gibson said the meeting was
called "to lay our case before the
people and rally our member-
shiD in an attempt to avert a cat
astrophe."
Asked what he meant Dy ca
astronhe " he ranlied:
"It is beyond my power to
force people at Boeing to work
for starvation wages when they
pun an elsewhere anrl set mora.
They have waited a long time
for an equitable adjustment ot
their pay, and mis aecision oi me
WLB is just a siap in tne iace.
The union had asked for a 95-
cent hiring-in rate to place the
aircraft industry on an approxi
mate par with the shipbuilding
and other war industries here.
Scale before the labor board ver
dict was 621 cents.
A Phiratfn woman was arrest-
erf for smashing- a shOD window.
Probably saw a hat Just like hers
for less money.
LAST DAYI
JOE E. BROWN
"Daring Young Man"
ana
"SIS HOPKINS"
TOMORROWI
A Horrific Double
Thrill and
Shudder Showl
An Invisible Hand
Strlkesl
with
Bbockingl
Socklngl
a itra
taril . Pwtl CtrljMI
Utart W.r NSWS
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CMIDLIIDimiEM" -
I.J.
DIES AFTER
Mary Jane Metier, 19, charter
member of the Klamath Falls
Commando unit and daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Motlor,
2927 Biabee street, died late
Wednesday afternoon at Klam
ath Valley hospital following a
brief illness.
Ml. Motlor was a native of
Spokane, Wash., and would have
been 20 years old this montn.
At the time of her passing she
was amnlnved In the soil conser
vation office. Miss Metier was
an actlva member of the Com
manrios. was graduated from
Klamath Union high school
where she was a member of Pep
Peppers, a member of Daugh
ters of Job, Bethel No. 6, and
Altaniont Presbyterian church.
Tn addition to her Barents
Mlsa Metier Is survived by two
hrnthara. Harold and Jimmie.
and her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. William H. Metier. Funer
al announcement will be made
later by Ward's.
F
SOUNDS INCREDIBLE
(Continued from Page One)
nal runs Let's shoot the blank
Zeros at nine o'clock Zeros
at nine o'clock (indicating the
position of attacking enemy
planes) Zeros at three o clock
.Zeros at three o dock
"Well, that's another one down
two to go It's Just like you
see in the movies zeros at ten
o'clock Let's get out of her!
there's too blank many That
was a rough deal lor the Japs
Newspapers Hailed
As Vital Factor
In Winning of War
WASHINGTON, March 4 (P)
The nation's newspapers were
hailed today by Representative
Halleck (R-Ind.) as "one of the
most essential and vital factors
in. the winning of the war."
In a speech In the house, the
Indianan assailed "bureaucratic"
critics of the press, asserting
that "they are self-anointed, but
if I were to phoose hetween the
bureaucrats and tho newspapers
lor a guardian ot tne xignts ot
men, I would unhesitatingly
ohoose the newsnaners." i
"There are some In the vari
ous offices of government who
Heerv the imrjortanca of the
newsnaner. who sneer at them
as an institution," he said, "yet
I cannot neip dui oDserve tne
atena thev falce to surround
themselves with writers and
publicists whose sole purpose Is
to see mat tneir oauy output is
printed by tne newspapers.
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Hw u-,ts
with
John King David Sharpe
Added Hits
Mews Cartoon Serial
BRIEF ILLNESS
J0H AYH
11 at.iasn'.g
tow1.
-i , 1 1
Helen Jepson Conceri Set;
New Concert
Helen Jepson, whose lovely
vol,-, was first heard at the
Metropolitan Opera house op
posite Lawrence i iudou, win ap
pear tomorrow night. Friday, at
n nvioi-k on the Pelican theatre
stage, ending the concert series
sponsored this year by tne Klam
ath Community Concert associa
tion.
Simultaneously the drive for
F
trniirteen nersnns were fliven
final naturalization Damn's in a
hearing held Wednesday In Clr-
cult Judge David it. vancion
hAn,1, potirtroom.
The new citizens are: Paul Al
bert Mnrtln, Erna Dletsche, Car
men Marv Charlotte McGoran.
Mini Pheehv. Teresa Callse.
r.. viahoa Frnnk Henrv Sass-
tedt. John Denis Fleming, wait
Olio Maaranon, Mamie) Codega,
Nels Ernest Friesen, William
August Badorck, Domlnick Hocf
Ini and .lohn H. i'OX.
A short talk was made to the
new citizens bv Mrs. Mona
Dixon, regent of the local chap
tor of the dak.
Brighter Picture
Painted of War
On China Front
rmiNOKING. March 4 (IT)
A brighter picture of the mill
tnrv situation In China was
painted today by a Chinese army
spokesman, who said mat japan-
eso drives In K. aniisu and mans
si provinces had more or less
failed, while in western Yunnan
the enemy's thrusts on the bal
ween front had been checked.
Whether the Jananesa will
launch tholr threatened all-out
offensive now depends on wheth
er enemv reserves belnf held at
various points are thrown into
action, the spokesman occiarea.
.Tanannse tronns at nresent en-
oaced in operations on the vari
ous fronts "appear to have lost
their fighting spirit, ne aaoco.
Dr. Francis Peak
Commissioned; Will
k A I '
Leave nere rvonaay
Dr. Francis W. Peak, Klamath
Falls dentist, has received a com-
ml nn as first lieutenant in me
United States army and will
leave Mondav for tho scrvlco.
Dr. Peak will report to the
air field at Lajunta. Colorado.
He has practiced dentistry
here for the past oecaae or more
There Will Ne ttmn
procram Tomorrow Due I
the Communllv Oonttrt
Program!
, The Next
Big One Start
SATURDAY
At Noon!
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Drive to Upen
1043-44 members opens and
llin.n wlm are ahln to rill BO Sl'e
urged to renew their member
ship In the association which li
open to all residents of the Klam
ath basin.
WorWers are now stnrtlnl! On
their lists and It Is hoped that
there will lie luu per ccm re
newals Mnmherthin chairman
this year Is Mrs. Martin Swan-
son with Mis. r. tocil A cm inl
and Mrs. George Myers as co
chairmen and Mrs. Claude 11.
Davis as secretary. Dr. F. Cecil
Adams Is this year's president.
Already the association has
signed up the Columbia all star
opera quartet mucin up of such
shining names as Nino Martini,
Igor Gorln, Josephine Tumlnla
anri Helen niheim. This will
be the stellar attraction (or the
coming season and the greater
the membership, tlie more at
tractive will be the program next
year.
There are no reserved seats
for Friday niuht's concert, and
no tickets will be sold at the
door. All visiting service men
aro Invited to attend tho concert
as guests of the association.
Partial Military
Rule Clamped On
Spanish Civilians
LONDON. March 4 Mi') The
German-controlled Paris radio
reported today from Madrid
that tlia Snanlsh cabinet had
met twice within the pust 4U
hours to discuss a nuniuur oi
Important questions relating to
Internal policy.
Tho broadcast, recorded by
Uie Associated Press, suld tho
cablnot had partially restored
inllltnrv lurlsdlctlon over civil
ians, which was abolished utter
the civil war. Measures also
were decided upon for suppres
sion of rumors detrimental to
the security of the stale, the
broadcast said.
At the same time the Berlin
radio reported from Madrid that
contingents Ol opanisn volun
teers had departed irom sun
Kehastian and I run yestorday
cn route to the Russian ironi.
Flames Destroy
I Roofing Plant
In Portland
pfinTLAND. Ore.. March 4
im rinmes that destroyed the
J. E. Berkhelmer company plant
laat.niaht caused . $50,000 dam
age, Fire Investigator' William
Goerz reported today.
Ho said the tire apparently
started from an explosion in the
asphalt distilling room.
Luscious Beauty..
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GOAL 15 BRIGHT
Klamath county's gonl of BOO
gardens, planted by 411 club
boys and girls, appears bright
according to C. C. Jenkins, 4-H
club agent, following a visit to
various schools in the county
this week.
"We will start signing up H
club mombors this coming
work," Jenkins stated, "and both
garden and canning clubs will
be organized In our Food for
Freedom program. The work of
getting leaders (or these clubs
will also gel under way next
week."
Jenkins said that student body
meetings, Including all boys and
girls from tho fifth grade through
the senior year in nign scnoni,
resulted In much interest in mm i
food projects.
YANKS LOSE FIVE
(Continued from Pago One) 4
piloted by Capt, Clifton Pyle of
Marshall, Tex.
"Three rocke-wuiis come
,1. .nlrl Tucker. "One of them
caino in high at 3 o'clock (off
the right bcum.) 1 wanoa unui
he was about 700 yards away
nnd thon let him nave 11.
"I saw his prop slow down
and he started going down and
then, after a lime wiuie, some
hannoncd because the
plane Just seemed to blow up.
It went all to pieces.
BOMBERS IN III
Absenteeism Costs "
U. S. 100 Ships a
Year, Asserts Land
wARiilNfiT March 4 (VP)
Chairman r tory S. Land of the
marltimo commission, testified
today that "illegitimate absen
teeism" among shipyard worxers
was costing an estimated 100
Llborty ships annually.
. Rear Admiral Land endorsed
legislation doalgnod to curb ab
senteeism by requiring shipyard
foremen to report to local draft
boards the names 01 worxers so
sent without sufficient cause,
with a view to possible induction
Into the armed forces.
. His estimate that 100 cargo
.......In emiM he huilt in the time
uniiocossarily lost during a year
was based, Land told the house
naval committee, on a survey
made during November and De
cember of 1042 and January of
this year.
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TODAY
Doer Open
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