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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
March. 21, 1943
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MALCOLM EPLEY
Uanagi Editor
Today's Roundup News Behind the News
Br MALCOLM EPLEY
APPOINTMENT of Arthur Schaupp to the
highway commission, forecast In this col
umn earlier In the week, gives KlamBth county
v . v.,. v,a recognlUon it long deserves,
l"-m- 1 but do not expect terrific
If -2 highway development to occur
I ' 1 J ln tnls vicinity in ine near
'V'SVCtN ; 1 future because we have at last
li"C,H f I landed a Klamath man on the
k ! commission
Fnr one thinn. highway de-
I votnnment of any kind is
I Vs fh t I Pre y well stymied until after
I V $v f I the war, but there Is the
Miaylk:.aUi further fact that any man of
EPLEY the calibre to deserve highway
commission appointment will adopt a broad,
statewide viewpoint as against narrow section
alism. There have probably been instances
where men on the commission spent their ef
forts getting roads, built in front of their prop
erty, but those cases have been exceptions,
and Mr. Schaupp Is not of that stripe.
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Pass 'Em Around
ON THE other hand, It Is good policy to
pass the commission appointments around
to various sections of the state, particularly
those of vital highway significance such as
Klamath county. This tends to produce a state
wide Influence on the whole highway policy,
and to bring attention to those areas and pro
ject which deserve it.
State highways ln the Klamath country not
only deserve further development, but they
deserve to be better publicized. There can be
fairer treatment of them, than they have re
ceived, In the highway department's signing
program. Not enough has been done to make
the traveling public realize that a logical coast
wise route from the Willamette valley as well
as east of the Cascades to southern points lies
through here.
Mr. Schaupp, the new commissioner from
this county, has not been connected in particu
lar with highway development efforts In various
civic organizations. But he is a man of ability,
. intelligence, and broad viewpoint, and he can
be counted upon to render good service to the
community and the state in the new position,
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Background Incidents
SOME Interesting Incidents occurred In con
nection with the appointment of the com
missioner, some of them with considerable
political significance.
. In the first place, there was a general feel
ing here that any pushing and pulling between
candidates should be avoided. While as many
as a dozen names may have been mentioned to
Governor Snell, there was no outbreak of bitter
competition which would have jeopardized the
appointment of a Klamath man to the post. Mr.
Schaupp was the man upon whom the gov
ernor's closest advisors in the county agreed.
Just before the appointment was made, some
musing stories emanated from Salem, as a re
sult of a visit to the governor by State Senator
Marshall Cornett and Elmer Balsiger, local au
tomobile dealer, both good friends of Snell. The
story was started that Cornett was to receive
tha appointment, but later was rescinded and
Senator Cornett was described as a "John
Alden" who asked for somebody else.
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New Year's Politics
IP HE had asked for himself Senator Cornett
could probably have had the appointment,
but it is known that he is interested in running
either for the United States senate or the state
senate next year. The highway commission Job
did not fit into his plans.
If Senator Cornett runs for the state senate
and is elected, he has a chance of becoming
president of the senate in 1945. If he runs for
the United States senate, he will seek the seat
now held by Senator Rufus Holman, and during
the flurry of rumors Just before the highway
post appointment, his name was connected with
the United States senate race.
Senator Holman probably will seek reelection.
Governor Snell and ex-Governor Sprague are
two possible candidates. All of these men, in
cluding Senator Cornett, are republicans, and
there will be no dearth of democratic candidates
there never is.
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Klamath county not only has never before
bad a man on the highway commission, but it
has never had a man in either the upper or '
lower houses of congress. That Cornett is even
thinking about running for the United States
enate is highly Interesting news ln this neck
of the woods.
It is a bit early, however, to do anything
but speculate as to what will happen on this
situation. One prediction Is pretty certain
Cornett will run for the senate next year
state or U. S.
No, folks, those trucks In town this morning
were not bound for the rumored Upper Klamath
lake naval base. They were going to another
project some considerable distance farther away.
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Every family needs a rationing specialist.
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By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, March 24 Men In their
own dally live seem to me to have set
a pretty good example for the planners of the
post-war world.
No man lives entirely to
himself, yet no man sacrifices
his integrity or his ideals to
another. He gets along with
his neighbors, holding opposite
views in a friendly and co
operative spirit, but he does
not sacrifice his own views. '
It is within this scope that
he practices brotherly love in
his own daily life. He does
MALLON not practice it to the idealistic
extent of trying to love his next-door neighbor
as much as his immediate family.
It is only natural for a man to care for
those who are around him more than those who
are distant. He always will.
The same is true to an international extent
among nations. Each nation first considers Its
own or should. After that, it gets along with
its neighbors in an agreeable, friendly, negoti
ated spirit as best it can.
Not all get along with all. But each adopts
Itself to the realities of existence which are the
common laws of each individual man ln his
work, his life, and his community.
No individual that I ever heard of carries
brotherly love to the extent of taking his
weekly pay check and going up and down the
neighborhood distributing it either to friends
or foes, or both alike. -
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Distribution of Riches
CERTAINLY, he does not borrow money
from his family so to speak, to distribute
even more than he earns or that he can afford.
If any. Individual man did such things, he
would be considered a fool.
Yet proposals have been made that we do
collectively what each of us knows to be fool
ish, as far as he himself is concerned. No nation
can expect to ' live alone Just as no man can
live alone. Inter-dependency is also a natural
lawP'"-"
But to carry it in a post-war settlement be
yond the practical .point, which each man has
set for himself In his own way of living, is,
to my mind, to carry it into the realm of inv
practicability. It will not work.
But if we adopt the common sense individual
basis, it would not be necessary for us to sacri
fice our national; ideals a bit, or open our
national purse of the people's money any wider
than is sensible to live agreeably with the other
fellow.
We can protect ourselves by maintaining our
own army and navy alertly and fully to assure
us peace and protection at home. We need not
adopt any foreign notions as to how govern
ment should be conducted. We do not have to
go half-way to them with a sacrifice of our
ideals,
Men and nation of Integrity do not sacrifice
ideals, and the few who try are not respected,
and generally are not successful, or at least do
not live in peace and comfort with themselves
and others,
Patriotism and national self-interest cannot
be compromised. It should run as deep as its
inherent spiritual belief. No man worthy of
his salt expects to compromise his fundamental
religious ideals, whether it be atheism, agnos
ticism, buddhism, Christianity, or Judaism.
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Halfway Measures
k J ANY seriously religious-minded Americans
IVI do not stop to think that they would be
deeply offended if anyone proposed that they
compromise their Methodist, Baptist or Catholic
beliefs half-way to Buddhism or Agnosticism.
They would not think of whittling down their
beliefs half-way to the Mohammedans and ex
pect the Mohammedans to meet them in a post
war world at some point called "X" halfway
between them,
Yet, in international politics, where the na
tional Ideal of the United States is concerned
they . listen to suggestions that as Stalin is
coming half-way toward democracy, we should
carry democracy half-way toward him, and,
unthinkingly, nod their heads in affirmation
at least that 1 the way it seems to me.
They would certainly not nod their heads,
but rise in righteous Indignation if Buddha
sent missionaries to the United States to convert
their flock half-way to Buddhism.
Therefore, I think the foundation of the
current argument is all wrong. The impression
has been built up that a man is a irreconcilable
epithet if he does not believe ln what Mr.
Wallace suggested, or that he is a so-and-so
conservative trying to go back to the old in
ternational ways.
There has been no such thing as a status quo
in the world that I have been able to observe
in my lifetime. Certainly there is no part of
the history of this world of International rela
tions of strife from the beginning that anyone
wants to go back to, as far as I have been able
to observe.
The course must always be ahead. But ln
plotting that course, idealism will serve us only
if it is constructive, and I think the practical
idealism of the average man in getting along
with the people around him In his daily life
will serve the nations a good example. Any
stronger idealism would not have a solid basis
in human instinct.
SIDE GLANCES
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"Oh, George, you needn't carry on so because I trumped
your old ace suppose you were in Africa being bombed
all the timel"
Blazing Action Stories
Told by Commando Guests
Eugene Man Kills
Self, Daughter in
Domestic Quarrel
EUGENE, March 24 W Two
parson were dead and a third
erlously wounded after a do
mestic tragedy in which. John
B. Frye, 55, Goshen, last night
shot and killed his 10-year-old
daughter, seriously wounded his
wife and then took his own life.
According to reports received
by State Police Officer Del Bates
from a 14-year-old daughter who
escaned from th hlnnHnotfarttM
I house to a neighbor's home, the
shootings occurred after her
father and mother argued over
possession of a wedding ring.
Frye used a shotgun, firing four
shells.
There would be a whole lot
more ambition ln this world if it
didn't use up so much energy.
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first salvo hit In the bridge of
the destroyer and we continued
shelling for 31 minutes. I was
the gun captain on the number
one gun. While firing, a Jap
shell hit tlie barrel on our num
ber one gun, causing the ship to
be on fire and this caused the
explosion of a huge diesel oil
tank.
"I received a shattered femur
in my leg. I pulled myself up
over the lite line and dropped in
to the sea. I was picked up out
of the water six hours later and
was put on the beach at Guadal
canal. At 12:30 there was a Jap
air raid a quarter of a mile from
where I was on the beach. The
concussion from the bombs was
so strong it threw me out of my
cot. Coconuts from the trees
overhead came down like a rain
storm on me.
"While I was still in the water,
before I was picked up, throe
Japs came up in a small life
boat while I was hanging with
one arm around part ot the mast
of the ship. With my free arm
I killed the three Japs with my
gun so I wouldn't be taken pris
oner of war.
"I was taken from Guadalcan
al to a base hospital in the South
Pacific and was returned to the
United States on November 13,
1942. This trip to Klamath Falls
has meant a great deal to me as
I still have several months ahead
of me in the hospital at Mare is
land, said . nipes.
Wayne Fogelstrom, 20, radio
man, 3c, from Shawnee, Okla.,
is another sailor visiting here. He
was on the USS California, a
flagship of the navy, that was
sunk at Pearl Harbor, December
7, 1941. He was on a 5-lnch anti
aircraft battery. Young Fogel
strom was on the rear admiral's
staff. He was wounded from
eight pieces of shrapnel In his
legs, was burned all over his
body from oil, and wounded
from conclusion. He has been
ln the hospital for 14 months, is
still on crutches, and hopes to be
out of the hospital in six more
months.
"When the radio room was
blown up, I went down and got
on an anti-aircraft gun. I was
wounded in the last wave of
bombers that came over. When
our ship was hit I went over the
port side of the forecastle Into a
motor launch while the Japs
were trying then to strafe us,"
said Fogelstrom.
Fogelstrom said of the Red
Cross and their work in getting
Telling'
The Editor
letters printed here must ml ba mora
than laa word in lonilh, mual ba w,ll
tan legibly on ONI HOI ol tha pan,
only, and mual ba eig'ied. Oonlilbullana
following ihaaa tulat, ara warmly wet,
eome.
C. HURN.
blood banks, "I have had nine
blood transfusions. If I had not
have had them I would never
have lived. I have beon operat
ed on nine times and expect to
have three more before I am dis
charged from the hospital."
Raymond Russell, machinist
mate, 2c, is 24 and his home Is
Indianapolis, ind. He was on a
destroyer for 11 months over
seas in 1942. Ho did duty from
Scotland to the Rock of Gibral
tar and from there to Malta. He
was in a landing party with the
marines at Guadalcanal on Aug
ust 7, and in battle, August 0.
He was on the only destroyer
in the U. S. navy to sink a Jap
anese battleship." We shot down
five Jap planes, sank a Jap
cruiser, a Jap destroyer, and
were lucky enough to get our
ship back into port. In a battle
on November 13, we wero out
numbered by the Japs two to
one. The captain on our de
stroyer before this battle started
gave us the orders to 'eliminate
or be eliminated.' " - Russell was
wounded in this battle on No
vember 13. Concussion caused a
tumor on his brain. After he re
turns from Klamath Falls to the
naval hospital he will have an
other operation on his head. I
Floyd Colglazier, 22-ycars-old,
pharmacist mate, 3c, is g the monsoon period.
Maywood, Calif. He was on!
the USS Hornet, aircraft carrier
which was sunk off the Santa
Cruz islands (west of the Solo,
mon islands,) on October 26.
"We shot down 154 Jap
planes. The aircraft carrier was
put out of commission and wo
sunk it ourselves before we aban
doned it," said Colglazier. "I
was wounded ln the first battle.
A 1000-pound bomb passed about
15 feet from where I was stand,
ing. You do not have to be hit
by anything but the concussion
pushes up the deck faster then
your body can rise. I had my
left heel broken and my right
leg. I was given morphine, taken
off the aircraft carrier and put
on a destroyer and was then
taken to a base hospital in the
South Pacific. I was brought
back to the United States in ear
ly January, 1943."
Colglazier has a sister who Is
an army nurse at Walla Walla,
Wash. Before joining the navy
he was taking pre-medics at the
University of Southern California.
INCONSISTENT
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (To
the Editor): Tho recont letter
of Mr. Chltwood, Inviting com
ment upon hli article regard
ing the backing on the prohlbl
tlon repeal efforts of so many
prominent Industrial and bus!
ncss leaders, moves mo to call
his attention to the name ot
one not listed by him. Prcs At-
terbury, of tho Pennsylvania
RR, was one of tho curliest and
most ardent movers to repeal,
yet early railroad history dis
closes that to-Atterbury li as
cribed ihe major credit for
Rule G' or the drinking rule.
The inconsistency of his 1 stand
for repeal yet In no wlso slack
ening the rigid enforcement of
Rule G on HIS railroad In any
wise, makes one wonder how
he now has escaped being
plnced as a Number One man
in Washington in charge of
some vital phase of govern
mental' activity. Atterbury may
be dead by now but that need
not be a bar In any sense for
duty In Washington.
Thank you.
WM.
2200 Madisbn St.
EDITORIALS ON
NEWS
(Continued from Pago One)
front about 25 feet apart, that
is.
So far, they havo failed to
break through.
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VflORE detailed news from
Burma comes finally today
from AP correspondent Frank
Martin at Calcutta. It isn't too
good, but Isn't disastrously bad.
Martin says the British have
failed to crush the Japs on the
Mayu peninsula (at whose tip
lies Akyab) and have even failed
to hold their own positions, but,
ho says, have
1. Killed Japs.
2. Gained valuable experience
ln jungle warfare.
3. FRUSTRATED any plan
the Jap's may have had to Invade
India before the monsoons start.
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tJB adds thot tho British must
now reodjust their forces to
positions that can be supplied
during tho monsoon rains.
In other words, tho Jnps have
come out ahead In the Burma
fighting, but not decisively. '
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TPHE monsoons, which are due
to break in a few weeks, are
something. Upwards of 300 in
ches of rain frequently falls dur-
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Famine has infested India
more than any other country In
all history.
-JENERAL EAKER, American
air commander in England,
reports today that in 51. U. S.
daylight bombing operations in
Europe so far we've knocked
down 358 enemy planes with a
loss of only 90 American bomb
ers.
This means, he says, that tho
experimental period for daylight
precision bombing is now past
and this American departure In
air fighting is definitely estab
lished as practical, without un
economic losses,
OE adds:
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American bombers can now
go to ANY target In Germany
and beat off enemy fighters on
their way there and back. I
anticipate we'll have a big
enough force by midsummer that
we won't give a damn whether
they know we're coming or not.
The more fighters thoy put up,
the more we'll knock down."
FUNNY BUSINESS
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"He insists on getting his music practice every day at 3
Adolph's Baker Held
By FBI Describes
Hitler Concoctions
NEW YORK, March 24 (AP)
Adolf Hitler's former baker,
who concocted pastries for the
nazl elite guard and storm
troopers at Hitler' retreat at
Berchtcsgaden, . Germany, hos
been apprehended by FBI
agents as an enemy alien,. It
was announced today.
E. E. Conroy, special agent in
charge of the FBI, said tho 40-year-old
baker told him he
came here from Berchtcsgaden
In 1937, and had been cm
ployed In a well-known West
42nd street restaurant.
He described ln detail to
agents banquets he had helped
prepare for the nazl and said
he had seen Hitler on several
occasions.
To all American the Ideal of
a world peace is every present.
We have done a good Job on tho
western hemisphere in establish
ing and maintaining peaceful re
lations. The underneath people
of the world havo looked to us
for leadership. We must not fail
them. Alf M. London.
Cheer upl It's a lot bolter to
merely be pressed by the in
come taxes than to be taken oil
tho way to the cleaner.
Han Norland Insurance.
Armv Nurae Virginia Crclll exnlnlns to Red Cross correapondonf
Gcot'KO L. Moorad thot this sliin cnloiccs Army taboo on dounhi
boys Invading nurncs' orcu nt American Odd hospital in Now,
Gulnaa.
Local Man Safe After Being
Torpedoed on African Trip
The harrowing exnorlonco of
being torpedoed ot lieu was the
lot of Ernest Moser, roturnlng
missionary from tho Fronch
Cameroon, Afrleu, according to
word received here today by Mo
sor's fathcr-ln-law, R. II. Dunbnr,
local insuranco man.
Moser hos been gone for more
thun two and one-half yenrs ond
was en route homo by boat whun
the craft was sunk. All passen
gers wuro landed safely in Ber
muda, but their clothing and
personal effects wero lost. Mainr
was brliiKlng a shipment of ba
boons, ullltiators, snakes and
monkeys to one of the Ducks, big
gome hunters, to be placed In
zoos. Ihe reptiles and animals
wero lost. Ono woman passen
ger suffered ncvcro Injuries,
Mosnr said, but other than that
and "arriving in scant clothing,''
tluiro ware no other casualties.
The missionary, who wus to bn
met by Ills wife, tho former Edna
Dunbur, In Salt Lake City this
week, had tried for more then
ono month to rnnch this country
by clipper. Ho finally found
passnijo on u "fast boat." This
was the craft sunk In tho Atlan
tic, although no official con
firmation has born received of
tho torpedoing. Moscr flow by
clipper from Bermuda to Now
York.
Tho MoMtrx plan to spend one
week in Utah and then continue
to Berkeley, where the mission
ary will greet his two young
doiightcrs. They will come to
Klamath Falls later.
Hill
SAN FRANCISCO, March 24
(AP) Reports that California
streams would be closed to
trout fishermen this year be
cause of the wor wero scotched
today by George P. Miller, ex
ecutive secretory of tho state
division of fish ond game.
"Tho trout season will open
as usual on May 1 ln Califor
nia," ho announced, adding that
his division, In line with Presi
dent Roosevelt's views that tho
people need relaxation In war
time, had gone ahead with
program that contomplatot a
catch grantor than last year's.
It is right to make provision
for u money Income for oil our
people, but we must remember to
see to It that we so organize eco
nomic life that wo are able to
provide the wenlth out of which
must come the money. British
Deputy Prlmo Minister Clement
R. Alice.
Liberty has IL origin In the
sense that men must be able to
worship God as their con
sciences direct. Itvliglou liber
ty wus tho herald of political lib
erty or tho source of the claim
of It. Archbishop of Canterbury.
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