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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
March 28, 1043
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MALCOLM EPLEY
Manafiiryg Editor
Today's Roundup News Behind the News
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By MALCOLM EPLEY
IT LOOKS like big year on the farms of tha
Klamath country. With the fertilizer prob
lem apparently being worked out and potato
1 J laar.
.ar growing, ijc.ti..c v.. U-J-
land, this year s potato proauc
tion should top all records.
There are certain "ifs In
that prediction and the biggest
V i one- ot course' has to d0 with
Vw '.. mant)0wer. All of the cooper-
-'f ative effort which came
f? through to save the 1942 crop
Urittfl will have to be reaouDiea wis
feevJeti year U problem 18 t0 b
EPLEY If advance recognition of the
problem means anything, we will not be caught
abort. A lot of people are talking about it and
lot el people are working on it. Certainly,
by tha time our situation is most serious the
autumn harvest period the manpower problem
as it affects agriculture, will be pretty well
ironed out on a national basis.
If it isn't, the Lord help tha nation but
van so, locally, wa may still be able to do
something about it. What was done last fall
can be greatly expanded if necessary. It will
probably be necessary.
The recent news that families in Oklahoma
war being Invited to go west to help on the
farms appears to have some local significance.
Representatives of the FSA told us that much
recently, and promised more information which
has not yet come through.
Tha U. S. employment service reports that
9 far, it has been able to fill most calls for
cpring farm work. However, the spring pro
gram is just getting started. The demand for
help will increase steadily from now on.
Fertilizer Big News .
FERTILIZER ordinarily isn't a subject for ex
citing news, but has become a pretty im
portant item in the local prints in the past
few weeks. It was no joking when it was
disclosed that a shortage existed here at a
time when farmers were preparing to go info
the spring planting program. Without an ade
quate supply of fertilizer, the whole plan here
for increasing potato production in one of the .
west's most valuable potato growing districts
was in jeopardy.
Apparently, this fact was put across to the
powers that be, and a fairly adequate supply
has been assured from a federal source. - It is
to be hoped this comes through as pledged at
this week's meeting. : " .,
Tha army found Klamath potatoes important
enough that it took all of the No. 1 grade in
this area for a period of more than a month.
If there are going to be potatoes for similar
use pext winter and spring, fertilizer will have
to be on hand to be used in producing them
this year.
-a-
Smoke Continues
SENATOR McNARVS report of "nothing do
ing" on the rumored base on Upper Klam
ath lake has failed to stop the flow of rumors.
More of them, some sounding more substantial
than ever, have been heard since the senator's
wire was received by the Klamath county
chamber of commerce.
Soma highly absurd stories have been cir
culated, but others, mora plausible, have been
mixed with them.
Most people will listen to all of this with '
their fingers crossed. Unless and until there
is an announcement from an official source, or
something happens that can be seen with the
yes, the whole thing must be classed as im
probable and worthy only of speculation with
, words. .. .
But one thing that has been proved even
Senator McNary couldn't dam up the flow of
rumors.
.
They're Proud
PROUDEST people in town today are the
members of the Klamath unit of the Oregon
Women's Ambulance corps, who are displaying
for tha first time the fine ambulance presented
for their use by the Klamath Falls lodge of
Elks.
Tha OWAC is a civilian defense organization
that has never let down. The women in this
group have studied, drilled, and carried on their
activities steadily since the start, building a
reputation that brought them this practical dem
onstration of confidence by the Elks lodge. '
The ambulance corps is doing ambulance
work for tha county welfare bureau, and will
be equipped for actual work in case of any
emergency.
The new ambulance is a credit to the corps '
and to the lodge.
In tha discussion of public issues that goes
on In this column and in the letters to the
editor, we believe it is a good policy for all to
avoid personal Jibes. Most people, we feel, are
honest in their convictions, and to assail them
personally for those convictions is both offen
sive and beside the point. If this is to be a bet
ter world, men of good will will have to make
it that way.
MALLON
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, March 24 The radio com
mentators have been playing up the en
couraging dispatches from the front with an
optimism which Is not shared
by officials here for the long
range view
The official viewpoint has
changed in the past few
weeks.
Churchill's statement that
the war may extend to the
next year or the year beyond
is widely shared all down
through the administration,
even by Undersecretary of
War Patterson. He banged
his fist around the table in- talking with the
senate military affairs committee, picturing the
situation as tougher than most people realize.
He did not give the reasons, and the cause of
his appearance was support of the Austin-Wads-worth
compulsory labor draft bill.
But he is not alone here in his anti-optimistic
viewpoint. Nor can the administration's feel
ing on the subject be attributed only to a desire
to awaken the country to a sterner realization
of the facts of war.
Sir Anthony. Eden verified the same British
viewpoint In private here as Churchill publicly
proclaimed and more strikingly.
The reasons are not apparent in general news,
but everything In war takes from two to four
times as long to accomplish as it does in
ordinary business and usually twice as long
as expected. The vastness of the enterprise is
incomprehensible to any one man.
Russian Slowdown
THE slow-down on the Russian front may
have something to do with it, and the
German temporary success against our right
flank in North Africa did us no .good.
-MacArthuralso is finding the going slow
through the jungles.
""Hitler's ability to muster a good reserve. of
800,000 for .the Kharkov counter-attack, and the
fact that mudsaved him-in the south, are
factors. :'''..r .
Production is slightly under goals, but none
of the yet published figures are sufficient to
dominant
SIDE GLANCES
be
cause.
The fundament
al truth always to
be remembered by
any news .reader
is 'that neither
Churchill, Eden,
Patterson, nor any
-military man, says
what ' he really
thinks about such
a deep . military
secret. Indeed,
they often use
such tactics to de
ceive the enemy
into a false sense
of security.
All of their
statements - togeth
er do not preclude
the possibility that
PAUL V. McNUTT , a second front
Criticised ' . ' might be opened
up successfully tomorrow 'or any other time. ;
No one's opinion regarding the duration of
wars has been worth anything in history. All
agreed at the outset of the Civil war, both
north and south, that it would not last more
than sixty days, and it lasted four years.
Certainly no citizen should take any of these
views, or his own, as a model for making his
future living arrangements or his victory gar
den. Nothing can be taken for granted in war.
h'Hisss1'TLit
'
com iMinw mwt, mc T. n. 'at. on. -It '
"Goodness sake! According to this nmp, wc are only that
much bombing distance from Japan 1"
LOAD!
EXPECTED TO DROP
PORTLAND, Ore., March 25
(iY) Pacific northwest freight
carloadings will drop 9,1 per
cent in the .second quarter of
1943 from the same period last
year, the Pacific northwest ad
visory board estimated today.
"The board held its annual
meeting, presided over by K. C.
Batchelder, Seattle, president
It is composed of railroad and
shipping officials of Oregon
Washington, Idaho and part of
Montana. ;;
The board's contact committee
said that while loadings will be
less, the car situation will not be
eased although the supply ap
pears now to be about adequate.
Stimulated second quarter load
ings are 230,725 cars.
Lumber and log loadings are
expected to drop from 186,363
in the second quarter of 1942 to
161,483, petroleum from 4474 to
2629; cement from 5196 to 3834.
Grain car loadings are expected
to jump from 9042. a yeas agoito
12,752. .. , ...... . ( ,. , ,
Gas Rationing
THE same anti-optimism applies to the situa
tion confronting the motorists. A bulletin
is understood to have been sent to local ration
ing boards from headquarters here suggesting
that the A-5 coupons will not only be continued
to July 21, but the A-6 will be extended through
the rest of the summer into November, which
means a further drastic curtailment in the basic
gasoline allowance.
Official figures on gas supplies are secret,
but estimates- have been made that production
supply at the end of this year will be increased
by. pipe-lines and transportation facilities.
McNutt Criticism - -
THE report of the president's advisory com
mittee on man-power Baruch, - Byrnes,
Hopkins, Leahy and Roseman is understood
to be politely but devastatingly critical of the
efforts of Manpowerer Paul McNutt and Food
Administrator Wlckard. For this reason, and
others, the report may not be made public.
Worst shortage the committee found was in
farm labor. r
America's Meat Ration
Twice Other Country's
WASHINGTON, March 25 OP)
If its any consolation, today's
announcement of meat ration al
lowances Is about twice as gen
erous as that in any foreign
country. .
On the average, the point val
ues on American meat will allow
people to buy about 32 ounces
per week actually depending
en the cuts chosen and the num-
ber of points diverted to cheese,,
butter or other allied items.
Of the countries where meat
is rationed, the next best allot
ment is In' England where week
ly rations include four ounces of
bacon, 14 ounces of other meat,
two ounces of cooking fats, two
ounces of butter and four ounces
of other fats. In England, meat
is rationed at so many cents
worth per week rather than on
a point basis.
Russia, at last' reports, was
providing 16 ounces of meat per
week, and Germany 12.
In the rest of Europe meat ra
tions run from three ounces per
week in France to one ounce in
Norway and practically none in
Greece. ' '
A fashion magazine says some
of the men's suits will be sober,
What, no hip pockets?
The egg of the shark is almost
pure black in color.
SALE BY RETAILERS
WASHINGTON, March 25 UP)
Retail stores, beginning today
must not sell seed potatoes for
any purpose other than plant
ing, under an OPA ruling issued
today.
The agency described its ac
tion as a "further step in Its at
tack on the black market" In
seed potatoes.
Earlier orders had prohibited
the sale of seed potatoes except
for . planting at the country
shipper and other distributor
levels. This ban now Is extend
ed to retail sales. ''
The order provides that seed
potatoes must be tagged as such
and cannot be sold by retailers
in quantities of less than 50
pounds.
Gas Consumption
Drops 25 Per Cent
In Oregon This Year
SALEM, March 25 (Gaso
line consumption in Oregon
dropped 25 per cent during the
first two months this year, com
pared with the similar period
last year, the state department
said today.
January consumption was
down 29 per cent from January,
1942, while the February total
fell 22 per cent, compared with
February, 1942.
A total of 14,611,922 gallons
were sold in February..
Tolling
The Editor
Latttrt prmttd hr, mmt net b mer
than M0 woroa in iMtgih. mutt b writ.
tm itfibly on ONI 1101 el the pjpM
only, end inuat be eirwd. Contribution!
following Ihoee njloe, Ire warmly wefc
oome.
DR. TABER ANSWERS
BONANZA, Ore. (To the Ed
itor) Mr. Musselman asked me
to reply to his long article on
labor. A few words will suffice.
I am not opposed, to a labor
union, but it should be under
certain restrictions. There should
be no strikes until after arbitra
tion. That generally settles it
There should be strict collective
bargaining. Both employer and
employe should have-a say.
I'll have to qualify my saying.
I have no objection .to a labor
union. I sure object to the CIO.
When the AFL was all it was
better. John L. Lewis is a
nuisance to labor.
Mr. Musselman berates my
character knowing nothing, as
he says, of me. He said I would
not be capable of being a page:
I never said I was a politician,
as he accused me.
I'll say my 73-year-old hands
helped me pay my Income tax.
I have never received a cent I
did not earn. When I was fifty
I worked my way through four
years of dental school, obtaining
an average standing of 91 per
cent. I can't be a fool.
I am a loyal native American.
I put in 14 years for Uncle Sam.
I have an honorable discharge.
I have two sons in responsible
war jobs. I have put more than
I earned in liberty bonds. What
more can you ask?
Well, I may not be smart
enough to be a page. Who
knows? At any rate, 1 give Mr.
Musselman credit for legislative
action. 1 11 credit vote for him
again. I am no grouch.
DR. W. P. TABER.
Editor's Note: The above let
ter is in reply to a letter pre
viously published from Norman
C. Musseiman, legislative repre
sentative, Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen, G. N. lodge. Mr,
Musselman does not hold pub
lic office.
North side of a room is al
ways the honor side among the
Chinese, and the host always
sits there, facing south.
Always read the classified ads
ACHING-STIFF
SORE MUSCLES
For PROMPT relief rub on Mu
lerolel Musaite- with this wonderful
"counteiwrmtant" actually brines
fresh warm blood to aching muscles
to help break tin painful local con
gestion. Batter than an old-fah!oned
mustard piaster I In 8 itrengtha.
Om r
torn -where! sit."..'
6y Joe Marsh
Sam Abernethy always said:
"Curiosity may kill a cat -but
I'm no cat." Which Is Sam's way
. of saying that when he's curious
about something he goes out
and gets the facts. , ; .
Seems our government feels
the same way. After hearing ru .
' mors about our soldiers drink
ing too much-government peo
ple went after the facts. They
got the evidence on what our
boys drink , . and don't drink.
The government fonnd ont
our Army's the best behaved In
history. More'n hnlf of 'em drink
beer-nothing stronger. And the
government found that selling
8.2 beer In Army camps Is one
reason why oar Army Is so tem-.
pornle. 1
From.-where I sit, there Isn't
much caime to worry about our
men In the Army. Looks Ilk
they can take care o' themselves
-and take care o the Nazis and
the Japs, too. ' '
"Swivel Chair Bench-Warmers" Panned
For Changing Lumber Worker's Diet
"Swivel chair bench-warmers"
In Washington have atlumpted
to change completely the tilot of
lumber workers engagod In vital
war production, It is asserted In
a letter to The Herald and News
from Kenneth McLeod, produc
tion enginoer of the Big Lakos
Box company here.
McLcod disclosed a letter from
the rationing division of OPA
telling the Big Lakes company
that sugars, starches, cereals and
fnts ara more necessary than
moats, cheese-, eggs and mild pro
ducts for heavy workers.
McLood's letter follows:
- "In last night s paper I no
ticed a news noto that lumber
men In the north are protesting
the heavy cut In meat that tha
OPA Is contemplating for our
Industry. I think that as a mat
ter of vital Importance to our
region everyone should be in
formed about this situation.
"Tha lumber Industry, through
experience, has found that it re
quires around ten pounds of
meat by gross weight to support
a man working at hard physical
labor in the woods. When we
speak of meat we refer to all
classes including sausage, lunch
meat, ham, bacon, etc., in add!
tion to beef which makes up the
major portion of the meat item-
Inasmuch as we purchase meat
by the carcass and not by the
piece we will have somo waste
included in our ten pound tig
ure which will be represented
by bones, fat and other Inedible
parts. Tha net figure of meat
actually served upon the table
will bo In excess of eight pounds
per man por week.
"When tha OPA started talk
Ing 1! to two pounds per man
per week' the lumber industry
as a whole became very much
concerned. Because without ade
quate food supplies we cannot
hope to maintain efficient crews
in the .woods and we consider
meat as one of our most cssen
tial items in the production of
logs.
"With this fact in mind, lum
bermen throughout the Klamath
basin wired the OPA their fears
Contemplated cuts in meat would
reduce our meat usage 80 per
cent or more and faced with
such a drastic cut wo cannot see
how It is going to be possible to
hold adequate crews in the
woods to keep up lumber pro
duction which at the present
time Is far from meeting the de
mands of our national economy.
"Tho attltudo of the OPA upon
this situation Is amply expressed
by the following letter received'
In reply to our wire.
Big Lakes Box Company
Klamath Falls
Oregon
Gentlemen!
This will acknowledge re
ceipt of your tolagram of
March 10, 1943, with refer
ence to the special food re
quirements of "heavy" work
. ers.
Nutrition authorities empha
sise tha fact that tha expendi
ture of energy requires carbo
hydrates (sugars, starches, cor
als and fats), rather than pro
tains (meata, cheese, eggs, and
milk products). Cartful con
sideration of this problem is
now being completed and a
final decision will be reached
within the near future.
Sincerely yours,
JOHN J. MADIGAN
Chief, Meat Branch
Food Rationing Division.
"From the wording of this let
ter It would appear that our
swivel chair benoh warmers In
thulr mahogany offices in Wash
ington have decided to attempt
to completely chang tha diet of
the lumber Industry. Nutrition
authorities whoit nearest con
tact to hard physical labor Is
confined to sitting In a grand'
stand watching a ball game have
thvorUed a diet suitable for
"heavy" (In their minds) work
ers. "Tuklng this theory In stride
Mr. Madlgan points out that wa
should be feeding the man In
the woods more potatoes and
grnvy ruthor than beet steaks.
So out goes the meat from the
camp monu since wa are appar
ently imparlng the health of our
workers by feeding them such a
diet of proteins. The boys at
camp should welcome the new
diot composod chiefly of starches
and cereals potatoes, bread, oat
meal, pancakes and Jello for des
sort. "As to fats which are mo
tioned so prominently, butter
and oleo are rationed heavily
and Mr. Mndlgan shudders at
llio mention of the words cheese,
cgKs and milk products (Includ
ing butter). Without meat wo
won't have the gravy so the boys
will Just have to be satisfied
with their starch as Is, be tough,
and tnko tholni straight without
tho usual trimmings.
"Sugar, which is so blltholy
mentioned, Is also on the ration
list and the lumbor Industry had
a vory heavy cut thrown at them
in this Item In tho last rationing
spree of the OPA. so It would
appear that tho oatmeal will be
Inrgoly sugarless and tho bread
not only spreadloss but Jamloas.
"Each hurdlo that the well
meaning departments of govern
ment put In front of the lumber
Industry adds Just l0 much more
weight to overcome and enrh
order plays some part in slowing
down production. Then when we
do not overcome these handicaps,
cxpund production, and be hno-
py with our lot these same de
partments think that w. .r-
bunch of dirty so-and-sos for not
taking their help with abundant
grace."
War 8tamps With Ttimrtnv-.
stamp and bond sale. Shasta
school reached S2500 2d u.
total since September. Room 3
of Shasta school has purchased
5410 worth of stamps since the
beginning of the m-lioni ....
Thoir goul was sot at S600, the
price of two parachutes.
Don't Nogloct Slipping
FALSE TEETH
Do till, U,th dron. ,!ii or W.khl. .k.
rotl talk. eat. lauih or in ... i.-, .
Annojrtd and tmberraaied by luch handl.
cap.. FASTk'KTH, and alkaline
pnfrr to ipi-inkle oa your plU, Weft
(alio) t'rth more Inn It ant. niva .v,mm.
drnt ttrHnt ot swyrltT toil nrf-ird cnmfortl
tummy, rxwy, p0.i7 tat or N i-l.ru.
ui rAniivt, in crwjajr e iny ortiff itor.
if s iw
From the Klamath Republican
Marsh 26, 1903
William TlacKua reports he
has a crew ot men working on
timbers for repair of the Keno
bridge.
o e e
Unoeda moat market adver
tisement says: "Nona of the ani
mal survivors of tha deluge are
slaughtered to serve to our pa
trons. No prehistoric specimens
allowed on the block. All stock
young, fat and tender."
From the Klamath News
March 29, 1033
The stnto highway commission
has informed the county court
that further work on the Weed
highway cannot be considered at
this time. County Judge George
Grizzle lias repllod, asking that
the road bo placed In the state
primary highway system.
e e e
Klinnntli farmers are reported
out in force preparing their land
for this year's production,
0 0 0
Luke Walker, local rtal estate
man, is leaving for Seattle to go
into the real estate business.
Visits M.S. John Walker la
visiting In tho Klamath Vnllry
this week en route from San
Diego to Silvorton, tho home of
hor parents. Her husband, Knalgrt
John Walker, has been stationed
at Snn Diego for the past six
months. Mrs. Walker la the for
mer Cathorlne Tomaton, a teach
er In Klamath Union high school.
TRY ALL-BRAN
"BRANBURGERS"
TO STRETCH MEAT
You want to ntoke the moat you bur
today so aa far aa paulblo and anil
serve It aa tastily aa possible. Well,,
hore'a a (rand way to alretch ham
burgers and at the same time give I
thorn new lute-lnteroail Make "bran-1
burgora'- with -Jtrtiooo's ait-aaaMl 1
inrllcloiul Also, glvna you alt the volu
lable proteins, corbottydratra, vitamins
arm minerals round In su-tasril
Ktllou's All-Bran Bnnburgir.
' I m milk
U cup ralaup
J eui
1ID Ka tea-a'a
Ail-liran
1 jy! arouM
I taaananna ult
U teaspoon pPPr
1 (abl,uoona
mlnrvt onlna
il tabla.poon
tnoppor poraley
Beat egg slightly, add Hit, pepper,
I onion, parsley, milk, catsup and
All-Bran. Let soak until moal of moU
Uire la taken up. Add boor and mis
.'thoroughly. Shape Into 11 patUr.
IBake In hot oven MM P.) about 10
jmlnutea or brotl about 30 mlnutoa.
i Yield: S eervlnga (12 1M Inch bran-i
Iburgera).
Hear McKay
TONIGHT, 7:45
Free Methodist Church
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