,4" PAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON April 8, 1048 Utmbtr Tim Auocurea Pun Tt AMOCUU4 rnu li ela. Unlj nllll.d la th iih o( tt twHlcitlon of ill owi dlinitchu orxlltM) lo It u ol othMwIu ndlted la tbu pip". "d 1 Ihi local otwt putl)hd thirtlo. All riibu or rtpubllcitlot of ptolil dlipiKhei on alto re served. FRANK JENKINS Today's Roundup Br MALCOLM EPLEY XA P,1(1 hurried visit to Henry Moe, old W time Klamath business man who came out of retirement to give voluntary service to j , . s the war price and ration board and Is now clerk ot the board. f;f il'l Ho succeeds Gene Larson, who E i t. S ho moved over to the district UrA on ice. Mr. Moe knows the Klamath country and as anybody; he is an ablo business man, and his volun teer work on the rationing board has given him a work ing knowledge ot the intri cacies of the OPA. He will 1 EPLEY render good service. A major problem at the local ration board offices, he told us, is the maintenance of a supply of competent help. The present over head of the office is frozen, no more paid workers can be employed, and whatever relief can be obtained must come from volunteer help. Many people have given volunteer service, but the supply of that type of help fluctuates and just now it Is again at lov ebb. What the board needs, Mr. Moe explained, is volunteers who can give their time on a fairly steady and consistent basis. Those who can come only once In a long while, or who can stay only a short period, do not contribute much, for they spend most of the time they give learning what to do and how to do it. Mr. Moe pointed out that the work Is inter esting and It is a real service to one's country. He is hoping for more steady volunteers. Realistic MB. MOE has a realistic attitude toward the rationing problem that is needed If the thing is to work without seriously hampering the normal and justifiable activities of the peo ple, industry and business. He believes it is the function of his office to follow in general the rules and to apply them flexibly, realistically and without a lot of fuss to individual problems as they arise,. As a sidelight, Mr. Moe told us that one prob lem that is constantly arising in the board's work grow out of. the practice of boards in other localities of providing gasoline enough to send people on one-way trips to Klamath Falls, but not enough to get them back to their homes , and jobs again. The result is that a lot of people are stranded here, and appeal to . the Klamath board to help them get back to their homes. ' ' ! In general, it appears to us that the Klamath rationing office has been doing its job with good sense. There- are no doubt individual cases in which mistakes have been made, and it is im possible to handle such a huge program with out some injustices. Dispose of Those Cans MANY Klamath people have shown an in terest in assisting in the tin can salvage campaign which, for various reasons, has been delayed here and even now will be operated on a restricted basis. . Next week has been designated as tin can salvage week, and it la then that local tin can savers, will have opportunity to dispose of their collections. ' There will be no general tin can collection. People who save cans are asked to take them to the salvage depot, between Board and Com mercial streets on Elm. Children may take cans to school and country folk may leave their cans at schools for collection. A comprehensive, longtime campaign in this area would no doub produce a tremendous number of tin cans, but such a program has not been feasible. But local people should not let the next week slip by without disposing of what cans they have saved. The results of the week's effort will determine what will be done here in the future along this line. ' Water Is king in this country. Currently, with the Sprague and a few smaller streams out of their banks, it is ruling a little too Vigorously, but it promises widespread benefits as the growing season comes on. There will be no moisture shortage in the irrigated areas, and livestock range should be good. The spring if somewhat behind normal, but late springs, generally, have marked good production years in the Klamath country. Klamath Tails was given national honors this week for accident prevention work. Our citi zens' traffic safety committee bow. Harry Ackley, Pioneer Lumber Operator, Dies (Continued From Page One) suddenly at the age of 58 in Rose burg. Of the sawmills operating in 1804, Ackley brothers is the only one now in operation. Oth ers which have been lone since discontinued included the Odes sa mill run by Griffiths broth ers, one at Merrill operated by man named Roads, and the lit tle water mill which Tom McCor- mlck ran at Keno. Mr. Ackley saw the mill opera tions In the west grow Into a vast industry and before his death took part in the war industry timber output. Logs for the Ackley mill were brought from Keno, towed out rom Teeter's Landing five miles A temporary toutilnatloa of the Kvenltif Herald and the Klamath New. PublUhed every afternoon eicnt Sunday at EipUntde and Pine itrteta, Klarnath Ftlti, Oregon, by tbt Herald rml htai Co. and Ue Klimalfe Jfewe PublUhtng Company Rntm) as teoond cla matter al the poatofflcj of Klamath Falls. Ore,, on Auguit SO. 1W4 under id of coogrew, March a, U79. AE carried V V to the in 1942 had 1941. Keeping in mind the business restrictions and total conversions to war work this is a remarkable performance. A year ago newspapers were wonderlne how thev could its people as well survive. Now ing how best to serve the country and get the thing over with. This volume of advertising business was continued only because advertising was turned into war uses. daily by all papers. Farm Groups Advertise ITS startling trustful of the agency in our ads as Olympia by Botsford, should take a , , above Keno on the river. Harry Ackley handled the mill opera tions, his brother John taking care 01 ine woods. From 1904 to 1920. the Ack. leys worked with a circular saw and in 1920 nut in a band saw. A planing mill was added to the equipment shortly after the saw mill was built. : Mr. Ackley is survived by his wife, Edna, who is renorted to be quite ill at the family rest- aence on Klamath avenue. He was a charter member of the Klamath Falls Elks lodge. Final rites will be held in the Earl Whltlock chapel Sunday at 2 p. m., with a reader from the First Church of Christ Scientist, officiating. Commitment serv ices and interment will take place in the family plot in Link vllle cemetery. Out in Hollywood It's a short jump from A-l to 1-A .Vmbr of Audit Bukiaq Or Circulation BprtMit4 Nationally by V wt-Hou.ro at Co., Inc. Ban Franrlieo, Nw York, He. altla, Chicago IVrtUnd, Lot MALCOLM KPLEY ' Managing Editor Advertising Roundup By DELBERT ADDISON an AP Item about a week ago effect that newspaper advertising declined only 5.2 per cent from ts f they are figur- s;'a : AT ADDISON Country Papers Hit Harder THE big cities, the war boom centers, fared better, of course, than the country towns. Metropolitan papers showed an actual gain in advertising In 1942. Not a big gain (about 2 per cent) but still an up over 1941. Small dailies were down more than the average. The papers of Roseburg, a small town that couldn't capitalize on its vast timber be cause of construction priorities; Medford with its Camp White; and Klamath Falls, showed an average loss in advertising of 12.7 per cent. Small papers are not kicking. On the con trary they're happy at not taking a worse lick ing, and are glad to be able to give sen.' ice as usual. i Service as Usual ALONG the lines of service as usual, here's a quote from Prentiss Brown of the OPA: "No finer service in the interest of the American public has been performed during this war than the splendid. handling by the nation's press of the OPA processed foods rationing pro gram ... It is not an overstatement to say that without this cooperation the high degree of public understanding of this huge rationing program never could have been achieved in the short space of a few weeks." Mr. Brown may have exaggerated a little regarding the "high degree of public under standing," but you can wonder what it would have been without the explanations carried to note that farm organizations I (which always have been more or less dis methods of business) are starting to employ advertising agencies. The Oregon State Grange has retained Bots- ford, Constantlne and Gardner, the outstanding own neck of the woods. Such Beer, Snow Flake Sodas, Sego Milk, Shreddies, Shredded Wheat and M-D Tissue that you see in this paper are prepared Constantino and Gardner. The American Dairy association employs the Campbell-Mithun agency of Minneapolis. FEDERAL excise tax figures for February show a drop of 55 per cent in "going places" items as compared , to a 36 per cent increase in "stay-at-home" items. Increases: liquor 36, tobacco 16, light bulbs 33, playing cards 58. Decrease: automobiles 99. Better advertise lamp shades, bridge tables and carpet slippers. At The Herald and News WANT-AD department: Somebody , is always mixed up about blind ads. "Blind ads" are the ones that refer you to a box number in care of the paper. An advertiser uses this de vice because it is not convenient for him to receive the answers direct or because he doesn't want his identity generally known in connec tion with the ad. Write your answer In. a letter and mail or bring it to The Herald and News office. The paper cannot give the name of the advertiser. WOULD have reported what happened to Martha last week,' but this column got foreclosed on. ' ' . What happened was, ; she broke her leg and we had to shoot her. Strictly speaking, Martha broke a bone in her foot, had the flu, strep throat, and, I believe; the measles. Last seen she was crutching around In a pair of blue denims. Said she'd be back soon, so you'll probably have to read where she got 'em. It's been quite a while since we've seen a "Dollar Day Sale." How about an "8-Polnt Value Day?" OBITUARY HARRY MELTON ACKLEY Harry Melton Ackley, for the last 40 years a resident of Klamath Falls, Oregon, passed away in this city on Friday, April 2, 1943, at 7 p. m., fol lowing an illness of three weeks. He was a native of Iowa and at the time of his death was aged 69 years. Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Edna Ackley of this city. The remains rest in the Earl Whltlock funeral home, Pine street at Sixth, where friends' may call after 10 a. m. Sunday. Notice of funeral to be announced in this issue of the paper. I do not think that America can prosper unless other nations of the world prosper any more than' America can prosper un less agriculture and labor pros per. Alf M. Landon. i SIDE GLANCES COPR. 1U BY KU MUVtCI. INC T. M. KtC U. t. PAT. OtK V-J "If you told me wlmt 1 want have to go to The Editor Leltan printed hare mutt not be mor than too wortta m length, must be writ ten tesiblj on ONE 8101 ol the paper only, and mutt be eigied. Contribution following theto rule, are warmly weh come. FROM NAVY MAN KODIAK, Alaska, (To the Editor) One day while putter ing around in the barracks look ing for something to pass the time away, I ran across one of my buddies scribblinB away in ernest and me being of inquisi tive nature I inquired what he was doing. In answering my re quest he handed me the piece of paper. On it was written the poem I am enclosing. I thought it was rather good and wanted others to read it and feel it as I did. I am taking for grant ed that you will publish this, knowing that your paper was behind us boys when we joined the navy on June 7,' 1943, and you will do anything you can for us boys. Klamath Falls be ing my home town, I know you will not disappoint me. , Thank you very kindly, . Yours truly, WM. S. SIMS, AMM 3c. WHEN UNCLE SAM TOOK OFF HIS HAT When . Uncle Sam took off his hat, And his coat he threw aside, We knew he meant real busi ness, And we got right in the stride. He looked across the raging foam, To see what harm was done, And when he saw the Jap's deceit. The battle sound was rung. He asked for men to come and fight, And give their all for, him, He trained and drilled them to their best, And sent them out to stand the test. As Wake and Midway fell to Japs, And then Manila and Bataan, His anger roso at each defeat. He was determined more to stand. When MacArthur left Corregl- dor, Uncle Sam was seeing red, Right then and there he made up his mind, That he'd retreat no more. His boys have fought for him, As no other men can fight, They've given him their very lives, That wo might live and laugh and love. JOHN H. PRIESTHOFF, AMM 3c. Russion War Maps Show Results of Winter Offensive (Continued From Page One) territory and captured or de stroyed 5000 German planes, 9190 tanks and 20,360 guns. (The German high command in a communique recorded by The Associated Press from the Berlin radio declared the Ger mans had launched their own of fensive south of Lake Ilmen. ("In knee deep mud and breast-deep water our troops fought their way to their objec tives, threw back an enemy group into the swamp and de stroyed it," the communique said.) Red Star, printing its first full page map, disclosed that soviet gains were greater in some places than had been believed by observers. In time of war we can never say that anything cannot be done. Manpower Director Paul V. McNutt. lo know nboul you, I wouldn't fortune tellers 1 : '.I'iiiiinlliRiiJ'Mlillilil'l!!!!! i From; the ilc 40 iVoori, From the Klamath Republican AprU 2, 1903 Following are the republican delegates to the county conven tion to be held here soon: John Uerlings, O. Hcidrich, George Bichn, C. R. DeLap, B. S. Grlgs by, E. L. Arant, Robert Bald win, A. Turifcr, Churles Chit wood, F. H. Mills. Medford has a newly organ ized humane society. From the Klamath News April 4. 1933 Mayor Willis Mahoney Is ill. Crater lake park will open next week. EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued from Page One) cially children. When you bomb him you AVOID residence dis tricts and lay your eggs with uncanny accuracy on military in stallations only. TN Tunisia, the situation re mains practically unchanged today. Montgomery Is pushing up from the south, hard on the heels of the retreating Germans, but Rommel seems to bo eluding all efforts to get around in his rear and trap him. In the north, west of Bizerte, Anderson is still applying pres sure on Von Arnim. This pres sure probably has two purposes to keep pushing Von Arnim back Into the Tunis-Blzerte area and to prevent him from sending help to Rommel In the south. QNE incident in the fighting that is described in today's dispatches is interesting because I u illustrates so clearly the man ncr in which Rommel Is protect ing the flank of his escape cor ridor. On the El Guetar-Gabes road (sco your map) American engi neers cleared a narrow lane through heavy minefields and our tanks pushed forward through this lane. The Germans immediately counter attacked with 35 tanks (evidently a su perior force) and our tanks with drew. Our artillery then turned loose on the German tanks, smashing three of them, whereupon they withdrew. The net result of the battlo was that the Germans HELD THE LINE and continued to pro tect their flank. T JNTIL their flanking line in the hills bordering the nar row coastal plain along the Med iterranean can be broken, thi Germans will continue to with draw without entrapment. But while they are escaping encirclement they are being pounded cruelly by our air force, which apparently retains Its su periority. Rommel is being made to suf fer, even if he hasn't been trapped. , A NEW concentration of Jap " ships In Kavleng harbor, In New Ireland (north of New Brit ain) Is smacked hard by MacAr thur's deadly bombers and a transport and a cargo ship are hard hit. The other ships scatter for safety, Kiska is bombed again tho 38th time since March 1. Labor ib not always right, but it is improper to make accusa tions against labor until you know the cause. Shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser. L (Continued From Pago One) U. S. Mors tlirco nights ngo off ivolombangurl. Hit In Harbor Allied headquarters said United Nations airmon pumiced on 13 Japanese ships, including destroyers, In the hnrbor nt Knv, leng, New Irclmul, 550 'miles nbovo the allied base at Port Moresby, New Guinea, mid half a dozen others In nearby Slcffens Strait. A communique said tho raid ers scored probnblo hits on a 10.. 000-ton Japanese transport and on a 6000-ton caruo ship, but dnrkness prevented observation of further results of tho' attack. Other Bombings Other allied planes bombed the enemy bases at Kavleng, Mn dang, New Guinea; and Gusmatn and Capo Gloucester, Now Brit ain; and carried out low-level bombing and iiischlu'e-gun at tacks on Jnpnncjo trenches in the Mubo sector In northern Now Guinea. U. S. Flying Fortresses and Liberators also pounded tho hnr bor and airdrome at Finsehhnfim on the northeast coast of New Guinea. Burma Bombings On the Burma front, RAF Blenheim bombers set tires ut tho Japanese-occupied rail town of Kanbalu and bombed enemy targets on the Moyu poninsulu among the Bay of Bengal, whero Field Marshol Sir Archibald V. Wavoll's British Legions have been driving toward tho Japan ese base at Akynb. Meantime, tho war depart ment In Washington disclosed that U. S. army fliers have shot down seven Japiineso planes for every one they have lost in tho last tlirco months, destroying 384 enemy aircraft against 54 of their own. (Continued from Pago One) Wednesday, for it was Impossi ble to operate because of tho flood waters of Sprague river. The river raised so high that tho mill, boiler room and burner were completely engulfed in water. It had become Imperative to pump out the water from be neath tho boiler room because tho fires were being smothered by the excessive water. Tho mill pond dam suffered a complete washout. As a result a largo field below tho dam was submerged. Tho present condition of Sprague river has been tho high est for a great many years. The Chiloquin-Sprague river road has been rendered lmpassablo for the past week as a result of road washouts caused by tho flood. At present the river Is be lieved to be gradually subsiding. LAKEVIEW Creeks In all dl rectlons from Lakoview aro overflowing their banks from the melting snows In the moun tains and in places aro sweep ing across farm lands and roads. Gooso lake Is tho highest It has been for many years, and Is flooding the lowlands sur rounding it. The lake is proving a mecca for wild fowl, great flocks of birds settling and tak ing off every day. The same con dition prevails north ot the city, where creeks have flooded low spots, creating huge ponds that are being used by large flocks of geese and ducks. PORTLAND, Ore., April 3 W) The Columbia river swished over its banks In the Vancouver area today and covered low lying pasture lands, tho Portland weather bureau reported. Tho river level at Vancouver was 16.4 feet, 1.4 feet over flood stage, but except for making pastures unusable no damago or industrial curtailments were re ported. Tho bureau said the Columbia and Willamette were expected to fall slowly during tho next 36 hours. ' FUNERAL HARRY MELTON ACKLEY Funeral services for the late Harry Molton Ackley who passed away In this city on Fri day, April 2, 1843, following on illnoss of three weeks will be held In the chapel of the Earl Whltlock funeral homo, Pino street at Sixth on Sunday, April 4, 1943, at 2 p. m with a read er from tho First Church of Christ Sclcntlot offlclotlng. Com-' mltmont services and Interment family plot In Ltnkville ceme tery. Friends are invited. Summer is the. time when the corn crops out if you wear tight shoes. ALLIED P IE SCATTER HUGE NEW ASSEMDLY Sweet Swimmer K-:1 mm (.,, 'VI Mi .'.-la Film ntnr Esther Williams, for mer swim chump, modpls new swim suit ot cotton, mode strcu-hulilo by doulilo-lock itltch and Inner lining. Shades of Black Dalton! Rustlers Ride in Oregon! (Continued From Pago One) the meat to a black market dealer, lays low a night or two ond repeats. Officers want It stopped quick ly beforo It gets big league. But they've admonished tho deputies and volunteer vlRilantes that they don't want any necktie parties. ROSEBURG, Oro., April 3, WO Douglas county mounted police reserves, called Into active ser vice by Sheriff Bud Carter lo form an nntl-llvcstock rustling patrol, had tangible results to day from tho first night opera tion, tvnn Hurtln, state livestock Inspector, working with the pa trol, brought Jack G. Devlno, 16, and George F. McNaughty, 17. both of Myrtlo Creek, to the county Jail on 0 chorgo of poul try theft, Carter announced. The two youths, Carter said, admitted stealing two hens from a flock belonging to a 70-ycar-old Myrtlo Lrcek widow. Officers oro Inves tigating tho statements of the prisoners that o group of Myrtlo Creek high school s'ludcnts have been holding weekly feasts on stolen chickens. Had Gen. Douglas MacArthur been Austrollun-born and served In tho Australian army, he could have done no more for the defense of Australia than he has. MacArthur has not only been a great organizer, but his presence hero has been on In spiring force. Premier John Curtin of Australia. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FOR THE BETTER grades of fi.el oils, accurate, metered de liveries, try Fred H. Heilbron ncr, 821 Spring street, tele phone 4153. Distributor Shell Heating Oils. 4-30 OIL TO BURN For Union hoot Ing old phone 8404, Klamath Oil Co., 615 Klamath Ave. 4-30m FOR SALE West Klamath within walking distance of Weyerhaeuser mill, modern 5 room 2-story houso, large col lar, 5 adjoining lots, good drainage, shado trees ond shrubs. Will plow ond fence vacant lots if necessary; will paint house as soon as weath er permits. $700 worth of lumbor, 2 by 4 and foundation timber for gnrago, woodshed etc. Phono 8080, 4.9 FOR SALE Cold Spot refriger ator, nearly new, 2449 Alto mont drive. ' 4.3 FURNISHED 2-room Apt., with private bath. $18.00 month 2 blocks off Main, 8121 High. Phono 4805, 4.9 FURNISHED APARTMENT Automatic gas hoat, good view, $35. Hot and cold water fur nished. Drew's Manstorc. 4-0 40 ACRES Irrigated, 0 room homo. Over $3000 worth of farming supplies and equip ment, including tractor ond Its equipment. 8 miles from Falls. Price $11,000. Call 7228. 4.3 60 ACRES good farming land with six-room houso and other Improvements, B year lease on ucljolning 80 which oost but $40 annually. Makes excollont pasture and much of It can be farmed, The Improvements cannot be duplicated for $4000, nnd that is tho price. Cell 7228. 4-3 L . i CONGRESS SEES I FIGHT BREWING . ON FARM VETO (Continued From Pugo One) tlon, with their respective presi dents, Philip Murray and Wil liam Green, Issuing a Joint itnte inrnt to that effect. llowuvur, Albert 8. Gornt, mnter of the National Grunge, major form organization, salil he could "not iigrco with tho presi dent's reasoning or conclusions" and railed the veto iiiifortiinula. (Continued From Page One) Bowman. When ho got to Hen- (Irk'k.i drug store hv met state . police Officer Wiiltw Walker, , told him there had been 0 fight, that a man had batm hurt, and that ha wanted Walker to take Bowmuit to tho hospital. Tho two drovo to tho scene. After an ex aiiilniitlon of Bowman, Walker ' took Wollan to tho county Jail. Under direct examination, Wallan testified that anything ho ; did was to save his own life, and Unit ha knew Bowman would have taken the drfenilunl's llfo ', If ho could have. Wallan sold that his clothes ' were wet und muddy oil over, 'I with blood specks on the front , of his shirt, that his left eye ball , was cut, that he had a bruiio on his check and two contusions on " the buck of tho head. However, ; ho stated, no one exumined him . closely. Lloyd Brownoll, county Jnller and witness for the defense, leu- , titled tliut ha mil Iced Walliin'i , clothes were wet, particularly " the legs of the trousers and the , coat sleeves and coat tall. He', said that Wallan hud said lo him, "Look at the condition of j my clothes," after he,' Wollun, had been brought into tho coun-' ty Joll at 10:30 p. m. Christmas A eve. However, Brownell said, ho-, did not particularly notlre any water on the back of Walton's clothes, and he did not see any ' bipod on Wallan. Other defonsc witnesses testl- ' fylng during tho afternoon were Byron Mardenbrook, William J.-" Owsley, G. C. Totman, J. C. Kor- sen. James Douglas, Dr. Harry S. Stone, Sheriff Lloyd Low, Dr. ' J. C. Patterson and A. L. Brandt. -First summing up of ' the Wol- lan case Saturday morning was ' by Clarence Humble who re- viewed the facts as the jdoto taw ' them, und who endeavored to tear down parts of Wallan's tos- tlmony as being Illogical ond not In the leust borne out by the testimony of other witnesses who ; were supposed to huve seen and heard much of the affair. J. C. O'Neill, tlofcnso attorney .' In reviewing tho cose attempted : to brlni out the way the state had described tho caso, there was very little motive for the killing' on Wallan's part. "Why did a j peaceable man who has never dono anything mean, why .' should ho vull this men (How- man) out of a car, go back to the i gnrago, pick up a club and beat '. him to death? What was the , motlvo?" O'Neill asked. ! In his speech for tho defense, George Roberts brought out that . of tho threo hairs, supposed to have been found on tho board allogcdly used in the fatal beat ing of Bowman, one was white and could cosily havo been a hair from tho head of Wallan, whoso holr Is mostly whlto. This contention would verify Wal lan's story of a fight on the back ' steps. Orth Slsemore, In speaking for 1 tho prosecution, described the condition of Wallan's clothing as Lloyd Brownoll, county Jailor, had soon them, with tho damp noss mostly on the bottoms of : the trousers and slcovcs, etc., ' and explained that anyone who lincl seen tho strugglo Wallan had , described should havo been vory ? 1 wet and muddy all over. In re-.; plying to tho self defenso angle' brought out by tho defense, Slse-; moro sold, "Does a man oct In self dofonso when he hits a ; number of limes a man who is '. down?" i (. We glory in what we have' done thus for, but what we have dona thus far Isn't a patch on what wo could do if we were fighting with the idea that It Is a doath strugglo against, an onemy who might dnfoat us,: Right thcro Is ono of the roal' bottlenecks. Wo don't hove the' slightest Idea that we could lose the war. Copt, Eddlo Rlckon... backer. , 611 3. 6th Phone 8868 Refrigeration Service Ward Arnold, Serviceman MERIT WASHING MACHINE SERVICE