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On Bmlnute blast on sirens and whlitlM
li th signal for blackout In KUmath
Falls. Another long blast, during a black
out, a ilgnal for all-claar. In pracau-
tlonery periods, watch your
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By FRANK JENKINS
rT,HIS column dealt ycnterday
with brcnkfimt. So It seems
natural today to go on to tlio
subject of lunch, (Eulliig Is a
growlngly Important item In
American life theso days,)
T UNCI! yesterday at a Uttla up
stulrs cafeteria that hus been
going for years and years (cer
tainly no war time fly-by-night)
consisted of ono beef short rib
and two brown potatoes, a small
unhid, bread and butter and
coffee.
It cost $1.29.
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OPKAK1NG gcnorully and ol
" lowing for exceptions, the
rise In food prices at tho small
and formerly Inexpensive' places
has been Rrcater than at the big
and never exactly cheap eating
spots.
Kor example:
Tho chain counter muss-pro
ductlon food emporiums down
here used to servo a breakfast
special of ham or bacon and ono
egg. hash brown potatoes, toast
and coffee for around 27 cents,
Including sales tax, with lunch
and dinner In proportion.
At one of these places the
ether day. this writer paid 80
cents for a sandwich and 10 cents
additional for WHwrBHoi coffee a
total of 60 cents. - v
TN the old (pre-war) days: when
San Francisco was ono of
America's most economical plac
es to eat (not to mention the
auollty of tho food, which was
and for that matter still is out
standingly excellent) that would
have provided at least the be
ginnings of a fair lunch at one
of the big, world-famous hotels
hero,
CO far, If you eot their special
ties, tho Italian places out
around the boso of Telogroph
hill and tho Chinese places have
not gone up correspondingly. (If
you go In for thick steaks, of
coursA. It s another mntter.)
And If you like their partic
ular kind of food, you can't go
wrong.
...
CAN FRANCISCO, which as al
43 ready mentioned, was for
merly ono of tho nnllon's best
and most economical places to
eat, has certainly changed. A
recent cost of livlna roDort of
tho department of labor says it
has just crowded Washington
out of tho top place on the list
as tho HIGHEST priced.
...
'THIS war prosperity of which
A we hear so much talk Is
spotted. It doesn't Include every
body. The maids at this hotel, for ex
ample. They get four dollars a day
and work six duys a week
which brings their total weekend
stipend to $24. Tho woman who
does the rooms on this floor pays
$0 a week for the room In which
she llvos, which, although It is
less than tho 25 por cent that the
budget experts say can safely be
spent for housing, makes a con
siderable dent In her income.
She cats out. At the prices
that have boon mentioned horo
(which aro at moderate places)
her week's food bill certainly
' knocks a big hole In what is left.
...
ARMY lieutenants and navy
ensigns who get stuck here
waiting for orders don't find tho
going too easy.
This writer fell recently Into
conversation with an ensign who
had just returned from six
months of almost constant action
In the South. Sons and was wait
ing horo for reassignment, Ho'd
been hanging around about two
weeks.
"From tho flnnnclal stand
point," he said, "I'll be glad to
get back to fighting the Jap. It's
so much chonper."
,,.
DIERHAPS ono should npologlzo
for talking o much about
eating.
But, at this pnrtlculnr moment
In America, cnllng is a subject
of tho utmost Importance to the
ECONOMIST, as woll as the or
(Contlnuod on Pago Four)
strati lights, j
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Bobart E. La Folk!. 20 (cantar), of Los Angelas, charged with murder In the "lowar 13"
laying of Mrs. Richard F. Jamas, a brlda of lour months of a navy officer, want on trial In
Portland, Or. With him ara Defenia Attorney Laroy Lomax of Portland (left), and W. E. Pollard
of Los Angelas. . . ' . .f
Attorney's Illness Delays
"Lower 13" Murder Trial
ALBANY, April -10 W) Cir
cuit Judge L. G. Lewelling to
day adjourned the "lower 13"
murder trial of Robert E. Lee
Folkes because Defense Attor
ney, Leroy- Lomax was . Ill and
unable to appear In court.. .
Dr, E. L. Hurd said Lomax
was suffering from - bronchitis
"with a touch of Influenza" and
required complota rest over the
weekend.
Ha indicated the Portland at
torney would bo able to resume
his defense Monday of the 20-year-old
negro second cook who
is on trial for first degrco mur
der for the slaying of Mrs. Mar-
Klamath County
To Buy $75,000 in
Federal Bonds
Klamath county court made
plans'today to purchase $78,000
in government bonds as a contri
bution to the second war loan
drive.
Tho Investments will be made
from tho following funds:
Current expense $48,000.
Warrant sinking, $8000.
Road bond sinking, $10,000.
Road bond Interest, $12,000.
Court members decided to
mako the purchases after con
ferring with Max Saunders, tax
collector, who reported tho con
ditions of tho various funds. Cur
rent expense, which will make
the biggest contribution, now
has a balance of $140,000,
against a minimum balance of
$100,000.
RAF Bombs Batter Krupp
Arms Plant Into Idleness
LONDON, April 10 WP) The
giant Krupp Armament Works,
ono of tho mainstays of Hitler's
war machine, Is almost complete
ly Idlo as a result of the RAF s
shattering 000 and 1000-ton
bomb raids on Ksson, tho air min
istry announced today, shortly
after another big night attack on
Dulsburg and othor Ruhr valley
Industrial objectives.
Tho air ministry said tho latest
cvidonce of the damage done the
Krupp works was obtained in
reconnaissance photographs ta
ken two days after the big at
tack tho night of April 3-4. They
failed to show any smoko rising
from the hundreds of factory
chimneys.
Photos Taken
Tho photographs woro tho
clrnrcst over taken of tho 800-
aero plant, the air ministry said
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Trial for Lower 13 Killing
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tha Virginia James, 21. Norfolk,
Va., in berth lower 13 of a
speeding passenger train Janu
ary 23.
Lewelling did not specify the
length of the adjournment when
he convened court briefly today.
Testimony Delayed
The postponement delayed
completion of direct testimony
by Marine Private Harold Wil
son who was called to the wit
ness stand yesterday.
Wilson, who was in berth-up
per 13 of the same sleeping car,
testified yesterday be was awak
ened by a scream and looked
out to see a man with short,
dark hair- climb out of lower
13, run toward the rear of the
(Continued on Page Two). .
Algoma Employe
Injured in Log
Accident Friday
Frank Dyche, 68, -since 1936
employed by Algoma Lumber
company In the woods, suffered
critical Injuries Friday after
noon when a log broke from a
chain during operations at the
camp near Fort Klamath. This
was the second- such accident
within three days in the Klam
ath timber country.
Dyche Is a patient at Klamath
Valley hospital. Ho is thought to
be suffering from Internal hurts.
The injured man was brought by
pick-up part way to K 1 a m a t h
Falls and mot near Modoc Point
by Ward's ambulance. Dyche Is
a brother of W. K. Dyche, vete
ran woods superintendent for
Algoma.
and "tho works In fact appoacto
bo almost entirely inactive." '
Eight bombers failed to re
turn from last night's attack on
Rulsburg, the third night foray
against Germany this month.
Following up the night raid,
tho RAF's Spitfires, Typhoons
and American-made Mustangs
slashed at German-used rail and
waterway communications from
Le Havre to Holland today. They
damaged four locomotives, three
supply trains, 18 tugs and barges,
one trawlor, a dredger and four
oil storage tanks, air ministry
sources said.
Shipping Hit
Enemy shipping off the Nor
wegian coast also was attacked
earlier In tho night by coastal
command aircraft, which torpe
doed ono tanker. Two coastal
(Continued on Pag Two)
IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1943
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Fires Raze Ma dang;
Burma Front.
. Quiet
By The Associated Prats
Allied warplanea poured 63,
000 rounds of cannon and machine-gun
fire into Japanese posi
tions in northern New Guinea
and blasted nine enemy bases in
the islands above Australia, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's headquar
ters announced today.
The heaviest assault fell upon
the Madang area, along the Jap
anese supply route to their base
at Salnmaua and Lae, and dis
patches said the raiders left big
fires raging and that a single
fighter group made 27 strafing
passes over the region..
Other targets included Fins
chhagen, Mubo, Kavleng, Tim
Ika, Dobo and Saumlakl all
points of increasing Japanese ac
tivity as the enemy tightened his
grip on the South Seas area.
Burma Battle '
On the Burma front, British
headquarters . announced that
there was "nothing to report" in
fighting north of the Mayu pen
insula, where the Japanese have
(Continued on Page Two)
Gen. De Gaulle,
Eisenhower Send
Good Will Cards
ALLIED , HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, April 10
(Pi Gen. Charles De Gaulle,
leader of the fighting French,
and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
allied commander in chief In
iNarCT-'-', exchanged mes
sages of. Jt ,-d wishes today to
end any misunderstanding over!
De Gaulle's delayed trip to
North Africa. '. j . .
De Gaulle sent Eisenhower
"heartfelt wishes of the French
people" and said that French
men urgently desired uhlty to
"allow them' to put an ever
greater effort into our common
battle." ,
Elsenhower who had asked
De Gaulle earlier to defer his
scheduled visit with Gen. Henri
Glraud, French high commis
sioner In North Africa, until the
Tunisian military crisis was past,
thanked the fighting French gon
er a 1 and declared: "Wo welcome
the assistance of all whose single
ambition Is the destruction of tho
enemy.".' ; .
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EIGHTH ARMY
Armor, Air Support
Crushes, Nazi
-. ' Opposition
By EDWARD KENNEDY
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, April 10
(Pj Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery's eighth army occupied
Sfax, second most populous Tu
nisian city and port, in a light
ning pursuit of the African corps
today, crushing opposition and
continuing its northward chase
up the coast.
Marshal Erwin Rommel,
strongly posting his armor in the
mountain passes to hold off side
door attacks by British, Ameri
cans and French, appeared head
ed for a surrender of all central
Tunisia and a new defense line
on a ridge in the Enfldaville area
only 40 .miles south of Tunis,
. The British pursuit was being
pressed, by. four divisions,, plus
armor, -v . .-y.- .,i-tft
Bombera Cooparata
American Lightning fighters
shot down 27 enemy planes in an
attack on a big transport forma
tion carrying fuel to the embat
tled axis-forces,' 'it was an
nounced. . .
Heavy allied bombers worked
in close harmony with naval air
craft in pounding the lines of re
treating forces, already badly
mauled. . .
(A Morocco radio ' broadcast,
recorded in London, said planes
from aircraft carriers were
bombing the coastal road.)
Hurling themselves forward
with crushing speed, the veter
ans of Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery gained about 40 miles in
24 hours, occupying Mahares, 50
miles north of Gabes, and con
tinuing on today to Sfax, where
they were about ISO miles south
of Tunis.
At. the same time- British,
Americans and French on Rom
mel's flank launched successful
new attacks in the central and
northern sectors.
Today's communique from
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's
(Continued on Page Two)
Nazis Attempt
Smash Against
Balakleya Line
MOSCOW, April 10 (P) Mas
sing new forces, the Germans
have tried again to smash the
red army line south of Balak
leya but have lost more than
1200 dead and a number of tanks
In the battle for bridgeheads
along the Donets river.
In their newest thrust, the
nazis sought to drive through the
Russian line to reach an uniden
tified settlement but they were
forced back to their original po
sitions. . (The German high command
communique, broadcast from
Berlin and recorded by The As
sociated Press, devoted but one
sentence to the Russian cam
paign, saying "no operations of
importance took place on the
eastern front yesterday,")
The army newspaper Red Star
said that battles are fierce in this
area 27 miles northwest of Izyum
but there Is no indication that the
assaults are on the gigantic scale
which the Russians. turned back
the northern Donets line. .
First East Coast
Submarine Attack
Claims 40 Lives
KEY WEST, Fla April 10 ()
The first submarine attack in
months In waters off the eastern
coast of the United States sank a
United States merchantman ear
ly in April with, a loss of. 40
lives.
CHASES AFRICA
NEA FEATURES
Number 9768
Trains for
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Mrs. Thalma Duka, rout 3, box 272, has aignad to take up
training for possible duty as a lookout In connection with tha
forest dafansa program being organised for tha coming fix sea
son. Sha is anthuilaatic about this program.
Two-fold flan Will Combat
'Scorched Earth' Danger in
Klamath Area This Summer
(Edlior's Not Tha following arUclo deacrlbea plans Tor meet
ing tha dangerous emergency in tha Klamath country's valuabla
foraats in the 1943 fire season. It includes-an appeal to Klamath
people to enlist In the fir fighting reserve. Tha Herald and Haws
urge a cartful -reading of this wall-prapaxed axticlo).
; ; By CARLISLE CROUCH,
Chief Hangar, Cratar Lake National Forest
' ' Klamath, county can ill afford a "scorched earth" policy in Its
forested areas and grasslands this year as 'both are contributing
a vital part to the prosecution of
quately protected from the ravages-of fire.- - -
The direct 'and indirect" results of fire in the destruction of
natural resources and In. a disruption of the orderly business of
a community or region must be
more so now that our nation is engaged in a war for survival.
Conflagrations in the forests this year will mean a diversion of
. ,. ' ; , , 'manpower from constructive
Klamath Basin
Promised Good -Water
Season
Dame Nature took on her re
sponsibilities inJthe.'Tpod for
Freedom" ' program and ' prom
ised all the. water the Klamath
basin needs this year, next year
and then some for the growing
of bumper crops, it was decided
at the annual snow survey and
water forecast meeting held Fri
day in Medford.
Stored in Klamath basin -res
ervoirs is enough water for two
or three years and the inflow
to Upper Klamath lake is ex
pected to reach a 20-year high
of 1,575,000 -acre-feet this year.
B. E. Hayden, superintendent
of the US . bureau of reclama
tion, said the season had excel-'
lent prospects. In years prior to
1910, he pointed out, this coun
try frequently got a two million
acre-foot run-off but since 1921-
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Congress Leaders Pledge Support to
Roosevelt's "Line Against Inflation
By JACK BELL '
WASHINGTON, April 10 (IP)
Keeping their powder dry, con
gressional farm leaders pledged
their support today to President
Roosevelt's effort to hold the
line against inflation with a vir
tual freeze of prices, wages and
salaries at their existing levels.
But from farm organization
leaders came outspoken criti
cisms of the edict, with one
terming it "impossible of exe
cution." Senator Bankhead (D-Ala.)
told reporters that he intended
to support the president's latest
executive order in good faith "so
long as everybody is treated.
alike."
Break Through Demands -But
there are indications that
any break-through on the wage
front Is likely to be followed by
a revival of domands for the en
actment of, legislation, such ai
to
Lookout Duty
& ) ts 0& v y
the war and both must be ade
deplored at any time, but even
and productive war work; a dis
ruption of the flow of raw mate
rials from the woods to the mills;
destruction of watersheds which
now hold the water so necessary
for power generation and irriga
tion, and an outright gift of pre
fabricated smoke-screens to . the
enemy.. ,.'..'.
Protection Agencies Plan
- Forest- protection- agencies in
Klamath county are acutely
aware of the actual and poten
tial hazards and risks -forested
areas face this season and are
endeavoring to the best of their
abilities-and resources to-plan
now for emergency conditions, a
plan in which each citizen of this
community, man and woman, is
requested and urged to give sym
pathetic cooperation. ' '
These agencies are, like all
others,, faced with a critical
shortage of experienced person
nel. The plan of the protection
agencies to meet this situation is
simple in character and two-fold
in nature: first, to eliminate -In-so-far
as 'it is. humanly possible
all preventable fires, and second,
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the Pace bill to include farm
labor costs in parity calculations
and thus boost farm prices. .
And from leaders of major na
tional farm organizations came
open expressions of displeasure
at the president's order.
Albert S. Goss, national
grange master, said "the presi
dent's plan Is based on the false
assumption that we can main
tain our existing standards of
living in the face of enormous
losses caused by war," and Ed
ward A. O'Neal, president of the
American farm 1 bureau federa
tion said he was "dumbfound
ed" by the order. He asserted
that farm prices are not respon
sible for Inflation, and added
that "it looks like the president
Is hitting at the farmer."
Food Important
Ezra T. Benson, executive sec
retary of the National Council
of Farmer Cooperatives termed
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Hamilton Fires Shot;
W. L. Hubbard Hurt ;
In Earlier Fray ,
James Eugene. Echer, 38, Is in.
the Klamath Valley hospital to-'
day with a bullet wound in. his .
abdomen Inflicted at the time of
his arrest early this morning by
city police after a wild chase in
which Echer allegedly ex
changed shots with the pursuing
officers. ...
- Deputy District Attorney Clar
ence Humble said Echer was shot
by Assistant Police Chief Orville
Hamilton when Hamilton be
lieved Echer was reaching for a
gun.
- The wounding of Echer cli
maxed a pursuit through the;
dark streets of the city, and fol
lowed another shooting at a
house at 1503 Worden avenue in
which Echer allegedly wounded
Woodruff L. Hubbard in the leg.
Deputy District Attorney
Clarence Humble said that city
police had been called after Hub
bard was shot, and took up the
chase after locating Echer in hi
car near the Worden. street residence.-
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,;-c-'jiShota Exchanged
the pursuit took officers m all
parts of town, Humble said, and
twice Echer allegedly fired shot
at the police cars.
' Officers fired back, flattening'
the two rear tires on Echer1 ma
chine, finally forcing him to
stop on Worden street at about'
4 a. m. ... ''.:..-.; '; ..-
When Echer stopped, accord'
ing to Humble, Hamilton and
three ; other officers Raymond
Sweitzer, Charles Howard. and
Al Kennerly came ;up in two
cars, . . ... ,
Hamilton ordered Echer from
the. car. with his hands up. -
cher got out of . the car,.
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Tin Can Kiddies
Attend Matinee
One thousand Klamath Falls
kiddies, each bearing a batch of
tin cans, bore down on the
Esquire theatre Saturday morn
ing for the tin can matinee,
which proved to be an outstand
ing success.
The youngsters lined up
Seventh street - for an entire?
block. As they went into ; the ,
theatre,' they "gave their tin
cans to Boy Scouts who piled
them in a waiting truck. Twenty
cans was admission price to the
show;
When it was all over, the
cans were weighed. The young
sters had turned in 5250 pounds,
and 2.65 tons. From this, salv
age officials said, 50 pounds of
pure tin can be reclaimed, while
the remaining steel can be used
in i obtaining 3600 pounds of
copper in a chemical process at
a copper mine. - ,
it "a play to build up a position
from which' John L. Lewis can
successfully be opposed. It is
more important to get food pro
duction."' ' ;
Bankhead, however, said ha
had no .intention at this time, of
moving to bring back before the)
senate his vetoed bill to force,
price control, officials to dlsra.
gard government benefit payJ
ments in establishing agriculJ
tural price ceilings. Tho measi
ure was referred to the agricul
ture committee after a bitter
fight in which farm bloc mem
bers staved off administration
efforts to kill the bill outright
by senate support of the veto, v'
"I am not going to make any
Immediate move to bring tha
bill out," Bankhead said. "I in
tend to support the president'
stabilization order in the hope
that no further action will, be
necessary." . j$
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