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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
April 14. 1949
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Today's Roundup
By MALCOLM EPLEY
A TOUR of the war training service living
quarter and classroom set-up at Sum
mer school today left us with the impression
that the erstwhile school Jay
out is serving with fair ade-
k quacy in its new function. In
some ways, this set-up is Ideal,
and In others, where there is
room for Improvement, plans
for sush improvement ate
underway.
We were Interested because
U'lK'r i ' recentlv published comment
' Jv f 1 on 0,6 CAA plIot tra,nln Pr0"
LHm a gram, some of which has ap-
EPLEV peared with critical emphasis
In the Oregon Journal. The Journal's discus
sion of the general pilot training program, ac
cording to local observers, was generally justi
fied, in particular that part dealing with the
delays involved in completing the training and
utilizing the services of the men who engage
la the program.
But the Journal, offhandedly, made a remark
to the effect that the health department threat
ened to condemn the Klamath Falls war train
ing service barracks, which is the Summers
school layout, and on that point, the Portland
paper was misinformed. We have checked
with, the health authorities, and such was not
the case. The Summers school property was
inspected from a health standpoint by state
and county health officers, some recommenda
tions were made, but condemnation was never
mentioned. Health facilities at the school do
not deserve such an Implication.
Sleep In Gym '
SLEEPING quarters for the 50 men in the
current training program at the airport are
established in the gymnasium. They are clean,
neat, and certainly as pleasant as the usual
.barracks dormitory. The kitchen and dining
room facilities are well equipped, clean and in
excellent condition. The recreation room offers
possibilities, but at present it is rather bare
and uncomfortable looking. The VFW is in
terested in providing better furniture for this
room, and a lot could be done to make it a
more pleasant place. .
'Heating and sanitary facilities have presented
tome problems, and these are receiving atten
tion now. A plan is underway to provide suf
ficient heat to keep the sleeping quarters in the
gymnasium the coming winter. Other, smaller
rooms, were used for that purpose last -winter
because of the heating problem in the gym,
but this situation ' can be remedied. Sewage
must be disposed of by the septic tank method,
as is customary in the suburban areas, and
there are some problems In this connection that
have received recommendations from the health
authorities.
The fact that the Summers school grounds
are covered with heavy grass sod, and are
well landscaped, will be found increasingly
beneficial in the summer season. There Is
ample room for outdoor recreation, and the
outside surroundings are quite pleasant. Many
of the students were lying on the grass talking
or studying on the occasion of our visit today.
Our impression, as we have indicated, is that
the local "barracks" are a very minor issue, if
any, in connection with the general questions
raised concerning the CPT program.
Vague
BUT it is true that plans for the training pro
gram are too often in a vague status, and
that many timet there have been delays In
calling the men for further training, or Into
some phase of active duty. This all seems to
track back somewhere into the maze of red
tape that lies behind most governmental pro
grams, and may be attributable to some hitch
in the relationship between the CAA and the
army.
Local observers believe that something defin
ite in the way of Improvement in this situation
if shaping up, and it Is much to be hoped that
if true.
The training program here Is sponsored by
the University of Oregon, and it was moved
here from Eugene when regulations prohibited
' such training flying west of ' the Cascades.
James Stovall of the university is the coordin
ator, and Otto Vitus is representing him here.
Louis Soukup is the government contractor pro
viding planes and instructors for the flight
training.
Uncertain Future
ONE trouble that has been ever-present is a '
question as to whether the program will
be. continued. No one has seemed to know for
- sure whether there would be another school
when one training period approaches an end.
This Vagueness has naturally worked a hard
ship on everyone.
For Instance, in early March, 48 trainees were
finishing their course here. It was not known
for sure whether there would be another. Then,
on March 15, 80 additional men were moved in
here for training. There are facilities at the
Summers school for only 50, but it was neces
sary to take Care of 98 men until the 48 in
the current school concluded their course on
March 27.
That's the sort of thing that creates a problem
for the management of the local schools. Right
now, it is necessary to make plans for next
winter's fuel supply, and the fuel is being laid
id although no one seems to be able to guar
antee that there will be a program. It is ex
pected there will, but that's about as far as it
goes.
Road Improvement
THE use of Klamath's fine airport for flight
training through the CAA is locally grati
fying, and It would have been Indeed unfor
tunate if these facilities had lain idle during the
war period. It is to be hoped the airport can
continue in its contribution to the war pro
gram with increasing effectiveness.
In this connection, a plug is in line for
further improvement this year by the county
court of the county road which connects the
airport with the paved section of Summers
lane. Something definite should be done there
this year.
The road, Incidentally, passes Summers school
and connects it with the airport a short dis
tance away. It Is constantly used by the
trainees in moving between the airport and
the living and classroom facilities at the
school property.
SIDE GLANCES
MIS
News Behind the News
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, April 14 Rommel lost 30,
000 men In prisoners alone from the
Mareth line to Sousse.
No good estimate has been
made of his dead and wound
ed, but, as he is known to
have had about 80,000 effec
tives on the Mareth line, he
lost far more than one-third
of his army In the few weeks
of flight northward.
These losses should have
been enough to destroy his
army but they did not.
The craftv nazi saved thn
. hau,oh backbone of his f ightlng power
mis Alruca corps) from heavy retreating en
gagements. It contains probably three motor
lzed divisions, or about 45,000 men.
Always he left behind a rear guard to cover
the escape of his prized corps composed of
substantial groups of Italians and less important
uerrnan infantrymen. These held the pillboxes
at the Mareth line until the corps could escape
nortnward.
More of them were left at El Akarit, 18
miles south of Gabes, where he was expected
to mane a strong stand. He had no prepared
fortifications there, but was in an excellent
position, with one flank resting on the sea
ana tne other securely protected by salt marshes,
He would have stood there had it not been for
the Americans attacking in his right rear at
1 Guettar and Maknassy.
iff jire
Americans Fight
DO NOT let anyone tell you that the British
eighth army did all the fighting. The
British will never say so, nor will anyone else
who knows what happened.
The constant pressure of American land
forces, and particularly American airplanes,
required Rommel to protect a line on his rear
right flank , more heavily than his front line
facing the British eighth army. He could
always retreat from the face of the British in
safety, but If we broke through in his rear,
ne would have been undone.
The American fighting, therefore, was really
the factor that made the British successes pos
sible, because it drew enough cannon and men
from the nazl-British front to enable General
Montgomery to break up -anything Rommel
offered. Our successes at Pichon, Kairouan,
and Fondoux really forced Rommel to retreat
from the eighth army.
There are some who may say that our failure
to break through to the coast and cut Rommel
off completely is a disappointing factor in our
success. No doubt a break through of such a
nature was part of our strategy.
But it had to be accomplished with such over-
wneiming strength that It could be defended
successfully not only from Rommel on the
southern side, but from Von Arnlm on the
north.
Rommel would have turned on us In his re
treat and our break-through unit would have
been opposed both from the north and south at
the same time. The way it happened was much
surer ana safer though less decisive.
So now RommeL with his battered Afrika
corps, filled with replacements, has menaced
to preserve some considerable fighting power
lor me iinai iray at the side of Von Arnlm.
Speedy Retreat
SO FAST was he fleeing past Sfax, ha did
not have time to lay land mines, and estab
lish himself an advantageous natural line which
was waiting for him 15 miles south of Sousse.
This line, running from Mahdia from the sea
to a dried-up chott (marsh) crumbled quickly
before the eighth army, with th usual loss of
Italians.
The mountain line, north of Enfldaville, was
obviously the best place for final resistance.
The highest peak in all north east Tunisia
(Djebel Zaghoun) Is in that range. Part of the
water supply for Tunis it drawn from there by
aqueduct.
Only through narrow valleys In this range
can we approach Tunis and Bizerte, and the
Germans have placed their artillery in such
position to make advances through the valley
extremely difficult.
But they only have about tlx airfields left,
three large ones around th two big cities and
three or four smaller fields huddled closely
within their narrow lines.
We have had superiority in the sir until
now and should be able to make hash out of
those fields in a few days. Our fields are
scattered far back and thus better protected.
Whether the Germans can escape successfully
In another Dunquerque depends on the coming
fight in the air. W have the sea power, a
superior land force and air force (up to now).
If Hitler can hastily assemble enough planes
to get a temporary local air superiority over the
80-mlle stretch of water from Tunis to Sicily,
and thus harrass the operations of the British
American fleet, he might sneak the bulk of his
army out In planes and small boats and again
leave behind the Italian army to be captured.
POWt !W IV OTH MVW, IMC. T. M.Tito. U. PAT. Bff.
"Gosh, Muisy, Bill hasn't got h (lute 1 hope you won't
miud if he togs along with us!"
"I Hates Bulgarians ..."
This particular hate on Bui
garians was the only violent, or
even positive opinion that Pe-
wee Samson had ever been
heard to express in his 30-odd
years as a man of the woods.
Pewee was an old head with
the Lemola Logging company
In his prune . he could never
quite inch up to five feet, even
in his calked boots. Pewee lack
ed the cockiness that is common
with many good little loggers.
At 50 he seemed a gray, wizened
rabbit of a man. After a long
record of such jobs as flunkey,
whistlepunk, bullcook, wood
buck, snipe, Pewee seemed sot
tied as a camp night watchman.
Then came the war.
A few other Lemolo old-tim-s
knew that Pewee had
dreamed for some years of a
tractor-driver's ' job. He had
spent -many of his spare day
time hours tinkering and help
ing around the machine shop.
Every so often he was allowed
to try his hand at breaking In
a reconditioned tractor. At last,
with the war taking so many
men out. of the woods, Pewee
got his chance with a bulldozer,
grading a new logging truck
road.
The Snake Ranch ...
The new trail forked Into the
Lemolo river road where stood
The Snake Ranch," a joint con
ducted by a Bulgarian called
'Herman the Hog." He and his
gang were rotgut bootleggers,
gambling sharks, and, some said,
enemy aliens at heart as well
as by war rating.
On a certain weekend Pewee
parked his dozer in a clump of
river-bank alders alongside the
Snake Ranch. It was with grim
purpose. This Saturday night,
he vowed, he'd live up to his
family name of Samson or bust
something a-trying.
Pewee had a particular bill
of complaint against Herman
the Hog. Back In the depression
years the two had been in camp
together. During a summer shut
down in forest fire weather,
Herman had somehow snagged
bottle of lemon extract from
the kitchen and gone to the
woods to drink it. Drunk, he
started a fire near the donkey
where Pewee was on watch. Pe
wee got water on the blaze and
licked it, but in the fight a
shower of coals hit him from
behind and set his shirt tail on
fire. The looks of Pewee when
he came In to camp were a big
laugh to the whole outfit, and
most of all to Herman.
Pewee Samson remembered
all that on this Saturday mid
night, as he packed the line
from the dozer's drum in among
the posts that supported the
rear of the Snake Ranch joint
on the river bank slope.
But Pewee remembered most
of all how many gopd men of
the woods had been doped and
robbed by Herman the Hog
these past weeks; how many had
been snared in the Snake Ranch
by man catchers for big-town
Jobs; how many loggers had
been gyped with loaded dice and
stacked cards.
Genuine Samson
Back in the tractor seat Pe
wee eased the power into the
drum. Cold beads of sweat
popped out on him and chills
ran up and down his spine as
timbers groaned and- cracked
through the midnight shadows
ahead. Pewee could imagine
stone walls and steel bars
around him the rest of his days
for this. But he grimly poured
in the power. Ihun suddenly
The lino slackened and raced
in, things crashed, the boozy up
roar inside the joint lifted in
whoops and yells of panic, and
the bulk of the old Snuko Ranch
shack In the darkness leaned
and slid lor the shadowy water
The crash of splintering wood
and the yells were muffled by
a giant splash. The lights of the
Snake Ranch were out, but Pe
wee coiud see that the shack
was in water up to its windows.
He skipped off the tractor
and unhooked the line from the
foundation posts, which had
been pulled to the alders. Three
minutes later Pewee was rolling
back to the woods. Ho felt safe
now. No one would ever dream
that such a rabbit of a man had
pulled the pillars out from un
der the Snake Ranch. He was
happy. At last he'd lived up to
the family name. -
EDITORIALS ON
NEWS
(Continued from Page One)
gomery, he has reached his last
stand.
We had a field day against the
axis air forces yesterday, destroy
ing 84 German and Italian planes
with a loss of only three of our
own. Seventy-three of the 84
were destroyed by Flying Fort
resses in two raids on Sicilian
air fields (presumably we caught
the enemy planes on the ground
and smashed them before they
could get off.)
The Germans are reported to
have only about three air fields
left in Tunisia.
EXCEPT for mysterious sharp
assault, delivered by the Ger
mans in the Leningrad area, the
bulk of the fighting in Russia
seems to be in the air. - Mud
still hampers the ground fight
ing. The military experts offer no
explanation of these attacks, but
suggest that they may be feints
intended to draw Russian atten
tion away from the spot where
the Germans are planning a real
attack in force.
Moscow is reported today to
be expecting heavy German at
tacks somewhere along the line
in the next two or three weeks.
The Germans are reported to be
massing troops and supplies at
several points along the Russian
front presumably in prepara-1
tion for the spring offensive !
against the Russians that Hit
ler has been promising.
The gemsbok Is an African
animal.
Ill SCHOOL'
EDITOR INS
THIRD PRIZE
Edna Kohl's editorial In the
Klamath Krntor, under the title,
"Koopor of the Flame," won the
i!., third national
prize in a con
test for high
school jour
nalists sponsor
ed by the Scliol
astlc magazine
It was announ
ced Wednesday,
Miss Kahl Is a
member of the
staff of the Krn
tor, and her edi
torial, which
discussed free
dom of the
press, was car
ried on the edi
torial page of The Herald and
News recently.
Cliftord Rowo, high school
Journalism Instructor, received
word of Miss Kahl's award Wed
nesday. The young girl will re
ceive a $25 war bond as nor
prize.
TAFT FIGHTS OVER
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WASHINGTON, April 14 (IF)
Senator Taft (R-Ohlo) clashed
sharply today with J. W. Studc-
baker, United States commission
er of education, over the wis
dom of grunting federal funds
for the high school victory corps.
"I have no sympothy with the
efforts of state schools to como
in hero and try to get federal
money for the primary and sec
ondary education of youth."
Taft said, interrupting Studc
baker's testimony before the
senate education and labor com
mittee on a measure providing
for medical examination of high
school youngsters, pre-inductlon
training for prospective soldiers,
and preparatory instruction for
future workers in war Industries
and on farms.
T
Every shoe merchant who has
access to ration banking facilities
must open a ration banking ac
count before Saturday in order
to keep doing business, James B.
Reese, district OPA rationing of
ficer, reminded today.
This procedure must be fol
lowed, Reese explained, regard
less of a shoe dealer's volume
of business and the number of
pairs of shoes carried in stock.
Some misunderstanding has
arisen as to this latter point, he
Indicated.
VITAL STATISTICS
ELLIS Born at Klamath Val
ley hospital, Klamath Falls, Ore.,
April 13, 184:f, to Mr. and Mrs.
Francis C. Ellis, 921 Prospect
avenuo, a boy. Weight: 7 pounds"
10) ounces.
Unless the nations can find
come way to Improve condi
tions, by working, producing,
distributing and consuming
unless that happens, we are des
tined to go along the tame iden
tical road we traveled from
1920 on. Secretary of State
Cordell Hull.
V
We LEND OURM0NEV.
THEY GIVE THEIR
LIVES
Ctmtfttr Utntit )'itt
VFWHUU
HILL INSTALL
HEW OFFICERS
Fascism dors not war on men
alone. Wo women of the Unit
cd Nations must fight too. We
must share In avenging the
blood of our children and the
tears of the mothers of all coun
tries flKlitlnK Hlllcrlsm. 4th
Mute Vulentina Orllkova of so
viet merchant marine,
Auxiliary to VFW, Pelican
Post No. 1383. will hold open
installation of officers for the
coming year Thursday, April
15, In tho K. C. bull ot 8 p. m.
This will bo a Joint installation
with VFW men of the same
post.
Installing officers will be Ira
Canficld and Julia Canticld of
Medford, Ore.
Now officers for tho coming
year will be: Prosldcnt, Ruby
Roufs; senior vice president.
Edna Carnaban; Junior vlco
president, Anno McGllvroy;
treasurer, Gladys L o f d a h 1;
chapluln, Arvlc Jenkins; con
ductress. Kilo Mulllns; guard,
Dora Lohrcy; secretary, Erma
deo La Bargu; plonl.it, Pot Hen
ry; patriotic Instructor, Groyco
Crump; historian, Martha
Townsend; banner bearer.
Georgia Rigglcs; trustee, Eliza
beth Lee; color bearers, Faye
Meyers, Curollne Williams,
Dagna Subject, Ethel Prairie.
A cordial invitation Is ex
tended to any persons or or
ganizations wishing to attend.
Thero will be a pot-luck sup
per served In tho KC hall at
0:30 p. m. Persons attending
pot-luck nro asked to bring a
hot dish and a dessert.
When in Mtdford
Stay at
HOTEL HOLLAND
Thoroughly Modern
Joe and Anne Earlty
Proprietors
A cowboy can
with its own tall.
tie a steer
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF MEETING OF
BOAHD OF EQUALIZATION
KLAMATH' IRRIGATION
DISTRICT.
Notice Is hereby given that the
Board of Directors of Klamath
Irrigation District, sitting as a
board of equalization, will moot
on the first Tuesday In May,
which will bo Tuesday, May 4,
1043, ot 10 o'clock A. M. at tho
office- of said irrigation district
In the Courthouse ot Klamath
Falls, Oregon, for the purpose of
reviewing and correcting its
assessments and apportionment
of taxes.
GLEN L. TERRILL
Secretary of Boord of
Directors .
A. 14, 21 No. 218.
Utopia you cannot make In a
day. Huxilu tried to butter the
bread of everyone and found it
spread too thin to suit the taste
of the people. Prof, Pltlrlm A.
Sorokln of Harvard U.
TOO LATE TO
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FOR THE BETTER grades of
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ncr, 821 Spring streot, tele
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FOR RENT Five-room house,
furnished, refrigerator and
Maytag. Adults. $30. 1710
Ouk St. Coll 10 t. m. till
5 p. m. 4-18
FOR SALE Yearling Guernsey
heifer, nice one. 4349 Winter
nvonuo after 3 p. m. 4-17
WANTED Elderly men for car
penter work. Phono 3078. 4-18
FOR SALE M acre. Lawn,
trees, shrubs, garden spot, out
buildings, house, near school,
bus line. .Inquire 2205 Wlard.
4-18
TRAIN AT Interstate Buslnesa
College for that flno position
you wish to hold during and
after the war. 432 Main. 4-14
WANTED Experienced couple
to work on ranch, woman to
cook. Good wages. Box 3318,
Herald-News. 410
WOMAN OR GIRL for home
work 8 or 8 days each week.
Go homo nights. Steady work.
Phono 7359. 4-18
FOR RENT Two room furnish
ed apartment, nont and clcon,
closo In, ot $18.00.
FOR RENT -Four rooltt fur
nished house, nsrnr Frel's 1
store on old Kcno rond. $20.00.
FOR RENT Three room mod
ern liouso at 2223 Bichn St., at
$10.00.
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Since 1009
111 N. 9th Phone 4564
4-14
611 S. 6th Phone 8689
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Aik for Mr. Omonundro, Elk Hotel, Phone 4181
To the Coal Trade:
TO HAVE COAL, OR NOT TO HAVE IT,
that is the question!
Much as we would like to tike a "rait" aftor six months of
the most trying times In the coal business, we simply must
not rolax our efforts not even for a short time toward
keeping coal moving Into our customers' bins, especially
during the next SIX OR EIGHT WEEK8.
We Quote Just One of Many Authorities:
(National Solid Fuels Coordinator, Washington, D. C)
"Reductions In fuel wood production threatens to Incresie
substantially the demand for eesl next winter."
Coal users must store more eosl during April, May and
June this year than ever before. NOW, TODAY, is not too
soon to order your coal.
The Answer, We Believe, Is Obvious,
namely:
We advise you very frankly that you MUST take your
cool now, while It is available, or be prepared to do without
your normal supply next fill and winter.
FRED H. HEILBRONNER
Oflleo and Yard, 821 Spring phone 4183
"FUELS THAT SATISFY" PLUS SERVICE
Since 1H19