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Today's Roundup
By MALCOLM EPLEY.
AT Eugene Saturday a celebration was held
on the occasion of the establishment of
limited service at the new Eugene airport by
Sfsj United Airlines, me incident
was nauea as iuucai
the city's progress, as it no
doubt was. Eugene has been
after such aviation service for
many years, and it is indeed
fortunate to obtain it in the
" middle of a war period, even
though the service may be
somewhat limited for the time
being.
The Lane county town got
its new airport, which is In
most respects about the same as that at Klam
ath Falls, through CAA help. The federal gov
ernment put up mora than $1,000,000, as it did
here, and the construction stimulus cams as a
wartime development. Only a fraction of the
cost of the field was borne locally, but local
Interests worked diligently to acquire the site
and otherwise oil tha wheels of government
assistance.
That Eugene has at last landed commercial
service may be taken as a good omen by other
communities similarly interested. Eugene . ap
plied at the time Klamath Falls application
for commercial service by United Airlines was
before the federal aviation authorities. Eu
gene's application was okehed, and Klamath's
was turned down, chiefly because the local
service theoretically involved some additional
mileage and there were no navigation aids
through here at the time.
Since then, there have been some favorable
developments here, both as to the airport con
struction and the installation of navigation aids.
The development of an alternate route on the
cast side of the mountains which many airmen
regard as more advantageous in many respects
than the west side route seems a certainty for
the very near future.
Eugene is a hop and skip from the big.
metropolitan center at Portland. Its need for
aviation service is far less acute than that of
Klamath Falls. It occupies no such potentially
important spot for stopover and fueling by
planes plying between the big centers north
' and south. If Eugene can get the service, there
is no reason to believe it cannot be won for
Klamath Falls. Conversely, it is a good reason
to believe it CAN be done here.
Striate Talk
OREGON VOTER mentions quite a list of
republicans who might run against Rufus
Kolman next year when the junior Oregon
U. S. senator must seek reelection if he wants
to stay in Washington.
These include ex-Governor C A. ' Sprague,
Governor Snell, Secretary of State Bob.Farrell,
Stale GOP Chairman Niel Allen, State Senator
Marshall Cornett, and Arthur Geary and James
R. Bain, Portland lawyers. Not in the Voter
list, but rumored here as a potential candidate,
is Henry Cabell, Portland, former chairman of .
the state highway commission.
That is quite a field, and, as the Voter indi
cates, numerous candidacies will add to Hol
man's chance to go back to the senate. The
Incumbent is a vote-getter of no mean ability,
and he won't be easily beaten.
Regarding the Cornett angle, which is of par
ticular interest here, the Voter said:
"Marshall Cornett of Klamath Falls, able
state senator with wide acquaintance and mag
netic personality, has made no public denial of
the imputation that he declined appointment on
the state highway commission to reserve his
right to run for U. S. senator if the breaks
came."
Senator Cornett's term in the state senate ex
pires next year. If he runs again for the state
upper house, he will be regarded as a probable
candidate for president of that group in 1945.
At this writing, it seems certain he will be
running for the senate state or U. S. in 1944,
with his decision depending on what happens in
tha situation described by the Voter. A race for
re-election with the state senate presidency in
mind seems more likely, but that likelihood can
switch before the spring of the next election
year.
important occasion . . . Tha Mahoney cup, which
used to be given the high school athlete for
inspiration, isn't available this year . . , The
donor, Klamath's ex-mayor, isn't here any more,
but possibly if he could be reminded, ho would
keep the award alive . . . Helping to make the
union labor bond sports card a success the
otlier night were Jack Franey, announcer, and
the Judges, Dwight French, Tom Watters and
Russell Brown.
SIDE GLANCES
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MALLOW
News Behind the News
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, May S Thicker than a con
voy smoke screen, have been the gov
ernment's conflicting, confusing and impenetra
ble announcements from the
vital submarine war front.
One day the nasi subs are
such a menace that we are
losing the war; next day, they
were a menace last year but
have not been recently.
Not even Navy Secretary
Knox and Senate War-Truth-Seeker
Truman can wholly
agree. In their headlined spat,
Truman finally made Knox
come around and admit that
we suffered a 12,000,000 gross tons loss but
the argument was obviously a post-mortem, be
cause it dealt with last year.
Neither Truman nor Knox offered any figures
as to what has been happening since then or
really since the splurge of nazi sinkings along
our coast a year ago.
Fuel Sequestrator Ickes indicated to a con
gressional committee that oil represents two
thirds of our exports to North Africa and our
losses at sea in this commodity have been
heavy. But Assistant Navy Secretary Forrestal
has testified there have been no sinkings of
any consequence within 400 or S00 miles of the
British coast for quite a long time.
First understandable truth that I have seen
on this completely muddled controversial issue
since the start of the war,' was in a speech
Tuesday not by Knox or a navy man or by
a congressman but by High Army General
Brehon Somervell.
In a few obscured words, he told the United
States chamber of commerce that we have lost
many ships, not as many as we have built to
date, and that our troop convoy losses have
been so light as to be miraculous.
. This Jibes with information furnished con
gress by the Stettinius lend-lease administra
tion some weeks back that 95 per cent of our
goods to Russia has been getting through.
Apparently, our most important war goods
transported in convoys has been getting through
satisfactorily or better. The heavy gross ton
nage sinkings which are being announced repre
sent largely the stray ships operating individ
ually or coastwise some time back and not
containing the most ' important war materiel.
Also, most of the tonnage figures include sink
ings by planes and mines.
: The sinking of a single ship is, of course, a
menace. But not a bit of evidence has been
offered, to the public and none exists that I
know of to justify the pessimistic attitude that
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W. 'W V MA MtVTCC Wft'.T. H acq. U. . WT. Off.
"Just lo gel you out in the yard long enough to plant any
sort of a garden would be victory enough for me I"
Telling
The Editor
Lattara printed Hart mutt not b mora
than Ht wordi In length, muat ba writ
tan legibly on ONE SIDI of tha papar
only, and imjat ba lgitd. Contributions
following thoao ruloa, art warmly wetV
oomo.
At Summers School
RECENTLY, we commented 'here at some
length to the effect that Summers school
living conditions for men in the war training
service are fairly adequate and satisfactory,
contrary to an implication in an Oregon Jour
nal editorial.
Now, Dr. Peter Rozendal, county health offi
cer, echoes those sentiments of ours in a letter
written from Hot Springs, Ark., where he is
taking some special work.
Dr. Rozendal points out that Otto Vitus,
representing the coordinator for the WTS,
months ago contacted health authorities regard
ing conditions at the school. Suggestions made
by the health authorities met with cooperation
on the part of Vitus, Dr. Rozendal said.
Dining and kitchen facilities receive the
warm approval of the county officer, and sleep
ing arrangements have been much Improved.
Improvements have been suggested regarding
sewage disposal and the matter is to be taken
lare of, Dr. Rozendal said.
He denied emphatically there had been even
I hint of condemnation from a health stand
point, thus refuting specifically a statement
wade by the Journal.
That seems to dispose of the matter.
SHORT NOTICE Yep, the fishing season
Ipened last weekend, but gasoline shortage pre
rented the usual fanfare that accompanies that
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some officials have intermittently taken.
Production Delays
VERYTHING you hear these days makes the
end of the war seem farther off. The part
of General Somervell's speech which got the
headlines was his amazing announcement that
our ground force production schedules have
been delayed 25 per cent, by temporary short
ages of materials, that our allies' armies will
not be fully equipped until near the end of
this year, and our own army late next year.
Common Washington expert gossip (naturally
not . confirmed in any official quarter) is that
the big invasion second front logically could be
expected in the late summer or early fall, al
though a limited Invasion effort might be
started at any time.
Only hope for an early conclusion Is that
Hitler will crack, and no one has much of a
line on that possibility. -
Russian Congeniality
THE less-than-satisfactory state of diplomatic
congeniality with Russia has caused some
people to fear again Stalin may seek a separate
peace which would take care of his own inter
ests. Not on your lifel
.The complete eradication of nazism and fasc
ism is a Russian necessity. Theirs has been a
long war. Fascism was conceived by Mussolini
to crush communism and the fight waged in
Italy for 15 year before this war began. Then
it was transported to Germany ' and finally
Spain.
Stalin's type of dictatorship cannot live in the
same world with fascism. He is too much of a
practical man to make any peace as long as a
single fascist has a pistol left in hand in Europe.
Post-War Discussions
THE senate foreign relations committee meets
once in a while to discuss the post-war
pledges proposed In the Ball-Burton-Hatch-HIU
bill and then softly puts It back in the drawer.
They put it farther back at the last meeting
after reading of the Russian-Polish controversy.
Even some of the so-called isolationists would
like to perfect some kind of a post-war state
ment of policy, but it the resolution is to have
any importance at all, it must touch such red
hot controversies as India, Russia, Poland, etc.
Any action at all by the senate is extremely un
ABOUT ROADS
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore. (To
The Editor) I wish something
could be done about repairing
some of our county roads, espe
cially those in the heavily popu
lated areas close to the city of
Klamath Falls. These roads,
which carry a large amount of
traffic, could stand a blading job
a lot more often than they get it.
The road used by the Klamath
Bus company is in a deplorable
condition. I mention this In par
ticulsr because the busses run
over it Others are equally bad.
I understand that a part of our
money is supposed to be used for
maintenance and repair of coun
ty roads. If that Is true, then it
should be used for that purpose
not some time after the war,
but soon, to take care of the im
mediate vital needs of these
heavily populated outlying dis
tricts whose business require
ments are cared for mostly in
the city of Klamath Falls.
Good roads are an asset to the
county and a good Investment.
They increase the value of prop
erty. The day after the light rain
we had recently would have
been ideal for some blade work.
However, the foreman in charge
of the road work chose to lay off
part of his crew that day and so
they were short-handed. I won
der If they should be credited
even with good intentions about
these conditions.
Now that we are in a war
which necessitates the saving of
tires, gasoline, and just about
everything, It seems to me that
the upkeep of these roads is one
of our most important needs. The
busses are being used more and
more by an increasing number
of people who can no longer fur
nish their own transportation
and this greater load is being ca
pably cared for, so far. No doubt
the bus company is also more
able to conserve gag and tires
and to maintain service economi
cally than Is the private individ
ual. Its usefulness should not be
hampered at this time by bad
roads.
Many a family now has to bud
get its time as well as other
things and the family car. If it is
still extant, is used to take the
worker or a group of workers to
the place of employment and so
Is not available for the use of
the family during the day. There
fore a large amount of business
is and must be transacted by peo
ple who get to where they are
going by bus and also expect to
get back home again the same
way. But after riding one of
those routes one can't help feel
ing that perhaps the expectation
of getting back homo is only
wishful thinking. The worker
spends longer hours on the job
now and needs what little time
he has at home to tend his Vic
tory garden or other things for
which there is never enough
time. He surely should not have
to try to cope with the business
and shopping problem after
working hours at a time when
most of the stores are either
closed for the day or just in the
act of closing.
We need these roads and we
also need the transportation ser
vice furnished by the bus com
pany so much that It is of first
importance to give the roads tha
attention they need at the time
It is needed. And always "Heavy,
heavy, hangs over thy head" the
very real possibility that the bus
company might curtail or par
tially discontinue a service of
such apparent importance Just
because their busses simply
"can't take It." -
I have used considerable space
and time to write a lot of ideas
which, after all, boil down to
just one little bit of description
which is thought of by many and
that Is "Oh, ' those damnable
roads!"
Yours very sincerely,
NELLIE I. SHOOK,
3704 Bordman Ave.
who is coma to fight
AND DIE?
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., (To
the Editor) After listening to
the news for the last two years
and after our experience in the
last war, naturally we expect to
see some of the corruption taken
out of the selective service sys
tem but it seems to get no better
fast. For an example, it's been
manpower talk, and who Is going
to do the fighting and dying.
The age limit has been raised
and lowered many times, and is
still being jockeyed around by
who and for why? It seems the
future of some at the expense of
the future of others.
We have one group that up to
now has been untouched, and
there are literally hundreds of
thousands of them. This group
we may class as wall flowers.
They are not building ships, dig
ging coal, making ammunition,
they are not farming, or any
thing else that a 16-year-old girl
couldn't do or learn to do. The
ones I have in mind is the man
who has a nice home, a nice
car, a nice bank account, a child
COMMERCIAL FINANCE
Corporation
Announces the Removal of
Its Klamath Falls Office
on May 3, 1943, from
1 1 6 South 6th Street to
116 South 8th Street
Dial 3265
Automobile Furniture Salary
LOANS
P. A. "BUCK" EVERETT, Manager
- Bonded Aubrey, Assistant Manager
8-251 M-a23
WWfsm Si m
From the Klamath Republican
May 7, 1803
Frank Graybeal and wlfo wcro
In from Merrill today,
Fire Chief H. L. Boggs had
the city fire department out for
practice Monday. The city litis
ordered a lot of now mnteriul for
the department.
The Ropubllcnn today ex
pressed Its disgust over a lottor
on politics mailed to members of
the Native Son oriiunlzatlon by
A. E. Kennies, Jacksonville dem
ocrat. From tha Klamath News
May 3, 1933
W. T. Dean resluned today as
chief of the fire department.
Cleaners and dyers of the city
today declared an armistice in
their price battle.
Thelma Pnrrlsh of Ktnmnth
Falls Is a vice president of the
state Christian Endeavor organ
ization.
We hope there'll bo such a
large apple crop this fall there
won't be enough jugs and bottles
to hold It all.
PeODle may ba frozen on their
jobs, but bathing beaches will
have the usual floating popula
tion tnis year.
less wife who Is working or who
could struggle along some way
on a checkbook and nlca fat
bank account, but no. uo to riuto
this group has been pushod aside
Decause some 18-year-old, who
never made a dollar or had a job
In their life before the lond
lease bill, could fight and die
easier. I don't know, but I think
the tears would be just as large
at the death of one of these
boys as they would be for the
wall flowers. But mavha
of the draft officials In Washing
ton has a son-in-law that might
get hurt, and that would be too
bad.
I think It's okav to borrow n
man's money, car. or what hav
you, but when It comes to saying, i
"Here you take my gun I might j
get hurt," I think that's going a ;
little too far. These men I have I
In mind know they owe nm-:
thing to their country and i
would gladly go into the armed ;
forces but, throush some corrun- i
tlon someplace ud the ladder
they have no uniform. Put ono
on them uncle Sam.
Yours very respectfully,
HENRY A. LA BARGE,
204 Nevada.
OBITUARIES
MYRTLE D, CHOWDER
Myrllo D. C'rhwdi-r, u rpHldent
of this rlty fur llio lust 114 yciirs,
iinssrd uwny nt hor Into runl
rii'iico on Saturday iitlornnon nt
0:15 o'clock. Tim dcceiispd wns
n nntlvc of lliimi', 111., unci wns
lined AS years, 21) duys when
ciilli'd. Beside her hu.ibniul,
Jewell 13., of lvlnnuitli Fulls, she
Is survived by a son, Private
First Class H. P. Crews, Ciiinp
Gruber, Oklm; two dunulilor.i
Mrs. Kdris McLaren and Mrs.
Pearl Calaberse, both of Hunt
Ington Park, Calif.; two broth
ers, Alvlu and Kred Snillli of
Sun Francisco, C'uUf.l a sinter,
Mrs. Lilllnii Iloyt of Los An
poles, Calif. Tho remains rust at
Ward s Klamath Funeral home,
0-5 llinh street, where, friends
may call until 5:30 p. m. Mon
day. Tho remains will be for
warded via Southern Poclfle on
Monday evening to Bakersflnld,
Calif., whoro funorul services
will bo conducted from tho
Payne and Con chapel. Com
mitment services and Interment
will bo In tho llukersfield cemetery.
MARY E. GARRETT
Mary E. Garrott, a resident of
this community for tho last BO
years, passed nway In this city
on Monday, May 3, 1043, ut 7:45
a. in. The duccoscd was a na
tlvo of Linn county, Mo., and
wns aged 70 years und 13 days
when called. She Is survived by
two sons, O. W. Stevens of Chlco,
Calif., and Clarence D. Garrett
of Dly, Ore; four sisters, Mr.
Edith Young of Weed, Calif.,
Mrs. Lillian Burnett of Tulcnt,
Ore., Mrs. Elizabeth Lowe of
Sacramento, Calif., and Mrs.
Hclcne Horton of Bonanza, Ore.;
ono brother, Arthur F. Abbott
of Ashhind, Oro; and two grand
children and Iliri'O great grand
children. The remains rcht at
Ward's Klanialll Funeral home,
lillB' 1 lull Nlrcet, WhiT" friends
may call. I' lineral uniingenieuU
will l aiiiiuiinci'd later.
MibM
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MAIL CLOHINQ TIME
(Elloctlvs rob. 15. 1043)
Train 10. Boutliboundi 8 p. m.
Train 20 Northbound! 11 a. m.
Train 17 Soulliboundi 7 a, m.
Train 16 Northbound! 10 p, m.
Modlord fltnge, Wcotbound, 3i30
p. m Evonlna Airmail.
BUfjoi to Allurm. Aihlnnd, Lake-
yitw and Rocky Point 7 a. ro.
Townund Auxiliary Mem
bers of tho Townsend auxiliary
will meet Wednesday, May 5,
al the homo of Mrs. Kthel Ford,
tKH High idrcol, for 1 o'clock
politick luncheon. Tho annual
Mnttmr'it lljiv vlft ityi'liiinifM will
be observed.
Ladloa Aid The Klamath
Lutheran Ladles Aid will meet
at tho church ut Cross and
Crescent streets Tuesday at U
o'clock. Chapters, ID, 20 and
21 of "In Ills Steps" will be re
viewed by Mrs. li, E. Kells. Mu
sic will be furnished by a sex
tette, Mrs. George Krlnndaon
and Mrs. Otto Krlnndsou will
be co-hostcssi.
Plnoclilo Party Th Subur
ban LeiiKiin auxiliary is hold
ing their regular plnoclilo party
Tuesday, Muy 3, at 2 o'clock
In tha bunqurt room of the h.U
hull. The public Is Invited.
and other busy people outside of Klamath
Falls who wish to haul their own wood,
easily and inexpensively:
You will b given s prior right over all other cuatomers
at the Ackloy Saw Mill. Price will remain omo aa lnat
year, $2 per load, for another 30 doya. Thla la by far the
cheapeat wood on the Klamath Falla market. (Colling price
la S2.75). This wood la veraallle fuel (or cookatovet or
heaters becauaa 50 of it la juat the right alae for cook
atovea. It Is green now but will dry for uie In about a week.
YOU HAUL ITI Go direct to the mill at 61 Klamath
and buy from tho drlvor at tho wood bin.
Green Slabs ....:..... $2 per load
Celling price (2.75
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ROMMEL'S ROUT BY BRITISH BTH ARMY
FULLY SHOWN IN "DESERT VICTORY"
Battle at El Alamoin; 80-Day, 1400-Mile Pursuit of Afrika Korpt Brought ta tha
Screen; Captured Nazi Films Included.
"The war's beat fllml" t " "TT"
From acroas the Atlantic,
that is tha comment that has
preceded "Desert Victory,"
tha complete, exciting photo
graphic story of the rout of
Rommel by General Bornard
Montgomery's British Eighth
Army.
Scheduled to open Tues
day at the Esquire the
atre, "Desert Victory," in
addition to being hailed as
the most outstanding war
film ever produced, is also
noteworthy in that for the
first time it brings to the
screen the complete photo
graphic story of a modern
battle campaign.
Production of the film was
begun in the tension-filled
days when the British had
been driven back into Egypt,
within sixty miles of Alex
andria, by Rommel's Afrika
Korps and the Italian Leg
ions. ' The film opens with an ex
planation of the tactical prob
lem at that time: tho prob
lem of digging in and hold
inga "must" if the Suez
Canal and the entire Middle
East were not to fall to the
axis.
Then, ' In August, came
Churchill's order to General
Alexander, Commander - In
chief of tho war theatre:
Directive to General Alexan
der, Commander-in-Chief in
ih Middle Easti
1 Your'prlme and main duly will be to tnko or destroy nt tho earliest opportunity the
German-Italian army commanded by Field-Marshal Rommel, togothor with nil Its sup
plies and establishments In Egypt and Libya.
2 You will discharge or cause to be discharged such other duties as pertain lo your Com
mand without prejudice to the task descr ibed in paragraph 1, which must bo consid
ered paramount in His Majesty's Interests. - Winston S. Churchill
Following months of preparation, the Eighth Army, under General Montgomery, on
the night of October 23rd, opened its all-out offensive against the onomy. "Desert Vic
tory" la the story of that battle tho battlo which turned tho tldo of war and ro-mndp the
future of the world. ,
You see every phase of tho fighting: the R.A.F. against dlvo bombers; hiind-to hnnd
infantry combat; monster tanks thundering headlong at each other; gigantic guns hurling
death and destruction Into tho enemy's ranks. And you are mado completely familiar with
the brilliant tactical strategy.
One of the many sensational facts about "Desert Victory" is that It also features official
German Army scenes, which were captured by tha British.
"Desert Victory" was produced by the Film Units of thfi British Army and tho RAF
Lt. Colonel David Macdonald was In charge of production. ' ' ',
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