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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON Mny 14, 1941 PAGE FOUR &lmbr of tun AtSOCUTCD Pi I TU AuorUftd PrtM h ct hfljr entitled to ttit u of ifr Duilim(tnn of alt rwi drtiiitrhn rt'dlrrd to 1 or dot otlirrwlsc Cmiitrr) In IriU fir. nil ll0 Mi Iocs. ni puMihd tlwelo. All riilm of republication ot prcltl dltpfttrhts r tlw r trved, IK A N K JENKINS Bditor Today's Roundup News Behind the News By MALCOLM EPLEY THE resignation of Don Drury as chairman of the war price and rationing board could well be Justified by the press of other activ ities he is one of the busiest men in town but there is probably some thing else in the background A I is r h T5 Drury- most i is fed up with all the irksome technical difficulties that beset war ration boards, particularly in their relationship with the higher-up agents and agencies of the OPA. The Klamath Falls board has probably done as good a EPLEY job as any board anywhere In meeting local conditions and situations as they arose and as they needed to be handled, regardless of the multitude of rules and regulations handed out daily by functionaries unfamiliar with those local conditions and! situations. Public speakers from the OPA talk at length about Uie responsibility and power of the local . war price and ration boards. But from sources close to the work of the board come reports of " an increasing tendency of OPA to encroach, from above, upon this much-mentioned author ity of the boards with rules, regulations and policies that hamper their effort to meet and solve each local problem in the best way the boards see fit. , ,, There is widespread opinion that the local boards must have this authority that it is unwise to straight-jacket the country into a rigid set of rules that cannot be written with consideration for local conditions. But if OPA, ' With an army of agents, is going to nag and harass the local boards in meir euoris to, ao the job in their way, they will gradually lose their morale, and good- men will one by one sever their connections with the ' work. The local "authority" will become nothing more than a word, and agriculture, industry, business ....J ;.,4i,,le1,,nle will fin4 i tni-roaclnolv Hlffirnlt to keep going under a program no longer prac tically applied to specific circumstances. , Hence, in the resignation of a man of Mr. Drury's calibre for the reasons, we suspect is fminrl an nnnlagEDnt hlnf A ttrtiot le DninB nn ,vuuu uiiftMuaui v .- bVHB At best, the work of the ration board members is difficult and thankless. They get no pay, and they are constantly under pressure if not fire because they are involved in work repres sing people who are accustomed to more freedom than that now permitted General Tendency THE indicated tendency in the OPA is not to be blamed on any individual. A number of people we know well, admire and respect are engaged in OPA work, and we are sure they favor flexibility and preservation of the author ity of the local boards. What is reportedly happening is a symptom of condition that usual ly develops in a bureaucratic set-up & tendency to control everything from the top and to squelch the exercise of individual judgment by those farther down the line. In an ever-increasing number of governmental functions, we find the federal government tell ing the states what they can do, and the states, in turn, imposing restrictions on or assuming the powers of the counties and cities. Thus government gets farther and farther away from the people. War conditions have stimulated this process, and it will be difficult to stop until the war is over. But a great many thinking people are agreed that it is well now to establish as an after-war objective the return of government to the statehouses, the courthouses and the city halls, of the nation. ' Even after the war, that goal will be diffi cult to attain, because, once established, bureau cratic power hangs on to the bitter end. South Sixth Plan SECRETARY EARL REYNOLDS Of the cham ber of commerce has a project for South Sixth street which he believes can and should be done now, regardless of the obvious fact that the bigger southside traffic improvement program must wait until after the war. What he proposes is that South Sixth street at its intersection with East Main be widened now to four lanes to facilitate traffic movement there. Many motorists already are using this street area as if it were four lanes, but the pavement is only two lanes wide. Widening for the short distance proposed could be accomplished by a maintenance crew and equipment. It would permit cars, ap. preaching from the south and going on to East Main, to proceed to the right of other cars which are held by the red light on their way into town on South Sixth. FUNERALS CAROLYN ALICE HAMON The funeral service for the late Carolyn Alice Hamon, who pass ed away in this city on May 12, will take place from the chapel of Wards Klamath Funeral home on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rpv. Dniilnl Ant. son of the Klamath Temple will officiate. Commitment services and interment will follow In the Llnkvllle cemetery. Friends are invited to attend. , MYRTIE ZAN EDMONSON The remains of the late Myrtle Zan Edmonson, who passed away at Hlldebrand, Ore., on Tuesday, May 11, 1943, will be forwarded on Friday evening, May 14, via Southern Pacific to the Blake Funeral home in Oro- A temporary wraMtutioB of tht Kvtnlni Herald and tht Klamath Xtw, Published tery afternoon tict'itt Sunday al Eapltnadt and Tine treat. Klamath KalU, Oregon, by the ll.ru 1,1 t'iii .thing Co and the Klamath Ntva Publlahlni Company Rntertd a aeeopd data natter at tht noitoMt of Klamath Wit. Or., o Augmt KX 1 006 under act of ooosrtat, lUrch IV9. VV some kind war world is In circulation suspected that Mr. practical man, MftLLUI' advances have his destiny; no divine law or Social planning commissariats fear of want, Around here, a greater belief The profession Washington ebb. doing much in ning the war. ctiort in planes, have had anything to do with it. system has won of the democratic productive effort. Not even our could hope to duction leased have received Arthur. all churches now principle of individual and international na ture, which Mr. Willkie did not mention unity and friendships which are genuine are not founded upon either transportation or help. We helped Japan before this war, furnishing scrap-iron and oil. Financial help was given Germany in the Dawes and other plans; Also, the Zeppelins offered excellent transportation to and from Germany just before the war. Unity Through Assimilation UNITY can come only through an assimilation of customs and ideals. It requires a long process with years of careful application and earnest mutual cooperation. It has never been done before. For generations, numerous countries have lived next to each other In the Balkans with over-night transportation but without ever ob taining a single year of peace. Mr. Willkie lives In a New York apartment house where, despite the nearness of his neigh bors, he probably knows not one of them, although the elevator runs day and night. It seems to be up to. Mr. Willkie to say what proposals he has in mind before the debate can be resolved. Or perhaps Howard Barnes could. . He is the newspaperman who accompanied Mr. Willkie on the trip, a former Russian cor respondent of the New York Herald-Tribune, who has a beautiful prose style, as beautiful as Mr. Willkie's in his book and In practically the same vein. fino, Idaho, where final rites will be held. Commitment services and interment will take place in the Orofino cemetery. Ward's Klamath Funeral home in charge of forwarding arrangements. ALFRED RAYMOND COULTER JR. Alfred Raymond Coulter Jr., the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred R. Coulter, passed awny In this city on Thursday eve ning at 7:20 o'clock. Little Al fred was one day old when call ed. Besides his parents he is sur vived by a sister, Patricia Ma rie; his grandparents, Mrs. Ruth Blanchet and Mr. N. A. Coulter, all residents of Klamath Falls. The remains rest at Wards Klam ath Funeral home, 925 High St. Funeral arrangement will be an nounced Saturday. .Vm6r o Audit BUREAO Or CllCDLATIOV Represented Nationally by Webt-Hollidit Co., Ixo. rVin Frtncltco, New York, tft attle, Cblcacos rVrtUnd. Lot An tela, MALCOLM EPLEY Managing Editor By PAUL MALLON AASHTNGTON, May 14 A propaganda for of socialist anti-religious post rising again. here is a statement by a minor British economist and cotton authority, Dudley Wlndel, who is supposed to have put into words what is in the minds of many people in Britain and Europe today, the over-flow froth of which is also evident in the United States. He says: "Russian achievements mil itary, political, economic are having a profound influence on western Eurone. Faith in Eur. " ope today is based on belief in the supremacy of economic man. Scientific given man the power to control longer is he subscrvant to the the immutable laws of nature, by 'national and international will free all humanity from the the war seems to have brought in God and less in economists. of economisticy is truly at a low None of them seem to be an important way toward win The vast success of American productive tanks, munitions, and men can not be. attributed to any of their devices, but rather to simple American spirit and ingenuity as displayed by both capital and labor as a whole. No commissariat and no socialism Yet the. opinion seems to be held in some agitating American quarters that the totalitarian the war despite the triumph own totalitarian ally, Russia, stand without the superior pro or lent by democracy. Moscow papers have announced, for instance, that they more American planes than Mac A resurgence of democratic spirit is more likely to come out of the war from this area than a voluntary enslavement of the individual to the service of the state, as Mr. Windel says Europeans expect. .7 As far as the religious angle of it goes, the best selling books in this country during the last several years have been such religious novels as. "The Song of Bernadette," "The Robe" and "The Keys to the Kingdom," and have greater attendance than ever before in their history. ? Willkie's "One World" MR. WILLKIE'S friends and foes are still ardently debating his "One World" notions in their letters to me. His advocates vary in their interpretations of what he means. Many contend he wants to prove the whole world is looking toward us for inspiration and help and wants coalition with us.' Others think he wants only post-war cooperation not coali tion with other nations. As he left his deductions in generalized terms, he seems to have won support from peo ple who want to go in opposite directions. There can be no doubt, however, upon one Mussolini Expells Six More Fascists LONDON, May 14 (VP) Pre mier Mussolini has expelled six more fascist officials from the party, the Rome radio reported today, in a continuation of a shakeup In' Italy. ' One of those ousted was re ported to be Lulgi Messedaglla, described as a senator and a party member since November 19, 1925. He was accused of expressing "lerniclous and cow ardly sentiments." Carlo Scorza, fascist party secretary, was said in the broad cast to have referred the cases "to the committee . for police measures." Three of those ousted" were accused of illegal activities in awards of government contracts. SIDE GLANCES ilk sSSj I PEACE MARKET ' Qmtm - HITS STOCKS A it u cent 1143 iv kca imvwf. inc. t. m. mo. a . f at. or. C.W "I made these sprupiint" while he's been sleeping way for him to iSVi'. tiff From: the 'files 40 ycarj l ogo, and 10 years ago, From The Klamath Republican May 14. 1903 Alex Watson's little girl was pursued this week by a wild man who suddenly appeared when she was bringing in the cows at the Watson place In Langell valley. The man had on nothing out an old ragged coat. The girl ran home, and her father and neighbors made a search with guns, finding marks the man had made when going under a fence. Silas Ooenchain came in from Lorella Saturday. From The Klamath News May 16, 1933 The Reames Golf and Country club opened its inter-city sched ule Sunday with a defeat of Bend. Mr. and Mrs. W. Kesslerhave returned after a week's stay in Portland. IT EIGHT HOUR SIT PORTLAND, May 14 (P) If Pacific northwest shipbuilders prevail and Paul R. Porter of the federal shipbuilding stabili zation committee believes they will the eight-hour three-shift day will be continued on the coast. After a conference here yes terday, Porter said his commit tee of war production board ex perts had found northwest build ers solidly against a proposed day of two 1 0-hour shifts. A final decision will not be reached until conferences next week with San Francisco and Los Angeles area builders, but he said he doubted if the pro posal would be accepted. The longer shift is being con sidered on a coastwise basis. Depths of more than 500 feet have been attained by deep sea divers of the United States navy, To Explain 1 a.w"""r . ' Li SMlJ wJS."! th.Vnmm .;,:r : u hi. tadr. i ..mr.; Vu said his Investigators came across the "J "' - 1 nn O Q ' . j..... i . r ifi v Ktrines fni- nnnv'o ,intrn,i I thought il would be a nice please his captain." IL SEATTLE, May 14 (VP) Signs that war plant construc tion now is over the peak was reported today by the West Coast Lumbermen's association. in a summary telling of heav ily increased Douglas fir pro duction in April over March and February. The April weekly average production was 104,497,000 board feet, or 108.3 per cent of the 1939-42 average. Orders averaged 177,757,000 feet and shipments 187,110,000 feet. The March figures were: production, 149,449,000 board feet; orders, 143,407,000 feet; and shipments, 151,302,000 feet. March produc tion figures were 98.4 per cent of the 1939-1942 average and those in February 83.3 per cent. "The gain in production is due to the fact that the man power situation has somewhat improved,'- with practically all logging operations running 48 hours per week, while all mills that can get logs are on a 48 hour basis," the association said. Pine Orders Up During Last Week PORTLAND, Ore., May 14 (P) Orders for Idaho white pine, ponderosa pine, sugar pine and associated species increased 13, 560,000 board feet during the week ending May 8, the West ern Pine association reported to day. Comparative figures with the previous week and the corres ponding week last year: Orders 72,937,000 board feet, 59,377, 000; 82,436,000; shipments 72, 644,000; 72,779,000; 91,026,000; production 76,368,000 64,625,- 000 and 76,606,000. When you want to stop sailing on the sea of madness, toss out your anger. New Mexico has 50 mountain peaks towering more than 8000 feet in height. Sun gives as much energy In a single minute' as man consumes in a year. Parties in 'House on '1 3r ? it4 lit i 4 entering the House military "5S: !.f. ",w ""T . Mrs. DOUGLAS FIR PRODUCT ON .?ppr1t!l ano '"nn v- Monroe. Oommlttea Chairman Androw May Monroe parties while cheoking alleged lrrsgularltlcs In war contract doals. IPRFMATIIRF NEW YORK, May 14 (An Stocks suffered a substantial sell-off today In what brokers termed a "premature peacu mor kct," The list was Irregularly lower at tlio start In quiet dealings. The pace quickened npprcelnbly In the second hour when leaders in all departments dropped frac tions to more than 3 point. There was a subsequent slow down and, near tho closo, mild recoveries wore tho rulo. Again It was a case of liquidat ing "on tho good news" from Virtually all battlefronts. 1 In tho retreating column wore U. S. Steol, Bothlohom, Chrys ler, Southern Pacific, . Great Northern, J. I. Cu.sc, Goodrich, United Aircraft, Kcnnccott, American Telephone, Western Union and U. S. Gypsum. Sea board Alrllno was among the few Issues to register a modest advance on sizable volume. American Can 821 Am Cor & Fdy 37 Am Tel & Tel 151 Anaconda 281 Calif Packing 201 Cat Tractor 45 Comni'nw'lth & Sou It General Electric 374 General Motors SI' Gt Nor Ry pfd 30J Illinois Central 141 Int Harvester 68 Kcnnccott 32i Lockheed 211 Long-Bell "A" 10 Montgomery Ward 41 Nash-Kclv . 10i N Y Central lBil Northern Pacific . 18J iPuc Gac & El : 27? I Packard Motor 4S i Penna R R 30J i Republic Steel 171 .Richfield Oil 9. ! Safeway Stores 39, Scars Roebuck 701 j Southern Pacific 27i I Standard Briinds 7 Sunshine Mining 61 'Trans-America 89 i Union Oil Calif 19 'Union Pacific 91 j U S Steel T 841 Warner Pictures 141 Potatoes CHICAGO, May 14 (AP USDA) Potatoes, arrivals 49; on track 36; total US shipments 733; new stock supplies very light; demand good;. market firm at celling; Alabama Bliss Tri umphs US No. 1, $4.02-10; Louisiana Bliss Triumphs US No. 1, $4.30; California Long Whites US No. 1, $4.32-44; old stock; supplies very light; demand mod crate; market firm at ceiling; Idaho Russet Burbanks US No. 1, $4.25. WHEAT CHICAGO, May 14 (P) Grains ruled from their lows to ward the close today, but gen erally were not able to moke up all the losses recorded in a sell ing movement earlier in ho ses sion. Wheat and rye touched new lows for the current move before the rally started. A news dispatch from Wash ington saying War Foods Admin istrator Chester Davis was plan ning to ask farmers for a 25 per cent increase in winter wheat acreage next fall brought some liquidation into the bread cereal. At the close wheat was 1-1 cent lower, May $1,422, July $1.41- 1.41i, corn was unchanged at ceilings, May $1.05, oats were up l-J cents and rye was 1-1 cents lower. Lobsters, oysters, and snails are true blue-bloods. , P Street affBlr commlttea explain tuft. J Whington social "and official suia emitn, wno refused to on.wer h Vst .14 1 Wounded General II .Vi 1.. Y ', - :i I .4 W - ' i its V. i i 'i ' , A' iv-'vn'C "V 1) H 1 , (tt..4 1 cli-l'llMo) 1 Even with Hi nrm In a illiiR. Lieut, Orn. Losllr McNnlr, commnmlar ( U. 8. Army around forces, dum n UioioiikIi Job ot urrjtlnit Ills ivlto when ho wclcoii'ci him upon tils trtiirn to SVushlnulon from North Africa. . Ooncrul McNnlr wiut wounded durlim notion 111 Tunltla. Official U. U. Army photo. LIVESTOCK SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO. Mny 14 (AP-USDA) Cuttle: 15. Largely nominal; fur week, steers steady, few loads grais steers S15.00-13.33, Unlit grass feeders $13.1)013.80, She-stuck 25-Stlc lower, medium riini'e cows SH OO, common cmvn $!!. 9.30; medium Miusuue bulls $11 $12. Calves none. For week, good to choice itioted $14.50 15.50. Hogs: 30. Around 13c lower: package good 220 lb. burrows mid gilts $15.10; odd good sows $13.85. Sheep: None. For week, good to choice Inmbs 25c lower, me dium to common 50c lower; No. 1 pells shorn owes 50c lower. PORTLAND. Ore.. Mav 1-1 (AP-USDA) CATTLE: Salable and total 10; calves salable nono, total 25; market nominal, lute demand brond for most classes; week's supply medium to good fed steers sold nt S15.0U-10.50; good fed heifers $15.00-50, com mon heifers down to $10.50; enn ncp and cutter cows $7.50-9.50, fat dairy type cows $10.00-11.50; good beef cows up to $13.00; medium-good bulls $12.25-1-1.25; few choice vealcrs up to $10.50. HOGS: Salable 50. total 300; few sales nbout stemlv! annei cholco fat type 200 lb, weights $15.00; choice possibly quotable to $15.25; few light-lights $14.00; good sows sa able S 13 .25.50 good-choice feeder pigs quotable $iu.uu.jo.so. SHEEP: Snliibio 50, total 100; Olio lot common-medium . shm-n lambs unsold: imnrl.rhnlr-n rlmr lambs quotable fully steady at $io.uu-3u; grassy shorn lambs under nressurn Into: hnt foil shorn lambs early $15.00; good snorn ewes mostly $0.40-75; woolcd ewes to $0.00, CHICAGO, May 14 (AP-USDA) Salable hogs 0000: total 14,500; opened slow; closed ac'l live; generally 10-20c lower than Thursday's averages; extreme top $14.45; bulk good and choice 100-330 lbs. $14.20-40; few com parable 140-180 lbs. offerings ?u. 00-14. 25; most good 3(10-350 lbs. sows $14.00-25, Salable eattlo 1000; salnblo calves 400; slow, steady cleanup trade; no strictly cholco steers here; but several loads good grado offerings and one load good to choice at $15.00-10.40; bulk crop $13.73-15.50; heifers steady; supply very small; most ly $13.00-15.00 trade; 881 lbs. good grado offerings $18.40; cows In moderate supply; steady; cutters $10.50 down; most beef cows $11.50-13.00; bulks very draggy and weak; fully 60c low er than week's high time; prac tical top heavy sausugo bulls $13.25; extreme top $13.50; light and medium wolght offerings $10.00.12.75; mostly $10.50 12,25; oastcrn shippers refused to puy $10.50 for voolors, but YOUR GROCER n OFFERS THIS A combination safe of freih iprlng vegetables and Morton's Salt, Buy fhem togolhor. 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Ill C. tt"-,r eri, rH., Ifi.-i-: rtir.lhirn. He; I!. 13-ic Hi, ' IIAVli,,li.,iln iiilrn: Alfnlla, No. 1 nr lieltrr. tniry; Nn, t. Mioo ln: 'mU. Trlrli, l!i,P04nrw n. valley rwlnu: lint. nlliy (yallrjr), l:!i; .In Monlana, IHiM-. ALSO tun: rlnyrr, l.fil) 30.00 Kin. S $16.00 paid freely and markot steady, ! Sulnblu sheep 7000; total 8, 500; luto Thursday fut Iambi mostly steady; good to choice 07-97 lbs. fed western woolcd lambs $15.50-10.00: top $16.00 on strictly cholco closely sortcL lambs to shippers and pnekeftj good and choice 80-03 lbs. fed western clipped lambs with No. 1 and 2 skins $14.25-15.00; three doubles choice lambs with no skins or fall shorn $15.10; sheep weak to 25c lower; shippers less active; Just good shorn native owes $6.75-7.50; today's trado--Fat lambs acllvo; nceady to strong, improved killing quality considered; strictly good te choice fed western woolcd lumbi $15.75-10.75; top on closely sort ed lambs $16.25; fed western clipped lambs with No. 1 and 2 skins $14.75-15.00; sheep steady; good to choice shorn natlvo ewes $7.75-0.00; top $8.25. Program Tho Eagles will meet tonight, Friday, at 8 o'clock in tho Ellf'lcft hnll wllh a hifTO ness meeting followed at 9:30 p, m, by a program presented by tho Klamath Union high school girls' chorus. Thero will bo ini tiation of candidates. There wore 25 Dlnvors on early football teams. ;. OH SPECIAL'