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PACE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON May 15, 1043 Aember ef In Amocmtid Pius Tnt Atiwlired ra li nielii. Ir.lr etltltM to Iht UH ol re publlctttoD of all newt dlipktehei credited 14 I' r not othtrwlie miltti lo thU piper, end nlio the local newe BUblUhrd therein, ill rKhtl of republication of pecUl dlipetehM, nlw ' ervrd. FRANK JENKINS Editor Today's Roundup Bf MALCOLM EPLEY THERE are hopeful Indications, not formally announced, that Klamath's municipal air port Is to receive further improvement through mo ieacrai v-rvrx. Last year were made regarding authori zation of a substantial sum for additional construction work a I on the big Klamath field, but these were not immediately followed by actual work. Re cently, it is learned from a most reliable source, govern ment planning for the local field has been "re-activated" ' EPLEY and additional construction now seems probable. Klamath has a fine field. Recently Con gressman Lowell Stockman, in a letter to the local chamber of commerce, quoted an im portant aviation authority In Washington to the effect that the field here excells fields at some of the biggest cities in the east. The added construction will make It that much better. Local people interested in aviation have been somewhat disappointed in the lack of military activity on the field, but are generally agreed that the most beneficial development, in the long run, will be commercial activity. There is growing optimism here that extended com mercial use of the field, particularly in the way of airline development, is in the offing. If and when major airlines come up this side of the Cascades, it will be a step in keeping with interesting transportation history on the west coast. Presumably because the communities on the west side of the mountains developed first, the mainline coastwise railroad was first construct ed there. This was done in spite of the rugged mountain barriers across that route. Many years later, the main railroad route was changed to cross the Cascades and come through Klam ath Falls. . In recent years, the trend of highway trans portation has been in the same direction. The logical highway route, so far as grade is con cerned, follows in general that finally adopted by the railroad, although there are several Cascade crossings that are favorable from a highway standpoint. ' We await the day when the airlines follow this trend with at least an alternate main route tip the east side of the Cascades. There are a lot of mossbacks, particularly In the Portland area, whose minds cannot grasp this change in the transportation picture. Be cause the first routes went down the west side, they cannot get the idea that there might be something better somewhere else. Harry Englebright OUR good neighbors in northern California, and many people on this side of the state line, were shocked and saddened this week by The War Today By DeWITT MacKENZIE ALLIED initiative of global proportions con tinues to intensify, forcing the axis-Japanese combination to stand on the alert at many points. Hitler's Europe has been rocking under an unprecedented deluge of bombs, from west to east. Italy and her great Islands of Sicily and Sardinia have been undergoing furious air raids. American forces have stormed their way ashore at the Jap base of rock-bound Attu up among the Aleutian Islands off Alaska, and bitter fighting Is reported to be proceeding. Out of this welter of pressure and threats will emerge new allied offensives. At this moment we can't foresee with certainty where the blows will come, and therein lies the value of this war of nerves which the United Nations are waging. The enemy is on the de fensive in the dark. e SIGNS point to the next major offensive coming in Europe. Observers In Tunisia believe it will fall with certainty on Sicily and Sardinia as a natural corollary to the From Other Editors FEATHERBEDDING COST (Salem Statesman) George P. McNear Jr.. whn owns the Toledo, Peoria and Western railroad, which the gov ernment took out of his hands last year and has since run claims that government opera tion under "featherbed" rules has greatly increased the costs of running the rnllrnsr). Tn a circular which McNear has sent Out, he auotes fieures from ICC reports for two four-month pe riods beginning July 1st for 1941 and 1942, which, he asserts, "re veal how ODT wastefully in creased the number of train and engine employes 48.8 per cent, and total hours on duty 19.4 per cent to produce only 3.3 per cent more train miles." McNear winds up his punch with this comment: "The prosecution of the war would be materially improved if private industry were permitted to operate efficiently, provide Incentive rates for greater pro-1 A temper!? ccraMmtlOD of th Bveotnt Iltrttd in4 tha K Urn i tli Kwi. Publlihtd very aitrnooo except Sunday at pUoad and Pin afrecta. Klamath Fill, Oregon, by tin- llrrnM I'ntil .thing Co. and th Klamath New Publish In Company Kntrd aa aMond data matter at the poatotf.ee of Klamath Fall. Ore., oo Auguit 10, 1904 under act of consrei, March , 189. Because there announcements duction, and eliminate all praC' tices which retard output and waste materials and manpower, McNear successfully demon strated that by his own efficient operation he could pay good wages to his workers and still avoid the wastes that come from following antiquated rules. Rail road workers are vitally import ant in the industrial scheme, and deserve good pay. But the archaic rules which pile up com pensation without reason ought to be revised and modernized. Certainly in wartime there should be no premium on made work or foolish penalties on train operation. But the government will not undertake any such re form. Russia has put its transporta tion system in the hands of the military. That wouldn't do in this country because Jt would be less efficient and more costly. But there ought to be more lati tude for management to obtain efficiency without injury to the just claims of railroad workers. From 30 tn 150 Rrltl.li rnllnnc of easoline mav be nrnrlui-nrl from one ton of erode oil. Mtmbtr ef Audit Bcantr Or Ciicclatiok Represented Nationally by AVesT-Hou.it at Co., Ikc. Pan Francisco, N' York, 8a at tie, Chicago, Portland, Lo Angelte. MALCOLM EPLEY ilanaffing Editor news of the death of Congressman Harry L, nglebright. Congressman Englebright represented the ad joining northern California district for nine consecutive terms. He became one of the most influential members of the republican party in congress. are many problems and pro jects of common interest in southern Oregon and northern California, the local community and its people had many contacts with Con gressman Englebright. He was helpful, for instance, in the successful effort made a few years ago to get authorization of the Tule lake sump and tunnel project. The Klamath pro ject of the reclamation service straddles the state line, and Mr. Englebright collaborated with the second district Oregon congressman in many matters concerning it. It is to be hoped that Congressman Engle bright' successor will become Immediately aware of the many matters which transcend the state line, and particularly that section of the line which separates Klamath county in Oregon, and Siskiyou and Modoc counties in California. The federal government plays such a big hand nowadays that we need that "joint representation." Lower 13 AS a result of the Folkes murder case, there is still some good-natured aversion, among the superstitious, to assignment to lower berth 13 on Pullman cars, and it gives Pullman passengers a topic for light conversation. An acquaintance of ours' recently took that berth coming down from Portland. He over slept, and the porter stripped the other berths first. When our friend awoke and poked his head gingerly out of his berth, all eyes in the car were on him, and everybody laughed, some what to his embarrassment. The other passen gers, he learned, had been waiting to see just who had lower 13, and why he was taking his time about getting up. A young Klamath woman who was happy to take lower 13 the other evening was Mrs. John Harding (Margaret Horton) who took the train for Portland to meet her husband, back in America after thrilling air fights with the axis in North Africa. Responding to a telegram instructing her to meet her husband in Portland, Mrs. Harding found that only lower 13 was available on the night train. She took it unhesitatingly and 13, for her, is now a lucky number. Family Project GETTING back to an old theme, here Is a reminder that Monday night is men's night in the Red Cross surgical dressing room, and any man in the city is invited to join in this important defense work. And here's a suggestion to men who want to spend the evening with their wives: "Bring them along." Several men and their wives have been working together on the dressings on Monday night, and in one or two instances whole families have gone together. Try it, and see if you don't feel a little better about your part in the war effort when you go home. axis debacle in North Africa, apd it might be extended to the Italian mainland. The Anglo-American air assaults are on a scale which is inflicting severe damage to vital spots in the axis war-machine. Industrial cen ters, supply points and communications are being crippled and even wiped out. As I have reported in this column before, when I was In England last fall I was told in high quarters that destruction of 160 targets of this nature would so weaken Hitler that an invasion army could be landed from the English channel without undue losses. Since then many of these targets must have suffered heavily. You have to see to believe the destruction of one of these major raids. I was guest of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris at his home and we sat up until the early morning hours studying the effects of mass raids as shown in enlarged air-photos. Forty per cent of the great industrial city of Cologne had been destroyed In one solid block, and another twenty-five per cent in scattered areas a total of sixty five per cent. Yet they tell us the raid the other night on Duisburg, industrial and rail way center, unloaded an unprecedented weight of bombs. We haven't complete details of this raid, but it was reported as successful. PRICE ROLL-BACK HITS FISH MARKET WASHINGTON, May 15 (P) The roll-back of food prices has reached tuna fish, bonito and yellowtail, with the result that consumers will save 1 to 3 cents a half-pound can at the retail level. Reductions will be achieved through an office of price ad ministration order, issued today and effective next Friday, re ducing c a n n e r s' maximum prices. These reductions range from $3 to $1 for a case of the one-pound size. Oregon News Notes By The Associated Press Plans for Oregon's celebration of the North African victory con tinued to grow with Portland schools and retail stores the lat est to announce they would close in order to take part In Wednes day's festivities. , , , Governor Snoll Is scheduled to participate In Tuesday night's ceremonies at Vanport City, making the offi cial opening of the housing pro ject for shlDrard workers. . . . SIDE GLANCES m q com, ihi y m smicc. iwc t. m. nco. u. n. "It takes a Drettv cood niun if Hitler had known how tough we Americans are, I bet he'd never have started a war!" II The Klamath Pelican" KLAMATH FALLS Is out to win again, We are in it to our chin again, Every one is digging in again, And here's the reason why: Tojo says no bombs have fell again, But we're going to give him heligain, When we get our Klamath Pelican Soaring in the sky. Now we're off, away we go again. Captain Jack can really crow again, Watch the Klamath spirit grow again, When everybody buys. Tojo can't see how the hclecan Ever get to feeling well again When he sees that "Klamath Pelican" Soaring through the skies. C. E. LOGERWELL. NEWS from HOME Well, fellas, the lumber Indus try hereabouts is booming along cutting material for the war ef fort. . . . There will be another big production this season, de spite such problems as keeping fire out of the woods and plants. . . . One plant that suffered this week was the Shaw mill at Tlo nesta, where the planer and box factory burned with a loss of $125,000. . . . More planing equipment is already being moved in. A couple of hearings have been held here the past few days on the question of retroactive pay for lumber workers. . . . Pine workers were recently awarded 7J cents an hour more, but no date was specified for the time the pay should start, and the arguments are over various dates of last year. - How to make local youngsters be good in spite of the unsettling influences of war-time is a topic of much discussion locally. . . Chief problem seems to be the "khaki-wacky" young girls, from 11 to 16 years old, who run around at night with service men. . ... Parents are being lec tured about keeping these chil dren at home. . . . They get the blame for the problem instead of the soldiers. Don Drury resigned this week as chairman of the ration board. . . . James.Johnston, 74, long time Pelican Bay Lumber com pany logging boss, passed away . . , Another death was that of Oscar Peyton, long-time fuel dealer. . . . Harry Northern, who wanted some excitement, set fire to two mattresses at the Cozy hotel. ... He got something be sides excitement when Judge Vandenberg gave him IS years for arson. Public Invited ' To Vesper Hour The public is invited to attend a vesper hour of organ and choir music to be presented Sunday afternoon from 4 to 5 o'clock at the Klamath Lutheran church. Mrs. Carl Brandsness is the or ganist, the Rev. L. K. Johnson choir director and pastor. The Portland city council ap proved plans to erect the fore mast of the old battleship Ore gon in a park on the Willamette river front. ... Portland navy recruiters announced enlistment of Kenneth L. Strawn, Salem. . . Mormons from Walla Walla, Pendleton and Baker attended the quarterly union stake con ference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in La Grande. pat, per. to smoke corn silk ciuarcts- Www 'iil''':'i:,i'i'i-i,1'il,i''iijii!ii: .; MM HUHH ! "pji v, , .,! ,:i;:k iSS. iMi !, :.t:::i , ( il l From the files 40 o From the Klamath Republican May 14, 1903 C. S. and R. S. Moore's mill began sawing Tuesday. It will keep them hustling this season to keep up with orders, for many people plan to build and are only waiting for the lumber. e e John Friese went through town Monday with 1200 head of sheep he has just sold to Herman Shrofield. From the Klamath News May 10, 1933 Huge fishing fleets of pelicans have arrived on Upper Klamath lake. e City schools are preparing for closing exercises this week. e e Seniors at Klamatt) Union high school to receive diplomas this week number 135. vMENfAND WOlvtEN IN SERVICE i Alvin G. Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bonham, 3744 Laverne avenue, and Gerald O. Hawkins, 31, son of Mrs. Edith Hawkins, 1836 Logan street, are attending the navy's schools for machinists at the University of Kansas at Lawrence, Kas. The two Klamath men were selected for the training because of apti tude for this type of work shown in a series of tests during re cruiting training. . Anderson is a former employe of The Herald and News mechan ical department. Private Frank Callse, son of Peter Callse, Merrill, and Prl vate James Philip Wright, of Weyerhaeuser camp 6, have en tered the armored force replace ment training center at Fort Knox, Ky. Callse was formerly employed in the sports depart ment of The Herald and News. VITAL STATISTICS ARNKTT Born at Klamath Valley hospital, Klamath Falls, Ore., May 14, 1943, to Mr and Mrs. Ray Arnett, city, a boy. Weight: 6 pounds 12 ounces. SILANI Born at Hillside hos pital, Klamath Falls, Ore., May 15, 1943, to Mr. and Mrs. An drew Silanl, 1019' Jefferson street, a boy. Weight: 6 pounds 21 ounces. WILCHER Born at Hillside hospital, Klamath Falls, Ore., May 15, 1943, to Mr. and Mrs. John Wllchor, 24411 Eberleln avenue, a boy. Weight: 6 pounds 4i ounces. TIN Ci DRIVE life Sill TRIP CHANGE Vincent Cartor and Nancy Ed wards, the girl and boy bringing In the most tin cans at Falrvlow school In the salvngo drive this week, havo a chance of winning a free trip to Portland ns guests of the Portland Ball club. In the state-wide contest, the tin can king and queen will be selected from the city school In the stato having tho highest num ber of cans per student, that is, the total number of cans from each school divided by the num ber of children. Falrvlew had tho most cans per student among Klamath Fulls elomentary schools with an avor age of 90.4 cans per child, auto matically making Vincent Carter and Nancy Edwards eligible for the stato prize If Klamath Falls should win. Vincent also won tho city tin can drlvo prlzo. Curmol Flnnlgiin, city winner among tho girls, could not qualify for the state contest as her school, Sa cred Heart academy, did not have the highest per capita average. Averages of the other elemen tary schools are: Riverside, 88.0; Roosevelt, 78.9; Sacred Heart, 77.2; Conger, 49; Mills, 48.7; Fre mont, 48.8; Pelican, 41.3. A county school King and queen are also to be selected in the state contest. However, Klam ath county did not enter this con test as many of the suburban schools had closed before the contest started. Flint Presbyterian Church The First Presbyterian church is located on North Sixth and Pine streets. The pastor Is the Rev. Theodore Smith, residence 435 North Second street, tele phone at the home 5477 and at the church 7311. Miss Llllle E. Darby directs the choir and Mrs. A. H. Denison is the organist. There will be no evening Wor ship in this church as the congre gation is uniting In the bacca laureate service at Klamath Un ion high school. The morning worship opens with the organ prelude "An dante Pastoralo" by A 1 e x is. Tho processional is "Fairest Lord Jesus" arranged by Willis, In re sponse to the pastoral greeting the choir sings Clcnan's "Grace and Peace." Choir and congre gation unite In singing "The Dox ology" following the call to wor ship, and the "Gloria Patrl" fol lowing the invocation and Lord's prayer. The period of quiet medi tation Is ushered In by the choir's singing "Hear Our Prayer, O Lord," and closes with both con gregation and choir singing "Our Fathers' God to Thee, Author of Liberty." Tho choir offertory is Schumann's "We Give Thee But Thine Own" and the organ offer tory is "Romance" by Shoppard. The morning anthem is "On The Highway to Galilee" by Syicklcs. The pastor will preach tho ser mon. The service closes with the benediction, the choir's singing "Threefold Amen," and the or gan postlude, "Song" by Rose. The Bible school meets at 9:45 In the morning and is preceded by a pre-praycr service at 9:30. The three young peoples so cieties meet at 8:30. They will close in ample time for attend ance at the baccalaureate. Winter sleep of animals Is called hibernation; their summer torpor is known as estivation. The coal strike made us sad enough to get a lump in our throat. Always read the classified ads. U. S. Birdmen's Church Notices 17. 8. i,m Here flaw nnlnnlehlnnlv Imw, . , .v.' , , up view of the Japanese bate on lishment of an American b... in racki. hanoars and warohou.et months. U. S. army photo. Leaves Sundi) 1st. Sgt. Alice D. Travor of tho WAACs, stationed at Cump Oglathorpe, Gu,, will leave Sunday morning to report back to the third WAAC training center, Com pany 1, 22nd regiment. She has been hero visiting with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Uorllngs of 180 Lewis street. Among her duties, 1st Sgt. Travor Is Instruc tor in rogular army routine as new recruits are received ut tho enmp. She arrived hero Tues day unexpectedly and at tho sta tion whs her brother, Lt, George Robert UcrllnKs, who was loav lug to report for duty at the Sali nas, Cullf., air field with tho U. S. army air corps, He re ceived his wings as pilot and ob server at Brooks field, Tex., tills spring. Son Born Corp. and Mrs. Ross Hagland of Camp Mon mouth, Long Branch, N. J,, are parents of a son who arrived at the military hospital Friday at B;30 p. m. according to word re coived by Mrs. Ragland'i father, Androw M. Collier. - The child weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces. Mrs. Collier, who left Tuesday for New Jersey, arrived In Long Branch Saturday morning. This is the first grandchild of the Colliers. Mrs. Rugland Is the for mer Marie Collier of this city. Returns Mrs. A. A. Myers, 1040 Orchard avenuo, has re turned from St. Francis, Ark., whoro she was called last month by tho serious illness of her fath er. St. Francis Is a town In the Ozark mountains, and ber father moved there recently on account of his health. When Mr. Myers left for home he was considered much Improved. Police Court Edna Fagancs und Tom Fisher, charged with selling liquor to Indluns, re ceived fines of 850 and 20 days In the city Jail when they ap peared In police court Saturday morning. One drunk, two dis orderly, and six tratflc tickets made up the remainder of the report. Visits Mrs. Heine Hertager of Prospect, a former resident of Klamath Falls, was in town Thursday en route from San Francisco to Prospect. She has been in San Francisco for over a month, visiting her daughter, El sie Hertager employed In the war industries there. Many Measles Caiei Seventy-three cases of measles wcro re- : ported in Klamath county the j week ending May 8. There were three cases of whooping cough, i one of pneumonia, and ono of : mumps. One hundred per cent of the local doctors roportcd. Returning Home Tom Schnr fenstoln, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scharfenstcln of Melrose street, is returning home from school in Long Beach Saturday night. He has been attending Ruthcford's Preparatory school in Long Beach since January 1. To Los Angolei Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Mcsser, 920 Martin street, left Friday morning for Los Angeles, where they will spend a month visiting with Mrs. Mcs ser's daughter and his son. False Alarm -The city fire department responded to a false alarm which came from ono of the alarm boxes Friday at 0:39 p. m. Firemen said It was the work of pranksters. In Hosoburg Mrs. Roe Hor ton of North Eleventh street is spending several days In Roseburg visiting with her moth er. Fifteen tribes of Indians live on 17 Indian reservation In Ari zona. Shews cot their own weight In food four times dolly. View of "Rats' Nest" WH3L 1 V-i . . " oi ami-aircrau firs, to oet this oloie- bleak, snow-covered Rat Island, in Klika hhar with ..t the Aleutians, only 63 mil. ntrmMfi h.v. h.n .m.,..j " V J . . Amcn, these Jap car. Here From Aihlond Mr. and Mrs. Joe Champion of Ashland have bean visiting recently with Mr, and Mrs. John Pock here. MAIL CLOSING TIME (Effective Feb. 15. 1943) Train 18 Bouthboundi 8 p. m. Train 20 Northboundi 11 a. m. Train 17 Bouthboundi 7 s. m. Train IB Northboundi 10 p. m. Modlord Stage, Westbound. 3i30 p. m.. Evening Airmail. Stagei to Allurnn. Aihland, Lake- view and Rocky Point. 7 s. ra Neighbors The Neighbors of Woodcraft will meet on Monday, May 17, at 8 p, m. In tho KC hall. Following tho builnou meeting tliei'o will bu ciitarlulii mailt under the direction of Mil dred Smith. Several guests from Dummulr are expected to at tend. Refreshments will be nerv ed by a committee consisting of Leola Thompson, i.vn itieliuul son and Evelyn Patterson. All of ficers and gourds ure anked to wear formats. JuvenlLs The Juveniles ol tho Neighbors of Woodcruft will meet In the KC nun itio.iuuy, May 17, at 4 p. m., for u party which closes tho membership contest in which I'utny Clark bus obtained tho greatest number of new members. There will bo gumes und refrcsmiienl, and each member is to bring u guest, Nuncy Hull will be chairman for tho afternoon. Rebokeh Lodge Prosperity Rebekah lodge 1U4 will meat in the IOOF hull Thurmtuy, Muy 20, at 8 p. m. Following the bunlncss mealing thure will bo an enter tainment. Eagles Dance The Eaglet' auxiliary and drum corps will hold their regular Saturday night dance at the KC hull wtih K.nlln Klgcr's music. Dancing will be from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m, Tho public Is Invited. Sgr. Clark Held, Says Official Note Official notification that Sift. Clifford E. CIcgR, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Clcgu of 2420 Or- IIIII1U UVCIIUI, 19 IllIU U JlilHUIIV, of war by the Japoneic ut an un stated cump, reached Klamuth Falls Saturday through the chan nels of the war department. Clcgg was serving In tho Phi lippines with the US ormy dur ing the early days of the war. FUNERALS JOE BCALETTI The funeral survlco for the lato Joe Sculcttl, who passed away on May 5, 1943, will take placo from tho Sacred Heart Catholic church on Monday morning, May 17, ut 9 o'clock, whero a requiem muss will bo celebrated for the repose of hi) soul. Tho Rev. Father T. P. Casey will officlato. Commit ment services and Interment will bo In Mt. Calvary Memorial park commencing at 3:30 p. m. Ward's Klamath Funeral home In charge. ALFRED RAYMOND COULTER JR. Gravcsldo services for the late Alfred Raymond Coulter Jr., who passed away In this city on May 13, will tako placo In the Linkvllle cemetery on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. William Rico of tho Immanuol Baptist church will officiate. Friends are Invited to attend. Ward's Klamath Funeral home in charge. Ancient Egyptians used funor ary wreaths as early as 1200 B. C. on Rat Island :: . oommn ' lw0