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Today's Roundup News Behind the News
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Bv MALCOLM EPLEY
WHEN the OPA decided to establish a dis
trict headquarters In Klamath Falls some
months go. an OPA regional executive on a
,, (, ..yn visit here, unfolded a map of
7 -'llT:- "i the Pacific coast which showed
Tf""i the lay-out of the various dis-
1 I -j trlcts to be established In con-
Zj'fC i nectlon with the movement to
4 4- . j . ..OPA doser to the peo-
V V A VnetrtAc man Innlr.
ing at the map. remarked:
"Here is one map that makes
sense."
He said that because it was
aDtmrent that the districts had
Kn laid out with a view to geography, trans
portation lines, and economic unity. Political
boundaries were crossed whenever it was ex
pedient to do so in keeping with the other
factors on which the districts were based. OPA
being a federal program, it was assumed that
the administrative districts could transcend state
or county lines without technical difficulties.
One segment of state line so transcended,
and with good sense, was that which forms the
northern boundaries of Siskiyou and Modoc
counties in California. Those counties Wfre
joined with several Southern Oregon counties
in the Klamath Falls district.
It was an administrative district, as our
friend remarked, that "made sense."
Map Scrapped
THIS week, OPA scrapped that sensible map.
It announced in San Francisco that Siski
you and Modoc counties would be immediately
transferred to the Sacramento district office.
This action was taken in face of the fact
that geographically, and economically, Siskiyou
and Modoc are closely tied to Klamath Falls,
where the Klamath district office is located.
They are closer to Klamath Falls than to Sacra
mento. They are well-connected with Klamath
Falls by road and railroad.
At the same time, OPA transferred to the
Sierras which have heretofore been in the Reno
office district. Those areas were given to Reno
for reasons similar to those which dictated the
formation of the Klamath Falls district.
Polities
FOR some time, there have been reports here ,
that ? certain California politicians were'
crabbing at OPA because parts of California
were in OPA districts with headquarters in
other states. There is well-founded opinion
here that the latest OPA move was at least in
part a yielding to this pressure.
Politics, it appears, is again prevailing over
food sense.
And the California-Oregon state line, which
livides an economic and geographical unit
where it crosses the Klamath basin, is again
lausing annoyance.
The move calls for a strong protest. But
politics being what it is, the chances for a
protest succeeding are not bright. ' -t
Spare That Tree
IT WILL not be news to members of the
county court, because we have already told
them, but we don't like their action in ordering
the removal of three big trees at the northeast
corner of the courthouse property.
This is part of a systematic destruction of
fine old trees that has been going on here for
several years. . Several such trees have been
cut down on the courthouse property, and a
good many others, at various spots in the older
part of town, have gone the same way.
What causes people, when they look at a
great old tree, to itch for the axe, is more
than we understand, but we know it to be true.
It is particularly noticeable among people in
authority, and in this respect, our county court
members are no different from officialdom in
many other places. Frequently we see in other
papers where local citizens are campaigning to
save trees from their public officials.
In this case, the principal reason offered
seems to be that the trees stood in front of
the new World War II memorial. Removal of
the trees did make the memorial stand out in
naked prominence. But a plain spire, such as
is the memorial shaft, is especially beautiful to
us when it is framed by the great trunks and
green foliage of old trees:
These particular trees are down now. But '
there are others at. the courthouse and else
where about town that must not be permitted
to go the same way.
It takes a long time to grow a great tree.
W
Br PAUL MALLON
ASHINGTON, May S5 The liberals may
be awakening from their dreaming
One of their leaders, at least, is rubbing the
mists of wistful-vlsionlng from
his eyes, and publicly suggest
ing that hereafter they revise
their war and post-war pro
gram to base them on truth
& J I and realism.
It In an article in the weekly
IV I liberal Bible, The New Repub-
Wfv a lic no lesl Pwer than its
i tl:,v' g foremost editor, Bruce Bliven,
Fi I forthrlghtly indicts himself
aula nis bhwhici uii niaiijr
counts of political somnambul
ism. I did not feel I had to ask him for per
mission to quote from his article, because the
substance sounds as if it came from this column.
In spots, it reads almost phrase for phrase
along the lines of free advice to liberals of
fered by me since the war started, urging them
to awaken and see Britain, Russia and China as
they are, not as Vice President Wallace and The
New Republic had viewed them; and counseling
them to renounce their antiquated liberalism
which espoused totalitarianism in democratic,
socialist, or communist forms, in favor of a
truly liberal doctrine of freedom for the in
dividual and the common man.
Well, the sleeping part of It is all there now
as advice from Mr. Bliven to liberals and his
position may carry more weight. His words
also suggest there is a chance that the course
of professional and orthodox liberal thought
may be turned away from its marked totalitar
ian and narrow New Dealism channels, and
modernized. .
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Stalin Causes Alarm
THE alarm which seems to have awakened
Mr. Bliven (he implies) was Mr. Stalin's
announcement that the Russians have not aband
oned their historic desire for a piece of a
"strong" Poland. Says Mr. Bliven:
"Men like Churchill, Stalin and Chiang Kai-
Shek keep silent during the war, for diplomatic
reasons, about those of their opinions and
policies which may strike a disagreeable note
among the populations of allied countries; but
they don't abandon, these beliefs and policies."
Britain, he finds, still wants the empire de
spite the offer of Mr. Bliven and associates to
free India, Egypt and some other places.
But you will hold your hats when you hear
him saying: -.
'1 am aware of no evidence that Stalin has
altered his ideology a particle under the pres
sure of war."
He even mentions a few bad things, along
with the good, about Russia, the bad including
"merciless wholesale executions of political op
ponents, universal spying, the ruthless carrying
out of economic plans."
China, he now sees truly as being "very far
from being a political democracy on the western
model." But he is rougher with Mr. Roosevelt
than I have ever been, contending, apparently,
that the president is not strictly a New Deal
leader:
"Mr. Roosevelt became a New Dealer after
he got into office and, on an ad hoc, day-to-day
basis. He surrounded himself with an unusual
group' of men and women with a progressive
outlook and, item by item, they sold him the
various parts of the New Deal program.
They were helped in' doing so by the fact
that, year, after year, the depression-continued
to be so serious that almost any experiment
seemed better than just to let matters drift,
He concedes he and associates have exagger
ated the "altruism" of the American, people by
hoping they would give away much more after
this war than they will, and directly confesses
"Some American liberals have delusions of
grandeur as to the extent of our influence
upon the allies," in writing the peace and now.
"It is better to be grim and correct than to
take a rosy view that turns out to be wrong,"
he rightly adds.
Post-War Practicalism
RELUCTANTLY, he is even prepared to ac:
cept a post-war plan "based on arrange
ments that are as much to the benefit ot this
country as anyone else." He suggests liberals'
should go that far too, although this requires
quite a drop from their world visioning.
To the confused and disheartened "liberal"
he offers a new goal:
"A conception of the dignity of the Individ
ual, or freedom and fairness for all."
Why that would be democracy, Mr. Blivenl
The libs could have gotten it all from this
spot in the past three years for three cents
instead of paying 15 cents for it now. I would
like to think that I helped to cause or inspire
this revolutionary change. Unfortunately, I can
not. There is no copyright on truth. It cannot
become a private possession. When the other
fellow comes upon it, we may think he took
something from us whereas he really only open
ed his eyes. -
There may be unity in this country yet.
Governor Names
Group to Study
Juvenile Problem
SALEM, May 25 CP) A com
mittee to study methods of
Handling tho state caro and
training of delinquent minors,
authorized by the recent legis
lature, was named here Monday
night by Governor Earl Snell.
Washington County Judge H.
D. Korkman, Cornelius; Mrs.
William Klctzer, president of the
National Council of Parents and
Teachers, and Ronald E. Jones,
Brooks, former .Marion county
senator, were named to make the
study and report to the governor
in November, 1944, with any
suggestions for legislative recommendations.
Largest of all flying birds,
the condor, docs not learn to
fly until almost a year old. .
Borneo is almost as big as
the state of Texas.
United Nations
Ship Torpedoed
' WASHINGTON, May 25 (P)
The navy reported today a medium-sized
United Nations mer
chant vessel was torpedoed and
sunk by an enemy submarine in
the North Atlantic early In Ap
ril. Survivors have landed at
Boston. .
Nylon Is being used as surgi
cal sutures instead of silk.
SIDE GLANCES
& U. 1. MT. tn. 2J'
tut im rr wt mat we. t. n
"Wonder if we oucht to toll her we used her ration book
i to -.buy these wieners for our fishing trip? Mom hasn't
much sense of humor 1"
G OF G NAMES
F
OR NEW YEAH
Five chamber of commerce
committees for the new year
were announced Tuesday.
The list follows: i
Agriculture Henry Semon.
director; E. A. Geary, chairman;
Will Blackman, A. R. Campbell,
Paul J. Dalton, S. P. Dehlinger,
Percy Dixon, Jay A. Fairclo,
Ralph Hill, Dick Henzel. G. J.
Hilyard, William Kittredge, C.
A. Henderson, ex officio.
Aviation Malcolm Epley, di
rector; Robert O. Sproat. chair
man; Stuart Balsiger, M. E. Cor-
nett, Ralph Howard, G. A.
Krause, Sam Ritchey, E. A.
Thomas, ex officio; Otto Vitus, ;
ex officio.
Military Affairs Fred Heil-
bronner, director; Ed Bell, chair
man; R. C. Dale, Frank Z. How
ard, Lynn Roycroft, Vance Vau
pel, Clifford Voight, Lester
Wright
Rates, Transportation and Com
munications George P. Davis,
director; A. H. Bussman, chair
man; C. M. Gilmore, Joe Hicks,
T. H. Reeves, George W. Stodick,
R. C. Woodruff.
Roads and Highways E. H.
Balsiger, director; Tom Watters,
chairman; A, H. Bussman, Al
fred Collier, Frank Jenkins, Fred
Pope, ex officio.
FUNERAL
JOHN KURNICK
The funeral service for the
late John Kurnick who passed
away in ihis city on Sunday,
May 23, will take place from the
chapel of Ward's Klamath Fu
neral home, 925 High street, on
Wednesday evening at 7:30
o'clock. The Klamath Falls
Aerie No. 2090 FOE will be in
charge of the service. Commit
ment services and interment will
take place on Thursday morning
at 10 o'clock in the Llnkvllle
cemetery. Friends are invited to
attend.
A national research commit
tee has estimated that the earth
is at least two thousand million
years old..
IL BOARD
OKAYS BUDGET
GRANTS LEAVES
Th Klamath Falls board of
education met last night in a
joint meeting of tho two boards.
After the board meeting, tho ele
mentary budget committee mot
to approve the city school bud
get. It will bo published soon.
A leave of absonce was grunt
ed to Genovieve McGee, Junior
high physical education Instruc
tor for the duration as she plans
to join the WAACs.
A leave of absence was also
granted to Frank Babcock, a
member of tho janitor staff at
Roosevelt school, so (hat ho can
go into the naval services.
Resianed from the nlsmonturv
system are Mrs. Agnes Bryan,
principal or Mills school, Mrs.
Muriel Goodwin, Mrs. Irma Bnd
ccr. Mrs. Frieda Kenuiltzor mri
Patricia Talbot.
' In the high school, Jean
Thompson has been named to
the secretary's asslenmmit In !m
principal's office. She is taking
the place of Ruth Dunning, who
has resigned.
Lucille Robinson has been
hired to teach home economics
for next year and Borghlld Mch
len has been assigned to take
care of the high school library,
IF YOU DO, OR IF YOU DON'T
LOS ANGELES, (P) Victor
Falcon Is a dutiful husband.
Pleading guilty to a charge of
failing to turn off his car head
lights and stop during a recent
blackout, Falcon told the judge:
"Your Honor, my wife told
me to get some sandwiches and
hurry back, and that's what 1
was doing."
It cost him a $100 fine.
A government laboratory In
Texas has succeeded In produc
ing helium 99.98 per cent pure.
The Lehman Caves natlonol
monument of Nevada had 4043
visitors during 1940.
Courthouse Records
Justice Court
Kenneth Emerson Wyckoff.
No operator's license. Fined
$5.50.
Donald King Phelpa. No li
cense tags. Fined S5.60.
Bernlce Mario Garrison. No
operator's license, Fined 15.50.
Carl Austin Lamb. Operating
motor vehicle as private carrier
without a permit from th com
mission of public utilities. Fined
10.
Marrlsgts
ELLOR1N-LINGLE. Cstallna
Ellorln, 40, sailor, U. S. navy.
Native of Philippine Islands, res
ident of Palo Alto. Flo Ann
nolle Llngln, 34, housewife. Nil
tivo of Missouri, resident of Palo
Alto.
Justice Court
Archie Anderson Hamilton.
No operator's license. Flnod
$5.30. '
James William Hector. No
operator's license Flnod $5.50
Jesse Lloyd Slovens. No oper
ator's llconse. Fined $5.50.
Granvel William Prince. No
operator's license. Fined $5.50.
Fifty-two graduating seniors
at Oregon State college will re
ceive special senior honors at
graduation exorcises next Sat
urday, Registrar E. B. Lemon
said today. All awards will be
for scholarship.
Among the seniors listed for
awards ore E. Jean Thompson of
Klumnth Falls for secretarial
science, and Philip M. Smith,
Lakevlcw, for engineering hon
ors. Miss Thompson has accepted a
position as secretary to the prin
cipal at KUHS for the coming
year.
The money you Intended to
uso for war bonds Isn't drawing
any Interest. Instead of bye and
bye, buy nowl
Loans totaling a half billion
dollars annually are made by
pawnbrokers.
RAILS GREAT
. ft
NEED
IS MEN
SAYS SP HEAD
For the successful handling of
the ever-Increasing war load, the
most pressing needs of the mil.
ways, as faced by Southern Pact,
flc, are for men, motive power,
and continued cooperation of all
concarnod with production and
use of railroad scrvlco.
This is the answer of A. T,
Mercinr, president of tho South
ern Pacific compuny, tn tha
question "What do the Railways
Need to Contlmio Tholr Record
Service?" propounded by Rail
way Age for Its "Freight Prog
ress" Isauo, Just off tho press,
"Current shortage of men on
our system Is around 10.000."
says President Mercler. "More
than 11.000 of our former em
ployes are In the armed forcer
Our shortage of track workei'
is particularly acute. Supply ot
qualified truckmen Is not avail
able In this country. Best means
of meeting this situation Is by Im
portation of Mexicans, their rf
fectlveness In track work having
long been proved on our lines.
Also, while wo have not asked
for blanket deforment of any
classification of employes In the
draft, we feel that the urgent
need - of experienced railroad
men must be taken Into consider
ation In the Individual cases com
ing before selective service
boards."
Always read the classified ads.
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VITAL STATISTICS
DUVALL Born at Klamath
Valley hospital, Klamath Falls,
Ore., on May 21, 1943, to Mr.
and Mrs. Francis Duvall, Box
104, Chiloquin, Oregon, a girl.
Weight: 5 pounds 10 ounces.
ALBAN Born at Klamath
Valley hospital, Klamath Falls,
Ore., on May 23, 1943, to Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Alban, 1755 Ore
gon avenue, a girl. Weight: 8
pounds 5 ounces.
ATKINS Born at Klamath
Valley hospital, Klamath Falls,
Ore., on May 24, 1943, to Mr.
and Mrs. Everett Atkins, 3949
Shasta Way, a girl. Weight: 6
pounds 11 ounces.
DUNN Born at Klamath Val
ley hospital. Klamath Falls, Ore.,
on May 23, 1943, to Mr. and Mrs.
Lester E. Dunn, 302 Commercial I
street, a boy. Weight: 9 pounds I
4 ounces. j
WILSON Born at Klamath
Valley hospital, Klamath Falls, .
Ore., on May 23, 1943, to Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur F. Wilson, 524
High street, a boy. Weight: 5
pounds 15 ounces.
McKENNIE Born at Klam
th Valley hospital, Klamath
Falls, Ore., on May 23, 1943, to
Mr. and Mrs. L, J. McKennle,
4427 Denver avenue, a boy
Weight: 7 pounds 15 punccs.
Massachusetts was the last of
the 13 original states to adopt a
written constitution.
Between 1850 and I860, about
250,000 buffalo were killed an
nually In the United States.
In 1918 a sperm whale at
tacked and sunk a three-masted
ship in the Pacific. ,
IS YOUR CHILD A
JOSE PICKER?
II mar b a slm f bowtl worms I And
Umm roundworms can nun ral trouble!
Other warnlnira arc i uneaajr 1101711x11. ntr
voumtM, J tdi in part. If you even aiiipeH
roundworms, gut Jajrne'a Vermlf una today I
JAYNE'S (a America' leading proprietary
worm medicine ; ued by millions for over m
enttiry. Acta gently yt rfrivn out round
Worm. Demand JAVNB'B .VfiMlFUGB.
"REMEMBER ALWAYS, that we ara engaged in a war on the out
come of which our existence as a sovereign nation depends. RE
MEMBER ALWAYS, that the lumber you are producing is to be
used to shelter some mother's son ... to build and repair ships . . .
provide hospital facilities . . . build munitions plants."
Lieut.-Col. F. G. Sherrill,
Corps of Engineers U. S. Army.
OUR LUMBER
Is On The Attack ...
Klamath boxing and 'crating Is carrying munitions and sup
plies to the South Seas ... to the Aloutlant. Our firm and
our employes ara paying mere In taxes.
1942 1941
Average Annual Earnings
of Hourly Employees $2321.00 $1886.00
Each time the company paid
$1.00 to an employee, it
paid to the government in taxes.... .85 . .70
Dividends Per Share 2.00 $ 3.00
Taxes Per Share $ 5.57 $ 3.72 .
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neeus or war. rra musr eonnnuany loan, rnrougn oonas, or Bi
fall short of Victory. It would be to our 'never-ending shame
if Klamath fell down in purchase of the "Klamath Pelican." .
Buy "E" Bonds Now for the "Pelican"
WEYERHAEUSER TUBER COMPANY
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