PAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON Juno 1. 1fM!i iltmbir of Ts Auociatcd rH Ttit Aliodated Praia re id elraly enllUad lo the o" ol re publication ol ill ei dlipitthre credltad to H or sot othenrlie trrdlt-J lo ttilt paper, and alM the local newa publuhed therein. II rlhta of republication of special dlipatehai arc lio re- etrred. FRANK JENKINS Editor A ttraportry conblaittoa f tbt Sruhf Wtrtld tnt. tht KUmath Kw4. Fubliihtd 7 ftrnMo mod. Sunday at Xplanad and Flo iUmU, Klamath Fail a. Oregon, by tbe Herald Publiihlng Co. and th Klamath Xewi Fubllahlti Company PntrrH a cond dan matter at th poatofttn f Klamath FaJla, Or., em Augvti 10, 1M uodar act ol coagrcaa, Uarch , 11. ymbr of Audit Bouin Or Ciicuutidv 1taprat4 yaUoaaltr by WUT-HOLUDAY CO 10. tai Trtnriara, Xtw Yortt, Aa at Us Chicago, Portland, U Aogtla. MALCOLM EPLEY Managing Editor EPLEY Today's Roundup Br MALCOLM EPLEY ! A GROUP of metropolitan and press assocla K tlon newsmen was recently let Into the Tulolake war relocation center. Apparently, the writers were given free dom to see anything they could find, talk to anyone, and write what they wished on their findings and impres sion without censorship. A rash of stories and pic tures has since appeared in various papers. Not a great deal that was not generally known previously has been in cluded in the stories we have seen, but the truth has been told with more freedom and frankness than was possible Jn the past. It is not new news that there have been strikes, beat-ups and factional vendettas at the Tulelake center, and that trouble mounted to a climax at the time of the work clearance registration. It Is also known that there is a division among the evacuees on the issue of loyalty to the United States or Japan, and that evacuees who are American citizens constitute a psychological and political problem. . But It is good news that the WRA officials have seen the advisability of permitting news men to come on the project and get this news first hand, and particularly to tell it without a censor looking over their shoulders. This writer, from close by the camp, has noticed a definite trend (on the part of the project ad ministration toward a more open and realistic news policy. It is to be hoped this continues. Sterner Policy ONE thing that was Indicated Quite defin itely In one story we read was that a stern er policy in administering the affairs' of the project has been adopted, especially as it re lates to recalcitrant and disloyal evacuees. Pro ject Director Harvey Coverley was quoted In such a way as to convey this impression unmis takably, particularly "in connection with the handling of the situation growing out of the registration blow-up. Such, a policy is definitely in order, and It is good If Mr. Coverley Is disposed in that direc tion and is given the authority to follow it, We are frank to state that we still feel serious concern over the potentialities that exist in the Tulelake situation, where a general disturbance among thousands of evacuees, at a time of attempted invasion or other crisis, could be of the utmost seriousness. That is something of vital Importance to the people living in the general area where the project is located. They have a right to de mand that every precaution be taken. In that connection, we note that one story, at least, relates that the army moved in at the time of the registration trouble. If that is true, it Is a fact that was not revealed to the press at that time, and it is resented by this newspaper which, because of its proximity, had . the major responsibility of obtaining informs- tion from the WRA officials then.' Original Mistake A S TIME goes on, we become more con- " vinced than ever that the first objection of the people in this urea to the location of the WRA project here was valid and should have been heeded. It is clear that the Tule lake center contains many disloyal evacuees and troublemakers. Strangely enough, despite the fact that farming is the major job to be done at this center, the proportion of rural Japanese there is much smaller than in various other centers. Rural Japanese, we are told, are more likely to be loyal to the U. S.; yet in this center, which is located in the coastal area and close to coast defenses, other types of evacuees predominate. The Tulelake location did have some ad vantages, such as government ownership of the site, etc., but they are overshadowed by the fact that it has concentrated thousands of per sons of questionable loyalty within a short distance of the coast facing the Pacific and Japan. That mistake having been made, it would seem that nothing would be left undone to assure complete control in any situation that could possibly develop. Probably government officials will say that has been done,' but peo ple here do well to keep hammering on that point, just the same. To us, it means a strong military force. S&3 MALLON News Behind the News By PAUL MALLON MEADV-LLE; Pa., June 1 When you come out' here and rummage .around. the cities and towns for a few days, you.sodn find out what is wrong with rationing. You "will ; find , the answer, not in the complaints of peo ple who; in- general, are val iantly trying to conform to as complicated a system of na tional regulations as was ever imposed upon a democratic people. The authorities who know, are the officials of the local boards. Most small cities have had from three to five rationing chairmen already. Longest possible tenure seems to be two to three months. Few can stand it longer. Of all types of war work, this has proved to be the hardest. Their typical daily problems Include: A grocer bought a carload of special kind of black cherries before point rationing started. These are considered a special delicacy in his area for some reason, but soon grow rancid. When the point system was slapped on, the grocer could not ' get rid of the cherries. He had them, the people needed them to eat, yet no matter how much the local rationing official protested to his superiors in far-away large cities, the higher-ups insisted on letting the cherries spoil. Seventeen per cent of them had decomposed in this time of national food shortage, the last I heard of the matter. In one locality, there was the case of a town recluse with a peculiar eating habit Ha lived solely by the consumption of a well known brand of canned ham and pork, would eat nothing else. Neighbors discovered him in his house when he had been without food three days because his points ran out. It took days of arguing and long distance calls before an ex ception was authorized to prevent his death from starvation. Lack of Judgment A RATIONING chairman who Is a college faculty member of superior intellectual attainments, describes the situation this way: "I am not, and my board is not, competent to handle efficiently the problem of this commun ity, under existing circumstances. I do not know any step by which we could be made competent or by which competent persons could be obtained unless we are allowed to use our own judgment. "Fairness, justice, efficiency cannot possibly be attained In any satisfactory degree by trying to follow national regulations to the letter. The regulations on my desk are two inches thick, and; after I read them, I cannot understand most of them, and two lawyers no doubt would differ about most of them,"- , . One shrewd grocer insisted upon selling suc cotash free of points. The regulations prescribed points for both corn and lima beans, but not canned products of both combined. At least. he said so, and received approval of an in spector. The rationing chairman worked a week to counteract the opinion of the inspector at head quarters. He is on the long distance telephone most of the time. This is but the top froth of evidence which runs deep and true to the conclusion that rationing does not work effectively or effic ' iently. . Decentralization of authority away from Washington would help conditions, but prob ably nothing can make them perfect. The local people know their own human problems and their local people best. Not only are the boards unable to handle the situation to their own satisfaction, the national headquarters has clearly been proved it is not competent to draw regulations to pro vide an efficient administration over 130,000, 000 people of such varying habits of life in varying localities. Injustices and waste cannot be avoided. No strict over-all national regulation can ever be made which will be fair to each individual upon whom life places varying demands for gasoline, food and fuel. The system should be hu manized.' Humanize Point System LASTLY, the people themselves are not com petent to deal with the point system efficiently. The evidence shows few of them can devote the time and thought from making a living, to study out ways of getting their full share. The housewife of average intelli gence has been called on to do more than she can. Rationing Is here to stay for the duration. Its necessary hardships will be borne by the people patriotically along with its unnecessary hardships. . But the point system should be simplified for the housewife, the regulations revised into general simple over-all instructions, and the whole system humanized by allowing greater leeway to competent men in charge of the local boards. EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Page One) a team If it Is not going to de mand of government officials that THEY work as a team." J-JE adds: "There have been contro versies in government, but Amer ica's great armament production has demonstrated that these con troversies and their effect on the war effort have been ex aggerated." He tells his home towners that our HUNDRED-THOUSANDTH plane since bur war effort began lias just come off the assembly line, that 100 fighting ships have been finished in the first five months of 1943 and that our fleet will be DOUBLED in size this year; that we are building' mer chant ships FOUR TIMES as fast as they are being sunk. TT'S a great record, and we're -a- t.-,.. i. We must add, to be truthful, that it has been accomplished by the cmnH n!H Am,,liBn -..-.- of private enterprise IN SPITE rw .1 i t - . .... . -- uie oquaupnng politicians. " gVEN as Byrnes Is speaking to his home town people, an other ruckus flares up n OPA at Washington and Former Princeton Economics Professor Galbraith resigns In a huff after a battle with Former Advertis ing Man Maxon. ' The flare-up seems to be wholly typical of the Washington front. JT looks at the moment this is A written as if the coal miners are going to follow John L. in stead of FDR. One has the un easy feeling that this coal mine business is a clash of person alities rather than a serious, pa triotic attempt to solve a trouble some war-time problem. A home catches fire on the average of every minute and a half in the United States. Classified Ads Bring Results. SIDE GLANCES cow, 'Hi i ttroct we. t, m. ta u. . nr. art. "I don't see whv niv husband conies to these lull oimp- he just works himself up into a rage every, time over something or other I" Telling The Editor Latin printed hart muat not oe mora than 00 vrarda rn length, muat fee mil. tan larblr on ONI IIDI ol tha paper only, and inuat ba alpujd. Contrlbutlona rolloannf thaaa rules, are ararmly arce (The War Summary) One morning at Pearl Harbor, They had a sneak attack. The little yellow Japanese Had stabbed us in the back. First Guam was taken from us. And then Wake, as you know, But the Japs will pay a price wnen tney iose Tokyo. The Philippines held longer With MacArthur in command. And though our boys did lose the fight, They made a gallant stand. And from the Carrier "Hornet" One April, day you know. -loonttles planes went to Japan, And blasted Tokyo. " But now the war is chanslne In the air, on land, and sea, America is winning The land of Liberty. But we have not forgotten. What the Japanese have done, And we will not stop fiehtine Till we set their rising sun. So we should all buy bonds and stamps And help to win this war And capture Hirohito So he'll never start no more. LOCAL PUPILS GET DEGREES T sin Signed: Jack L. Moffatt. R. R. 3, (12 years old). Liquid Asset mm (NEA Tl-tenhnlnl Here-s a golden opportunity tor some one with enterprise. Farmland for sale near Chesterfield, Mo., with plenty of water for livestock five feet of it. Midwest floods old It. Among degrees awarded over the weekend to graduating sen iors and others at the Univer sity of Oregon were the fol lowing: Master of Arts. Walter Esche beck, Klamath Falls, Education. Master of Science: Carroll Howe, Klamath Falls, Educa tion. Bachelor of Arts and Sciences: Phyllis Foster, Klamath Falls; Betty Allen, Lakeview; Barbara Johnson, Klamath Falls; Vivian Martin, Merrill; Leland Gra lapp, Klamath Falls; Helen Moore, Klamath Falls; Arllne Lewis, Klamath Falls; Frances Markwardt, C h 1 1 o q u 1 n; Eva Marie Griffin, Lakeview; Lois Hunt, Bonanza; Mary Lucy, Klamath Falls; Wyatt Padgett, Klamath Falls; Ann Fife, Modoc Point; William Chllcote, Klam ath Falls; Lois Soule, Klamath Falls. World's smallest independent state, Vatican City, is about the size of an 18-hole golf course. ESCAPEE FROM GESTAPO TO SPEAK HERE The public Is invited to licnr Ivnn Jncobson, 24 - yenr old Amerlcnn consular employe, who will speak hero toniKlit nt KU1IS starting at 8 o'clock, under the auspices of the Klnmnth civilian defense council, telling how It feels to bo beaten and starved by the German gestnpo. Jncobson, attached ' to the American legation In Oslo and a native of Tacoma, Wash, was arrested by tho Germans in Nor way in December, 1010, on charges of "aiding tho enemy, Ho was jnlled In Hollersaton No. 19, i an over-crowded, dirty prison that tho gestapo has made famous throughout tho world because of its brutalities. Seven months In the jail, mostly In solitary1 confinement, caused Jacobsen to lose lid pounds. Broken in health, ho was 111 with scurvy from a diet of black bread, salt fish and po tatocs. Rubber clubs used by tho Germans left many marks on his body. United Nations Dominate Seas Despite Submarines MADRID. June 1 UV) Gen eral Franco's chief executive of ficer in the Spanish government declared yesterday that the United Nations dominated the seas despito losses -and that the axis had been nimble to achieve with its submarines "negative domination of tho sea." Tho statement from Naval Capt. Louis Carrero Blanco, sub-secretary to the presidency of tho Spanish government, was made in one of his rare speeches. He has been Franco's right-hand man for years as sub-secretary to the presidency, an office Franco holds. His re marks were considered of great importance here, considering his position and influence. Eleven Men Die In Fort Crash PYOTE, Tex., June 1 (P) Eleven men perished in tho crash of a Flying fortress against a mountain peak In west Texas Sunday, tho public relations office of Rattlesnake army base disclosed today. It was the first fatal crash In five months of operation at the Pyote base, home of many of tho famed nineteenth bom barjj-nent group heroes. V-HOME VESTIGES The V-Home conurvotion slogan it the old New Eng. land adage: "Eat it up, wear it out) fix It up, or do without." If it's rubber!, Junior would rather do with out but the family's health muit be conietvcd, too, at our molt valuable reiource in thil total war, waini OCD. l.youraY.Home?, Jap Installations on Kiska Harbor ' Smack In the middle of Jap installations on Kiska Harbor lands ; an American bomb. U. S. planes from nearby Aleutian bate blasted these buildings and an uncompleted airfield with Increase i trig regularity that Indicated Invasion of Kiska was coming. Three-Way Pincers on Kiska ALEUTIAN ISLANDS ATTU BennaSeo , 1 r' " ,IItia i n ihsim 1 SCMICHI AGATTU NEAR IS. ANDRE ANOF IS. U. S. kee ) JopBaae- frik AMCHITKA Wild "Voo SOVIET RUSSIA ; P - - "u '" SOVIET RUSSIA - - -Jf "C ?) . - p ALASKA ; -4 ToHawaii : 2400 Ml. I Pacific Ocean . , ' Japs at Kiska are vulnerable to American attack from three dl-' rectlons now that U. S. troops have taken over on Attu. Maps show position of Kiska m relation to other nearby Aleutian Isles and distances to Japan, Hawaii and U. S. r - .u 1, nl4 At lh V.m', ,l,i,,l. t.u , .... . .... ' . . . ' ,.. ..... ""-i " ....., iioBb program, 111 wnirn 10 out 01 iu vessels sunn or damaged during the Jan attack on Pearl Harbor, the U. 8. 8. California is shown ss she was brought to the surface of tbe harbor. Ac cording to the Navy, the battleship 1 has left the Paclfio outpost under bar own power. Official U. S. Navy " ' ' ' uho to. t--1''" : FUNERALS GRACE ISABEL CUSTER Tho funernl servlca for the Into Grace Isabel Custer who passed away nt Sacramento, Call fornla, on May 29, will take placo from tho chapel of Wards Klamath Funeral Home, 025 High street on Thursday after noon nt 3:30 o'clock. The Ilcv, C. C. Brown of tho First Bap tist church officiating, Commit ment service and Intormont wilt follow In the Linkvllle cemetery. Friends are Invited. JOHN O'NEILL Friends are respectfully In vited to attend the funeral serv ices for the lato John O'Nolll to bo held Wednesday morning at Sacred Heart church where a requiem mass will be celebrated for the reposo of his soul com mencing at 8:30 a. m., with the Rev. Peter Tlghe officiating. In terment will follow in Mt. Cal vary Memorial park. Arrange ments aro under the direction of tho Earl Whltlock Funeral Home of this city. LORETTA ELIZABETH BARR Funeral services for the late Lorcttn Elizabeth Barr, who passed away In this city on Sat urday, May 30, 1043, following an Illness of ono week will be held In the chapel of tho Karl Whltlock Funeral Home, Pino Street at Sixth, on Wednesday Juno 2. 1043 at 3:00 p. in., with tho Rov. Victor Phillips of tha First Methodist church of this city officiating. Commitment servlcos and Interment family plot In l.lnkville cemetery un der tho auspices of Aloha chap ter No. 01, O. E. S. Friends ara invited. . . 8V.V0P.1IS OF ANMIUl STATEMKNT or TIIK Columbia fir Insurance Co. nt liivl.ui. in ihA ttats nf Ohio, on tha .11,1 ilny nf Vrrrmh-r. m,. lo lhc ItiMlrnnra OnmnlMlnnfr ol Uia atau of Orrgon, pursuant In law! Oapltat Amount of capital .lock iM up Ji.eM.oofj.ee Inooma rtcflvnl iturlnf K"t prf-mlilml Mia .Vfiir a ?ia aaa it liitTMl, ilh'Mrnilii and rrnta r.-c.lvrl lurlnji lha jrar IW.MMO Inrotna from ollir aniircea ra wlvwl during tha jaar S0.lTI.ee Total Ineoma , a slo.UMS Dlaburaamanta Xt loai'ft pnltl during tha yrar Including alutment einrniiM 1 grji.Mfl.fli CoimnlMlona anrl aalarloa paid during tha year Ha.oof.in Tnxr-a, llrftnaea and faaa paid during tha vaar II.IM.M Dlvlrt'mli paid on capital (lock during tli Jtfar 100,0)0.1)0 Amount of all othar aiptndl turca 101,191.00 ; Total axpendlturr-a a 7u.ST0.0O Admltlad Aaaala Vnlua of rfnl aalata ownad (tnnrkft valnio S 4t.0M.ll T.nna. on mortgagra and ool Intrral. lie Vnlun of honda nwnrd (mar kfl or amortlrtil) l.Sti.tMT .IS Vnlun of alocka ownad (mar k'l vnlua) 1. III. MS. If) rn,h In hanki and on liand w 420,401.12 Pr'mmma In anuria of colko- linn wrltttn alnca Saptamliar, o. mis , , so.ott.n intarni and renla ntia and ao rriifil Othrr aaiata nat) Total admitted amrta lH.1T4.tt SJ.IMJII JS.l09.tTI.it) Llabllltlaa Oroia clalmi for lonaa unpaid $ 76,104,9t Amount or iinaarnad pramluma on all outilandlng rtika eaO.SM.TO Dun for commliilon and brok. araaa . 4.000.00 All othar llnl.lllllfl T1,TS0.4S llalillltlel, eicapt cap- Total Itnl t S8S.U7.47 Capital paid up II, 000,000,00 Hiirpltia over all llnMIHIra 1,1140,618.711 Surplua aa ragarda policy. Iioldrra S.9eO,SB3.7S ..S,IO3,t7I.S0 Total Duilnaia In Oragon tor tha Yaar Net pramluma rccaivad during vaar SS.aoi.it Net Inniri paid during tha yrar Sfta.84 THB COLUMBIA FIR! INBURAN0I OOMPANr PAIII, n. SOMKRR. Trr-i. J.W) E. KIHTZMAN, Rrp. Slalulor- r-.Mrnf. .Iltn., Ir.. The Mississippi Is the 13th longest river In the world, with a lenKth of 24110 miles. Steel-framed windows first were introduced Into tho United States In 1007. Infant baboons, Just like Infnnt children, suck their thumbs and toes. eTNorsm or annpat. btatb. t MUST OK TIIK WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of TMana, In lha mat of Mon Una. Ton tha thirty-first day nf l)s cmj?ar. 104S, mada to tha inauranr Commltaloiar of tho Htat of Ora tor), pursuant to law: Capital Amount nf csnllAl stock paid, up t sin.ono.oe Xnooms Total premium litcoms . for ths yaar 1,S4I,4SS.4S Interaat, dlvldanda nnd rants racelvail durlne tho yaar Hl.SOf.SI Incoms from othar aonr cas raretved during; ths yasr .. S7S.SS0 IT Total Infoma , I 3, Its, SOI. 74 Olaburaamants Tnld for loanaa, -n- dowmanla, nnnulllaa and aurrandr vnluaa S SSR.Stl.ll TMllita nal . ..n. Icyhnldars during ttia yanr TI.SH.14 Dlvldands pntd on enpt tal slook during lha ymr s ljn.ono.oe Commtaalona nnd nnlnrlrs paid during tha yrnr.. 470,871. 94 Tnxes, llcannos nnd from pain during Iho jo-ir., 17.IS1.S1 Amount of nil othar ex- pandlturas S40.S00.0O Total xpandlturrn ..S 11,057,541.01 ' . . Aaaats Vnlua of rani rxintn owned (mnrknt vnlua) t SSt.StS.t? Loans on mortgaios nnd collateral, ato 4,SO,I04.1I Vnlus of bonds owned (amorlliad) ... , 7,101. SOS, 10 Vnlua of stonkn owned (marlcat vnlua) l,S91,lt0.4l . Premium notes and pol- loy loans I,40S,!0.1T Csah In banks and on hand SST.TSS.Bl Inleroat and renla due and accrued 78.SB1.01 Not uncollected nnd da. ferred premiums .... S71,80.0t Other aaaeta (net) -78,280.14 Total admitted aaaeta 117,690,470.00 . ., . LlablUtlea Not reserves M4,(14,ltT.tT Oroaa claims for losses i unpaid .... M.JJJ.OO All other liabilities . 41o!si7:1J Tola), except oapttal S14.080,470,0t' Capital paid up S 800,000.00 i Surplus, over all liabilities S.100,000.00 Burpiusss regards pol- 1 Icyholders . 1,800,000,00 Total . tl7,Bo,470.oe Buluas In Oregon for the Tsar st pramluma nnd an. niiltlna received dur- Dividends paid during the year lt.S08.8l Net losses and claims, endowments, surrenrl- ra, and nnmilllcrt pa n nurlntr Iho vonr runom wasTSHit im iHsunAMoa OOMPAKT I K I). Iikhnrdann, l'rcs. . A. J, C'lniuo, Hen. ntatutory resident nttorney fo .u -e, '"fnoe Commlasloner, Balem, Oregon. i,0oOanarat Aront eVH-t Spalding hnlldlrur, rortland, Oragoa Local Agent MYRLE C. ADAMS luiuranca Comoiliajonar. , izo 8. 8th Phont 7178