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tL -June 1048 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE THREE JOl AVERS CONTROL MUST SIJUCFED WASHINGTON, June 15 UP) Prlco Administrator Prentiss M. Brown told food Industry rep resentatives toduy that tho of fice of price odmlnliitrutlon'i (OPA) new program of food prlco control "must work" If the tuition la to avoid a major defeat on tho homo front. "This defcul," ho old, "will make difficult tho winning of the warl It will muke impos dole the winning of the pcaco, for It will Ivavo our economy mattered and helpless." - In a statement prepared for a conference of . wholesale and retail food nicrchauta, Brown culled the prlco of fooda the basic element In the budget of Qicry family and added thnl nlcaa food prlcea aro effective ly stabilized, "then the stabiliza tion program as a whole must Collapse." ! Describing the general maxi mum price regulation as a Vlundmurk in our fight to con trol Inflation," Brown declared: "Hud It not been Issued, tho cost of living would have risen, pot tho 10 per cent It haa In creased since Muy, 1042, but 10 times 10 per cent. For In tho spring of 1042, tho pressures "upon the economy had grown to dimensions wo hod never be fore known, and wo were con fronted, not with tho threat, but with the ccrtuinty of gulloping inflution unless prompt and vig orous action wcro taken. In the general maximum price regula tion, wo took prompt and vig orous action and stopped the Pjvccp toward uncontrolled in iation." Brown said fuilure to stabll Ize the cost of living wsi due to four reasona: 1. The tax and savings pro gram failed to syphon off a uf ltclent proportion of excess pur chasing power. 2. Because of lack of Juris' diction, tho war labor board was unable to stublllza wages betoro October 2, 1042. 3. Because of Inadequate powers to control farm prices, costs to food processors con tlnucd to increase, forcing up ward adjustment In their prices 4. Bccauso of Inadoquata use of subsidies whlrh might have been employed to meet the pres sure of rising coats, It was lm A'isslble to avoid upward ad fustment of retail prices and the cost of living. bpTuicno j'- BEJUAKEVIEW LAKEV1EW, June (Special) f Captain Jack, the million dol lar rooster Is expected In Lake View in a few days to spur war bond sales. The rooster is being brought to Lake county by the flotary club, and will be used In Jvar bond rallies. "Captain Jack' lias brought almost a million dol lars in war bonds In the state in (lis various travels. Bidding Is ."ne In war bonds and tho bird V.-nifilns with the organization Sponsoring him until called to Some other town. When he hos made the rounds of the state "Captain Jack" will wind up at Portland for a big bond buying f vent. While here ho will be on llsplny In Fctsch's storo window. Injured, Bur Alive Bomber Crew Escapes t. COLUMBIA, S. C. .June 15 (IP) Flight Officer Paul N. Sucnccr. 21, Salem, Ore., and the other six crewman of an army me dium bomber escaped yesterday as their plane landed wheels up (n a small field near here and burst Into flames. r-All tho crewmen wcro Injured Q't all were expected to recover. Vpcncer suffered lacerations and abrasions of the head and body. l ine piano was on a training flight from the air base here, the public relations office said. ' It wos noted on recently cap tured specimens of Mcsser schmitU that no provision was made for jettisoning fuel In case pf emergency, although no skill or material was spared to pro vide other safety devices. I RED-ITCHY-SCALY Effective Home Treatment Promptly Relieves Torturel Vint applications of wonderful sooth ing medicated Zomo a doctor's formula -promptly rolleve the intonse Itch Inn aoronon and start at one to help heal the rod, scaly akin. Amatinily suc cessful for ovor 80 years! First trial of marvelous clean, stainless liquid Zemo convinces! All drug ttoroa. Only8M. ZEMO L s VP Several Ihouaand men and York Shipbuilding corporation ahutdown. The company said Bomb Sinks Diver. But He Bobs Up to Tell Storv PORTLAND, June 15 VP) Japanese bombs sunk Joseph D. Campbell, but he bobbed up here this weekend to tell the story. A chief boatswain's mate and master diver in the navy, Camp bell was repairing a vessel In the Solomons last year when Japan ese planes como over. He had just left the water and was starting to take off his diving helmet, he said, when a bomb struck 20 yards away. It blew him off the ship's deck and like a lead weight ho dropped 06 feet beforo he could Increase air You can speed his visit home by giving up your summer train trips High point in many a service man's life in his short leave or furlough after months of strenuous training. This ia often his last chance to visit home before going overacas a last chance to ace his parents, wife or sweetheart. Furlough days are far too precious to be spent waiting for train accommodations. Yet nowadays our trains are so crowded that even service men on furlough sometimes have to "wait their turn". Will you help make more room on our trains for service men and other essential war trav elers this summer? Pleaae cancel reserva tions promptly if your plans change re lease this apace for use by other travelers. Don'f Mite the train at all unlets you really have tot At more and more mtn are drawn into the armed forces, furlough travel and troop movements require a constantly increasing share of all Southern Pacifio equipment. '- For example, moro than half of all sleeping cars in the country and about one-third of all day coaches are now given over to organized troop movements. And furlough travel on regular passenger trains ia our largest singlo type of travel. Thousands of business men and technical experts engaged in war production must make emergency train trips. These men arc certainly essential trav elers, just liko our passengers in uniform. And many other pcoplo havo to travel for important reasons. Because of death or illness in the family ... to accept ' employment in another eity ... to visit husbands or sons at an Army Camp or at a Naval Training Station, , If this were on ordinary summer we would be doing our best to encourage vacation travel. After all, wo make our living carrying pcoplo where they want to go. But this summer is different ... ' Movements of troops and war supplies are especially licuvy over S. P. lines because we serve more military Shipyard Workers Protest Against v v w - Wl am? ar tv A I -r- ii yjr vnata a woman demonstrated outside the yards In what union officials said waa a protest ol a the ahuidown waa due to a ahortaga of critical materials. pressure In the suit to stop the plunge. "I got a squeeze. That hap pens when the water pressure is greater tlinn the air pressure in side the diving suit. My stom ach was slammed up right into my chest, and my head was rammed right up against the top of my helmet. 1 could hear the bombs exploding in the water. They sounded like paper bags popping," ho said. "I was pulled back up onto the ship, but I didn't gel decompres sion on the way up, so then I got Shutdown . A ' r f f ) Camden, N. J., gates of the bends," he added. Campbell visited his family here while on liberty from a navy hospital, where he is being treated for Injuries. SAFEGUARD VALUABLES ORANGEBURG, S. C, (IP) Two smartly-dressed young women came out of a theater just as a heavy shower was strik ing its stride. They stopped and each girl removed her shoes and carefully tucked them under her arm. Then they fared forth In the rain barefoot. Japan Is a nation that's going to find put .that the world's a stage upon which you have no show unless you play fair. tha New one-day and naval establishments than any other railroad. Concentration of war production plants in the West has vastly increased our freight load. We are short of locomotives and other equipment, and no more passenger cars or diners can be purchased for the duration. With over 12,000 S. P. railroaders now in the armed forces we badly need more manpower. But despite all these difficulties plus the heaviest traffic load in all our history tee are pushing th ', war trains through. This summer we are asking the public to forgo all train trips of a merely social, sight-seeing or pleas ure nature. This summer unless your train trip is essential you can do your country a real service by staying close to home. ' The friendly Southern Pacific i Buy War Bonds now to help pay for vacations after Victory . SALINAS, Calif., June 15 OP) Engine trouble caused the crash of an army bomber in northern California near Dunsmuir early Thursday, the army air corps said today in listing the six men who died. Four bailed out safely. The names of those killed were announced as follows: Lieut. Ernest A. Clark of Oak land, Cal.; Flight Officer George Churchill, Jr., Leakcsville, Miss.; Staff Sgt. William W. Powell, Jr., Houston, Tex.; Sgt. Willet F. Draker, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Sgt. Alonzia E. Johnston, Jr., Canton, O., and Sgt. John F. Kennedy, Peru, Ind. Dies Sub-Committee Assures Barring of Japs on West Coast LOS ANGELES, June 14 UP) The Dies sub-committee, whose chairman, Rep. John M. Costel la, (D-Callf.) has given assurance that Japanese will be barred from the Pacific coast for the duration, will reconvene its hear ing here tomorrow for further testimony concerning ' operation of relocation centers. Costello, in San Diego yester day with other committee mem bers for conferences with cham ber of commerce officials, de clared that testimony already given in the hearing here is the basis for his statement that Jap anese will not be permitted to return to this coast during the war. G. I. SUNTAN FORT BLISS, Tex., (P) It's an army order, not a vacation. Men of the first cavalry di vision must take sun baths daily' starting with 10-minute exposures. It's to toughen the skin, they explained. Murder Complaint Issued In Killing Of Army Man, Wife FALLON, Ncv., June 15 P) Sheriff R. J. Vannoy said today a murder complaint has been issued by Churchill county au thorities, charging Floyd L. Mc Kinney, former Luning, Nev water wagon driver, with the killing of Lieut, and Mrs. Ralph E. Fisher, former residents of Rochester, N. Y. The bodies of Lieut, and Mrs. Fisher were found in the desert 27 miles east of here last week. Fisher's skull had been crushed and his wife's skull showed evi dence of a bullet wound, Van noy said. They had left Gowen field, Boise, Idaho, where Lieut. Fisher was stationed, on April 22 en route to March field, Cali fornia. Vannoy said McKinney's con nection with the killings has been "definitely established" through signature of car registra tion papers filed in Reno when the Fisher car was sold there May 1. The sheriff said a grand larceny complaint had been is sued earlier charging McKinney with the theft of the Fisher car. Kansas Banker 100 Years Old MANKATO, Kas., June 15 (IP) J. P. Fair, president of the M a n k a t o bank, a man who writes his chattel mortgages in longhand, is 100 years old to day. Still active in his bank, he is past department commander of the Kansas GAR. Civic, frater nal and patriotic organizations are celebrating the birthday. LARGEST BEARS The Kodiak bear, first found on Kodiak Island, Alaska, is the largest of all known bears. Many specimens have been found to exceed a weight of 1200 pounds. JUST RECEIVED AT SEARS! A NEW SHIPMENT OF HONORBILT ROOFING! &v I5v7 f II wf 45-LB. ROLL ROOFING Medium weight roofing for use en farms and out buildings. Roll cover 100 square feet. Mica-Talc surfacedl ; , 55-LB. ROLL ROOFING Heavy weight talc-surfacedl Made of long, heavy fibre felt saturated with asphalt. Superweight 65 lbs. Fire-resistant! .... .,. 65-LB. ROLL ROOFING Economical to use ... heavier weight for longer wear en cottages of barns. Roll eevers 100 square feet. .. . 90-LB. ROLL ROOFING . 100 asphalt coated! Weighs 90 pounds per 100 square feet. Surfaced with slate granules that protect! Black, red, green ... STAGGERED EDGE ROOFING Surfaced with Sta-so-Slate granules. Guaranteed for long wear. Staggered edge for beauty, giving shingle effect! ' i C U P Lady Duran, wife of the Governor of Victoria, admires a Napoleon Bonaparte cap and saucer donated for a Red Cross beneet sale held at Sidney, New South Wales. Turkey-Syria Border Shut ANKARA, Turkey, June 15 (JP) Allied authorities will close the Syrian border with Turkey at 6 o'clock tonight, semi-official sources said today. Turkish authorities profess not to know why the border is being closed or how long it will remain shut. Syria is under control of the Fighting French. The United Nations food con ference reminds us of what we've all been having at home in order to make ration stamps work out. IP. Protect abused skin and CHAFE eoothe with Mexaana, for merly Mexican Heat Pow der. Alao reliftva hurnin ANNOYS of beat-rash irritated skin. Japs Drop Bombs On Guadalcanal WASHINGTON. June IS m ' Japanese bombers dropped "a small number of bombs" on Guadalcanal Sunday night, tha navy reported today, but caused no losses to material or person nel. . . Guadalcanal had last been re ported attacked on the night of May 23. The navy gave no in- .viiiwuuii uii Miv lucauon ox ma action In which the reconnais sance bomber waa damaged. An Ohio woman has had tha same umbrella for 30 years. Isn't about time she returned it? Paul O. Landry this question! "Will bankruptcy b aa "easy out" for me. if I have an accident and can't prove my financial i sponslblHiy?" For Information on any Insurance problem, consult THl LANDRY CO., 419 Main St. Phone S612 The Courthouse Is Now One Block Down the Street From Our Office. 1 98 Roll 2 19 ReU 2 2 39 Roll 69 Roll 329 Roll mm
