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BUREAU TELLS
INCREASE
FOREST FIRES
Forest fires last year burned
over a total of 31,854,124 acres
Of United States woodlands,
compared with 28.404,383 acres
in 1941, the Department of Agri
culture said today. The total
number of fires in the first war
year was 208,218, an increase
of 8518 over 1941.
These fires destroyed re
sources of critical Importance in
the war drive, and the diversion
of men to fire fighting necessi
tated by outbreaks constituted a
serious drain on manpower that
could otherwise be utilized on
war production," the forest serv
ice points out.
Of the 31 million acres burned
in 1942, ninety per cent was in
eleven southern states. Acreage
loss by regions was: eastern
States 1,362,894; southern, 28,
531,119; north central, 1,123,
421; Rocky Mountain, 263,221;
and Pacific, 573,469.
A sharp rise in the number of
Incendiary forest fires occurred
during the year. Nearly one
third of the forest fires reported
on protected lands were of in
cendiary origin 12 per cent
more than the number of in
cendiary fires during the pre
ceding year. A large percent
age of the incendiary fires re
sult from traditional but mis
guided woodsburning practices
in tha south. The number of
fires lor which smokers were
responsible ranked second only
to those of an incendiary nature.
Careless brush and debris burn
ing was third in importance as
a cause of forest fires.
More than 136 million acres of
forest land still lack organized
protection against forest fires,
the forest service reported. This
is approximately one-fourth of
the total area classed as needing
protection. Eighty-six per cent
of the total acreage burned last
year was on this unprotected
area.
The number of fires by causes
on protected lands was as fol
lows: lightning, 6707; railroads,
5020; campers, 3398; smokers,
18,248; debris burning, 13,944;
lumbering, 1386; miscellaneous,
6753; unknown, 36,762. Com
plete figures for unprotected
areas are not available.
Although the total monetary
damage reported amounted to
nearly $45,000,000, foresters
point out there is no way of
obtaining accurate estimates of
damage on unprotected lands,
and in many cases the damage
figures for unprotected areas
are arbitrarily set at a nominal
$1 an acre. ' Aside from com
mercial timber destroyed by
fire, : the trees surviving are
often so weakened that decay
and insect injury quickly follow.
The largest damage not in
cluded in the figure reported
was probably to the young
growth and reproduction needed
for future timber crops and for
food and forage plants required
by big game animals and other
wildlife- and livestock; as well
as to the porous duff of the for
est floor, with consequent re
duction of the water-holding
capacity of soils and watersheds,
and thus increased soil erosion
Ind flood danger.
Adverse weather conditions in
tome areas, and loss of exper
ienced fire-fighter manpower
were among the principal factors
accounting for the increase in
fire losses last year, according
to the forest service. The war
time loss of trained fire control
personnel has severely handi
capped federal and state protec
tion agencies.
In wartime, the forest service
said, the need for widespread
civilian participation in the fight
against fire is imperative. For
est fires destroy timber, forage
and power resources vital to the
war effort; they may threaten
transportation and communica
tion facilities, and military and
industrial establishments; they
divert workers from essential
industry and agriculture and
they may seriously interfere
With defense air operations.
Feed for Poultry,
Livestock Scarce
PORTLAND, June 16 (IP)
Secretary Leon Jackson of the
Oregon Feed Dealers association
today reported a shortage of live
stock and poultry feeds.
"Due to the large increase of
Oregon's poultry and livestock
population," he said, "it is es
sential that dairymen, farmers
and even backyard producers do
everything in his power to con
serve feed supplies."
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Entertainers
These five qirli tang before an assembly at Corvallis during
the summer school teuton intra. Barbara Zinn wrote tha song.
entitled "All Over the World." which tha quintet also sang at a
formal danca. Quintet members ara Barbara Zinn. Margie Milt
ktlson. Norma Chandler, Gloria Bunnell-and Shirley Marander.
MEN AND
WOMEN IN
SERVICE i
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IN AIR CORPS Now in the
Amarillo, Tex., mmmmmm mm
air corps school 1 N
is L. J. Cooley,
o.) Appiegaie xx
street. He left W
for duty in Feb-
ruary.
His brother,
George Cooley,
was recently
transferred to
Lexington, Va.,
with the mobile signal crew.
Twin sons of Mr. and Mrs.
E. A. Kangas- of Weaverville,
Calif., formerly of Klamath
Falls, are now in the service.
Wesley is at Santa Ana. Calif.,
studying to be an air cadet. His
twin, Sidney B., is in Key West,
Fla., with the navy. He is now
a motor machinists mate Zc.
Both boys are graduates of
Keno high school. Wesley en
tered the army in February,
1943, and Sidney joined the
navy in May, 1941.
A brother, Robert, "is also in
the navy. He is somewhere in
the South Pacific on a de
stroyer. All three boys are married.
Corporal James W. Curtis,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Cur
tis of 916 Klamath avenue,
Klamath Fafls, has been assign
ed to the technical school.
Army Air Forces Technical
Training Command, Sioux Falls,
S. D., for training as a radio
operator mechanic.
In civilian life he was a clerk
at Emil's Food store No. 2 in
Klamath Falls.
He was inducted in Septem
ber, 1940, at Fort Stevens and
has been stationed'' at San An
tonio, Texas; Corsicana, Tex.,
and Keesler field, Miss. ,
Second Lieutenant William
E. O'Brien, USMC, has complet
ed his advanced . training in
principles of command in re
serve officers- class of the ma
rine corps at Quantico, Va.
His assignment to a combat
unit for final training or to a
specialists' school for further
schooling is now pending. His
wife, Violet Marie, with their
three children, reside at 435 Pa
cific Terrace, and his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W.
O'Brien live here at 735 Pa
cific Terrace.
Eggs Short, Spuds
Plentiful on Isle
LONDON, June 16 UP)
Britons are receiving their 19th
egg of the year this. week under
rationing regulations.
Potato conscious Americans,
however, will be interested to
learn tflat the surplus old potato
stock is being sold at about $6
a ton for feeding pigs.
Bit's
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TONITE
CAl'ORE
BTOVfltn (s
TO BE VIEWED HERE
Two color films and three
black and white reels on Sweden
will be shown Saturday evening,
June 19. in the IOOF hall, start
ing at 8 o'clock and under the
auspices of Klamath Lank, No.
460, Vasa Order of America. The
films are all in sound with the
commentary in English and the
entire showing will take approxi
mately an hour and a half.
- The public is invited to at
tend the program. There will be
no charge.
. Snow Magic in Sweden and
Productive Sweden, the two
color pictures, which were just
recently released by the Swedish
Travel Information bureau in
New York, shows the making
and use of skis and persons en
joying the sport in the first film,
and the second one deals .with
the basic industries of Sweden,
agriculture, fisheries, iron and
steel, forestry, and wood pro
ducts, gold-mining, the gold
smith's craft and glass making.
The three other 16 mm. films
in black and white are Physical
Training in Sweden, Swedes at
Work and Play, and Scenic
Sweden The Land of the Peo
ple. Refreshments and dancing will
follow showing of the films.
Roosevelt Boy
Exonerated in
Shooting Case
NORRISTOWN, Pa., June 16
(IP) William Donner Roosevelt,
10-year-old son of Col. Elliot
Roosevelt and grandson of the
president, was exonerated ,by a
Montgomery county coroner's
jury today in the fatal shooting
June 6, of his playmate, Lewis
Hutchinson Jr., 11, of Ardmore.
Young Hutchinson was killed
by a .22 calibre bullet fired from
a rifle in the hands of the Roose
velt boy.
Coroner Winslow J. Rushong
said evidence and statements by
young Roosevelt showed the
shooting was purely "acci
dental." The Roosevelt boy was similar
ly exonerated by Delaware coun
ty juvenile court last Friday.
The inquest was called because
young Hutchinson, although shot
in Delaware county, died in a
Montgomery county hospital.
KLAMA
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WORKERS TAKE
I. B. EXAMS
The past '- -k marked the be
ginning of : .tat is hoped to be
a complete tuberculin testing of
industrial workers associated
with the war effort in Klamath
county.
Kalplne Plywood plant on the
Weed highway was chosen as the
starting point,, when Dr. P. H
Rozendnl, with the assistance of
two public health nurses, Miss
Struthers and Mrs. Caldwell, vis
ited the Kalpine plant and ad
ministered the skin test to ' 77
employes which included the day
and night shift as well as the of
fice force. The recording of the
individual names, both dates and
addresses was handled by Vance
Vaupel and Eugene Haynea of
the Public Health association.
Reading the skin test 48 hours
later revealed that 31 of the 7T
employes given the test were
positive reactors. In commenting
on the results Dr. Rozendal em
phasized the fact that a positive
reactor is not necessarily an ac
tive tuberculosis case as the posi
tive reaction may indicate that
the individual at some time in
his life has been exposed : to
the disease, developed a minor
infection and nature has taken
care of the healing of the infec
tion. To establish proof of the pres
ence or absence of active tuber
culosis chest X-rays will be given
the positive reactors. Dr. Rozen
dal stated that the X-ray estab
lishes positive proof of active
cases. Many of the positive re
actors have already been X-rayed
and thus far no active cases
found. Arrangements are being
made for the completion of the
X-ray program.
Vance Vaupel, president of
the Public Health association-,
stated that this type of anti
tuberculosis program is the key
note of the recent convention
which he attended in Portland
May 28 and 29. The United
States public health service is
keenly interested in such a. pro
gram as well as the various
branches of the armed services,
as many of the selectees are re
jected for tubercular infections
active and non-active and then
turn up in industry exposing
innumerable men engaged in war
effort
It is hoped that this start in
industrial testing will influence
other plants in the county to
avail themselves of this Service
being rendered by the 'Public
Health association.
Every day that the 12th Air
Force fought in the last phase
of the Tunisian campaign, Gen.
Doolittle's air ' fighters needed
as much aviation gasoline as
would fill two railroad tank
trains of 60 cars each.
Pilot Killed in
Army Plane Crash
PORTLAND, June 16 (IP)
An army pursuit plane (Ps19) on
PLAY SCHOOL
Community Congregational
Church
2160 Garden At.
' Phone 5226
Mon.Sat. 8-5 p. m.
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