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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON Jimo 29, 1943 PAGE FOUR tut Amocmtib Fkm 11m Aeaoelated Frrn U ticlo ltd; antlllta to tba ih ot tt dukllnUoo ot oil ' elipatrtire endued to l or not olharwue malted to Uil paper, ed al the kxal iewe pubHh.d thtrrla. AS rlibta of repuMlcetloe of apodaj Qlapatdiee are eleo re- eerred FRANK JENKINS Editor A Umpanrr wrnbtoattoo of Hi Ivcstng Rcrtld M tht Klamath Newt. PublUhct mry fteroo uupt Sunday at Eaplariada ud Pint ilwU, Klanattl Fail. Ortgoo, bj Um Hrtld PuiilUhtai Co. ud tht Kluuth Hewa PabtUhlag Comptuir Kntcrtxl at i root. 4 diu natter tt tht pottmet of Klamath FtJla, Ore., ot AufUit 10, 1901 vadtf ot enDfrtat, March t, 1179. H$mbr Amur Bpiuv Or CxiomuTiov KtprMtatt4 KaUooaily hj W'CST-HOLUDAT CK, JxC. tUa Frudaeo, Kw York, Bo. tlUa, Cbletto. torUtad, Lot Aagtltt. MALCOLM EPLEY Managing Editor m EPLEY Traveling Through CHICAGO, III. (Special Correspondence) In the first installment of these chronicles we said that service men on the trains are pleasant ana interesting com pany! When we wrote that we didn't know the half of it. Last night, coming in on the last leg of our trip to Chicago, three of Uncle Sam's sailors staged an entertainment pro gram in the lounge car that would grace any radio broad cast. This trio, piano accordionist, a cometist and a cantone singer, stayed with it for about three hours until the steward turned the lights down at 12:30 and sent the entertainers and an appreciative audience off to bed. It was quite a jam session, with everybody Joining in on familiar numbers. The impro visions had professional quality and one of the sailors remarked to us: "You'd never believe I'd joined the navy to get away from music." The service songs "Caissons," "Anchors Awaigh," "Halls of Montezuma" and the "Air Corps Song," got the most enthusiastic audience participation, of course. The "Air Corps Song" really shook the car, which was well filled with men of the corps. But it was "Anchors Aweigh" that the lads played with the most feeling. 0 Morals on Trains INCIDENTALLY, one hears many stories of loose moral conditions on the trains nowa days, but we have crossed the country to Chicago and have observed nothing out ot line. They say that some loose women ride the trains incessantly to play the ancient trade among the service men. On our train there was evidence of a blossoming romance or two, but certainly no indication of professional ac tivity. Likewise, there was little train drinking. Having sat for three days steady and ob served several score soldiers, sailors and marines under travel conditions, we salute them as a clean and wholesome lot of youngsters, l Nostalgic Reminiscences WE spent most of yesterday deep in nos talgia. Responding at last to a yearning of many years standing, we visited the town in the Nebraska corn country where we spent the tender years from four to ten years of age. It took a side trip from Grand Island to reach the old home town of York, but it was worth it. York is, no doubt, much like a hundred other prairie country county seats. The business dis trict centers around a courthouse square, where corn country farmers park their cars while they trade at the stores which run strongly to feed, seed and hardware businesses. The brick-paved residential streets are deeply shad ed by old trees, and the houses are a mixture of old fashioned square box types, a little Victorian gingerbread and modern design. The residential district sidewalks are atroc ious, being chiefly of brick that was laid on this ground before we left nearly 30 years ago. Reminiscent also of our time in York were the old fashioned hitching rings still to be seen here and there on York streets. Some are sunk in curbs, and others are in concrete balls on concrete blocks. As a child, we regard these latter as certain evidence of the eminent pres tige of the home before which they stood. To day, most of these homes are either gone or are in sad repair. The once elegant grounds being over run with weeds and ancient, un dipped shrubbery. One time, as a small lad, we lost three precious pennies when standing on our hands in a parking. Always after that, until we de parted for Oregon, we always stopped at that spot to hunt in vain for those pennies. Yester day, we found the weed-grown parking, and we took one last look. It would make a story for the AP's "Hashes of Life" if we had found a penny there. But no luck! M. Z. SIDE GLANCES J News Behind the News By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, June 29 The war infor mation man, Elmer Davis, spoke out angrily against Washington newsmen, saying they did not publish his announcements of the great productive feats of gov ernment. Well, a batch of Mr. Davis' handouts has just arrived at my desk, not an exceptional or especially selected batch, just a dozen of the usual run of the Davis' mine. On top is an announcement headed "Prosthetic Devices," reading: "To counteract threatening MALLON ' local, shortages of false teeth, artificial eyes and limbs, and similar pro ducts, the office of price administration today revised the method by which manufacturers may apply for adjustment of maximum prices on these commodities." It goes on for 300 words, but that first para graph was enough for me. Next was an announcement that the war production board had approved a plan for pro ducing 100,000 domestic food dehydrators "be fore September 1," but I can see this is of little interest to my readers bent primarily these days on ascertaining where is that steak before September 1. The department of agriculture, then, has sev eral thousand words about various subjects, headed: "Why Canned Milk Was Rationed," "What's behind the Ice Cream Situation?" and "Put More Punches in Wartime Lunches." Unfortunately, none of these questions or ad monitions was answered in the handout. The only thing in it, which interested me, was a speech by Paul Appleby, agriculture under sec retary, who said two-thirds of the people of the world did not have enough to eat, and that "this normally unsatisfactory situation is great ly aggravated by war." I read this eagerly because I wanted to know how Mr. Appleby found out two-thirds of the people of the world were .hungry before the war. He did not tell, and I judge, from his long discussion, that he and the agriculturists did not conduct a census but had merely decided the diet of two-thirds of the people was not what some agriculture department experts thought it ought to be, and, therefore, two-thirds of the world was judged "hungry." In other words, Mr. Appleby decided what everyone should eat, and thereupon concluded they were underfed. Uninteresting Legal Verbiage THEN came one-half dozen announcements which would hardly cause even Walter Winchell to yell "flash" or "stop the presses." All were files of Inexplicable legal verbiage such as this one: ! "The effective date provision of amendment No. 5 to revised maximum price regulation No. 148 is amended to read as follows." Blah, blah, blah. Finally, the batch contained a federal power commission announcement only of interest to Pine Bluff, Ark., and something from Price Administrator Brown concerning a protest filed by 14 Detroit owners of rental property against the office of price administration's housing rent regulation. No self-respecting newspaper would print any of it If Mr. Davis himself, as a radio commentator, had broadcast such stuff to the people of this country, he would not have lasted beyond one broadcast This representative feafeh -r,D,..i.. plete evidence of what all Washington news papermen Know (ana, indeed, Mr. Davis himself knows if he can still think from a public stand point) that the handouts of his centralized gov ernment press bureau, OWI, are a mass of trivialities of no general concern or interest. Waste of Time NO doubt they must be Issued for specific minor purposes, but it is a waste of time for newspapermen generally to read them, much less publish them. Mr. Davis talked straight when he came into the government. He said clearly then that the need of the situation was more news. But within two months, he was talking the opposite side of the story. Something about Washington bureaus always infects even the best of new coming, clear-sighted officials with local jaun dice and astigmatism almost immediately. Since then, Mr. Davis' thinking (in public at least) constantly has degenerated until he talks like his aspiration was to become a left-wing political leader rather than a fair-minded dis tributor of more and more Information from government on the state and condition of the war. Convicted of Killing Self Samuel H. Pullen, a banker of Edenton, N. C, shot himself with a pistol and was found guilty by the coroner's jury of having committed first degree murder upon himself "at the instigation of the devil" in 1828. Classified Ads Bring Results. RAPID RECUPERATION A blood donor's blood Is usual ly fully replenished within six or seven weeks after a pint ha been taken from his veins. Submerging? -,, r1'"'-" " 1 "" ...,. ,y , ...,..iii.,.iaj rfTfl'llallMIl (V. S. Kami Photo From NBA I It looks like this new American destroyer has turned submarine and Is about to maka a dive, but, t j actually tht V. 8. S. Fitch is just bucking a heavy swell somewhere on the high, sets. J cant iwi it ca uavict uaCT.amta.m- " "1 can't think of any thins else lliose d;iys but you and banana splits!" ty gals cooling out a couple ot mighty fine looking Horse, own. cd by Eddie Nelson of SoaUlo. "My, Impulse, a beautiful bay mare, who might v'trmpt most anyone to look up. Lynn Roy croft looks to see if tho pari-mu tuel will be working. "Panlpnt," a brown gelding, also, will give you a trip to tho mutuol win. dow when his number shuw.i up. About this tlmo somo one yelled 'chow'. N. B. Drew was chair man of the committee that put on the feed bag for tho gang. Dcbbs Potts and Charles Drew woro on this luncheon committee, too, and they had just about tho nic est lunch I ever tasted, but, somehow, I'll bet their wives did the fix In'. 'Doc' Greer Glu.icoc was so busy he couldn't stop to cat. I just mot so many pcoplo and had so much fun, I hope yuu nil come out for the real show the Fourth. Let's help the people by supporting their show. Guy Barton, 'Snuffy' Scrruys and Vic Douglas will get tho racing horses on the track for each race, so there will be no waiting on your part for entertainment. Good Bye now, United States War Bonds. Peekin' 'Round the Paddocks By BETH CHASE This is Rodeo week, folks, which brings big sombreros, high heeled boots, and fringed leather out to prove "The West Still Lives." Sunday was not a day of rest or relaxation for Sheriff Lloyd Low and his enthusiastic posse gang. This fine bunch of horse minded and out-door enthusi asts were out at the fairgrounds getting things in shape for the activities and fun being planned for the coming rodeo, July 4 and S. Hammers and saws in hand, they were not the kind of cow boys one would expect to see on celluloid, but this hard at work ground committee were Sheriff Low, Dale Mattoon, Jack Gove. Cecil Brown, Harry Miller, Ho mer Stillwell, Jack Perry and Lee Ackerman. I grazed around while this committee erected a judges' stand, tote board, fences and such, when I noticed a little group of fellers kinda' by them selves. They turned out to be the judges' committee, all fami liar to you folks as E. P. "Pat Ivory, N. B. Drew and Dr. J. M. Hilton. Starter Lenhart was In the party, and they were getting things shaped up for the racing I sorta' listened long enough to find out there will be four races daily with a purse of $125 for each race, entry fees added. "That ain't hay." One of these races will be a cow-horse race, while the other three are for the track ponies. Lee Hunter from the Edge- wood ranch at Swan lake, rode by on his cow-horse "Jitter Bug," with confidence written on his face that he'd give all comers some stiff competition. Across the way a little ways was really somethin'. Two pret- The Green Guard ... , Here's the gist of a little talk I made to a group of boys and girls aged from 10 to 15, in Grays Harbor the other night: "You all want some part in the war effort. But at your ages you are barred from most forms of service. It's a shame, for no American has more patriotism than you, and you, and you. "Well, in this forest commun ity there is war work for your hands and eyes. It is guard duty against forest fires. The army and navy are making a drive to get more loggers back to the woods, to overcome the shortage of lumber, plywood and pulp. Summer forest fires can stop log ging, may force loggers to halt work to do fire fighting. Forest fires may make smoke screens for Jap attacks. Forest-fire 'sky glowr may guide enemy planes, "Guard duty is a first duty of the soldier. The eyes of boys and girls are as good or better than the eyes of grown men for de tecting the smoke of fires when they start. You can serve as sol diers serve by joining together as a Green Guard in the war." Where Fires Start . . . Most forest fires start in towns, I told the kids. The point was emphasized with a package of cigarettes and a book of matches held up. before them People buy these sources of fire in town before going to the woods. It is right in town, and on the way from town to the for ests, that smokers and campers should be cautioned about the summer danger of matches, cig arettes and campfires. The group was asked how many had fathers or other rela tives who could let them use saws, hammers, paint and brush' es to make fire-warning signs to post all along the roads leading from the Harbor towns to the woods. Eight or more hands went up. The kids were told how to go about making signs for roadside posting, and reminded that they should be guided by the Ameri can Legion forest marshal, Scout master, 4-H club leader, or other adult authority in putting up their product. The response was really won derful. With all their hearts and souls our boys and girls who are too young for war jobs, and too old to play soldier, want to get into this fight. Before the meeting ended, each youngster was given a num ber of fire-warning cards to stick in the windshield wipers of park ed automobiles. Outside the street was lined on both sides for two blocks with cars it was high-school graduation night. Every parked car bore a forest- fire warning card In no time. There's your answer to "Juve nile delinquency." Give 'em something to do, and be sure it is something real. Junior Foreit Wardens . . . For three yean the Keep Washington Green committee has fostered a program to organ ize councils of Junior Forest Wardens in every forest center of the state. Last year the Keep Oregon Green association form d the "Green Guards," to enlist kids in its fire-prcvention drive. In each state this was a long range proposition, focused on ele mentary education in forestry. This year we have a duty to children who want war service, but whose age stands against their regular employment. There is a real place for them In the vital forest front, where fire in the summer months will be an axis ally that may strike with terrible force. Klaituith's FtMr :i: :i:lvl'';''t-i':'..'' 'V II:' r-V'-"' : il'r'.'.teij From the lile -0 yeos ;i 0 ogo ami 10 years ago,;,,, They Lend Their Money In Samoa 1 Thwe skirted sailors In Samoa, who put SO per cent of tholr py Into war bonda, stop In at the po't I'dlco to make their regular purcliue. As members of the U. S. Navy, thny receive overseas Jy tor serving at this sullen nlthouiili It is their home. From the Klamath Republican June 23, 1903 Mrs. J. A. Houston, accompan ied by her daughter, Vera, and son, John, left Sunday for Quit man, Mo., where she will visit her mother. They will also take in the St. Louts exposition. Rumor has It that the Califor nia train robbers have been seen in the north end of Alkali valley near Dairy. Mrs. Josie Welscnhofer and son Frankie, are visiting with Mrs. Frank Ward. From the Klamath News June 29. 1933 Mitchell Tlllotson was named vice president of the Alturas Ro tary club. Battery D of the, 240th coast artillery, returned " from two weeks' summer training at Fort Stevens. About 60 men attend ed camp. ' The guard paraded downtown after - leaving the train, headed by the Sea Scouts. Mrs. Frank Sexton and little daughter, Patricia, returned from a visit In St. Paul, Minn. AIRLINERS AID MINING For many years the Cotabam- bas gold fields in the lofty Andes of Peru remained undeveloped because heavy mining equipment could not be transported through the jungles and over the un bridged rivers of that part of South America. Huge airliners have since carried in all the heavy machinery used in this work. JUPITER'S ERUPTIONS According to the theory of S. Vsessviatsky, of the Astronomi cal Institute of Moscow, many comets that appear In the night may be the product of eruptions from the surface of the planet Jupiter. Lucky Japs Are Taken by Americans Unlucky Ones By South Pacific Natives A couple in Mansfield, O., were married on horseback. And, naturally, started down the bridle path. Uil T 10 HAMM DUISBURS r Krafaldiyj tMrF Wrrt.fi-r etaarloha UdenuriaM' rouissiLDORr . II. i., enamacntia illl Mulhelm fiCOLMNI Bombed 1 - North Sea I'M -a- ftY.-i- n (Hit AX BRITAIN . erllne .'I ' Peril :. h.-'J-: . . . A. i.. . .A r. . i GERMANY ma Mm FRANCE. 'CZ1CH Heart ot Hitler's western industrial' area Is this Ruhr-Rhine region target of the heaviest allied raids of the war. Thousands of tons of blockbusters have fallen on the bombed cities shown on map -as the RAF blasts area from which comes much of the steel, chemi-, cals, synthetic oil and munitions tor' the German war machine. r SEATTLE, Juno 2D W Jap anese soldirrs who aro taken prisoner by American forces in the South Pacific are lucky. Those captured by bands of pro-ally natives "are in pretty bad shape after being held by head-hunters for a couple of months.'' , So said Major Ferdinand Bish op, USMC, a member of the staff of Admiral Willlom F. Halsey Jr., commander-in-chief of allied forces In tho South Pacific In an interview here yesterday. Major Bishop Is in charge of all pris oners taken In that area. . Of the prisoners themselves, Major Bishop asserted, "they are Just like members of any othor race." Under their Samurai code, ho explained, they would rather die than bo captured in battle, but after they are captured and cool off "life is Just as dear to them as to anyone else." Despite the reports of brutal treatment of Americans captured by tho Jiipanciie, all Jnpnneae prisoners In the South Pacific have been treated strictly In ac cordance with the provisions of tho Geneva convention, Major Bishop said. But ho added, the Japanese don't get the benefit of tho Gen eva convention when they are captured by native bands, most of them pro-ally. 'Tho natives may not feed thrm more than once a week," Major Bishop said. "They keep their hands tied, until, In soma cases, tholr hands are actually atrophied. The prisoners are pretty happy when Ihry'ro turn ed over to us after being held by natives for a while." Despite American successes of the last few months, the armies of the Mikado still nre, confident of ultlmuto victory, Bishop said. "They still feel theirs Is a holy war and In the end will be decided Jn favor of the Japanese empire." he said. Typhoid Vaccination Guards Against Wartime Epidemics By DR. THOMAS D. MASTERS Written for NEA Shortage of doctors and the necessity of keeping clvlllon health standards high make pre ventative measures against dis eases doubly important. Vac cination against typhoid Is one of the best ways to guard against wartime epidemics. The recent floods throughout largo areas of the country en hance the danger of typhoid fever to the civilian population. The armed forces stationed In theso flood areas have been pro tected by typhoid vaccine, but the usual sanitation of water, milk, ancV food supplies have so reduced the danger in civil life that many have not felt this ex ccllent precaution necessary or have neglected to maintain their resistance by repeated vaccina tion. . The usual protection of the water, milk and food supplies is broken down in tho presence of flood conditions, when water sources may be contaminated with the typhoid bacillus, for in floods, pumping stations are In undated, filtering plants are con taminntcd, and Impure water may be used to clean milk palls and food. DECREASE OF DISEASE In 1900, typhoid fever struck about 35 persons in each 100, 000 of the population. In 1040, there were only 9058 In the whole United States. This mark ed Improvement followed the de velopment of knowledge regard ing the methods of transmission of the disease and the exercise of great care In the protection of water supplies, the pasteuriza tion of milk, and improved sani tation of foods. From this greatly reduced number of cases, however, epl. demies can and will develop from Interruptions in the sani tary technique, unless Individual people are protected by vaccina tion. Typhoid fever is an acute In fection caused by a germ known as tha Bacillus Typhosus. This germ can bo recovered from the blood and excretions of a person seriously sick with the disease. After the germs are taken Into the body, from 10 to 14 days elapse, during which time the germs multiply and give off their poisons. Tho illness then begins with the customary symptoms of In fection, such as headache, pains throughout the body, loss of ap- PROMPTLY RELIEVES TORTURE OP ITCHY SKIN DASH (due to external cause) Zerao a Doctor's liquid formula promptly relieves Itch ot simple akin rash. Alda healing:. Only pa mm A 8fcAU drugstores. ... 2EMO petite, and exhaustion. Some times chills occur, ushering in a gradually rising fever. Tho Infection Involves the In testinal tract primarily, and In addition to disturbing the action of the bowels, tends to cause ul ceration, occasionally perforat ing tho bowel wull, bringing on peritonitis, or eroding a blood vessel with the resulting hem orrhage, 'lucre are numerous other complications, but even without complications, the aver, age duration of the UUiess u in excess of ono month. EMERGENCY PRECAUTIONS During the emergency of flood conditions, all water should be boiled, and milk pasteurized, But most Important of all, each per son should assume the responsi bility of protecting his health and that of others also by vac cination. Tho vaccine Is made from kill ed typhoid germs, and Is given In threo injections at intervals of one week. Ono comploto vaccin ation confers Immunity that Will last at least two and often three) years. Vaccination Is purely preven tive, and not ot use in treatment. The diseusc, once developed, of course, requires competent medi cal caro and nursing. , How to Know Whether an Ail ment is Serious ... Dr. Thomas D. Masters gives helpful advice daily in this newspupcr. m Paul O. Landry this question! "Do I have to prove fi nancial responsibility for even a MINOR automobile accident? What are the penalties for not comply, ing with the law?" For Information on any Insurance problem, consult THE LANDRY CO., 419 Main St. Phone 5612 : The Courthouse Is Now One Bloek Down the Street From Our Office. 7
