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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON July 4. 104 Mimbtr of In Auociatbd Pun Tti Aaaodatae' Fran la aicl al'tlr eatUM to Ui OH of re tmbllotloo of til Mi diinWhe emlllMl to I' or not otnerwlta eradlttd la thla rixr end M the local aawi pobllihcd Uiarela. it II rlfbta of rtpublleatloa of poalal dlipeUhw an alto re ferred. . FRANK JENKINS Editor M$mbf f Anut Bvmuu Or CncuuTioir Xepreeeateti Nationally bf Wwt-Holliiut Co., Ixa Urn IHBolaeo, Hew York, k4 atUa, Chtcafo. Portland, Lm Allele. SIDE GLANCES Swinging Soldier A temporary Mtnblt.at.on of the attentat Rertld M the Klamath Mawa. Published wy efttrnoon et Bundtvj at Eaplaoaj) and Pin street, Klamath ralla, Oregon, by the HnM Pniilithtni Co. and tbe Siaaatk Km PubllaMnf Company Rntered aa cond dan matter at the postofftee ol EiamaUi Falla, Or., oa August to, IK under Mi of congress, March t, IST. ' MALCOLM EPLEY Managing Editor IN EM AD NELSON URGES WAR MESSAGE Traveling Through News Behind the News Br MALCOLM EPLEY NEW YORK, N. Y, (Special Correspondence) A New York visitor from a distant prov ince, such as this one, Is tempted to spend his nlgnis in xne snows nu clubs of the gay Broadway dis trict, and his days traipsing from place to place of com mercial or historic interest. AU of this may.be very enter taining and worth while, but . I rna i n r ViriUf I T and where New York's mil- I V rVl I Iions of rdinary PPle live I V L If By virtue of circumstances, I - ' which we will recount, we EPLEY have been able to make cer tain superficial observations which may be of Interest to readers permitted to live In the wide open spaces of the west. Fortunately for us, we had a relative in New York a native of the town, who Is the wife of a lieutenant colonel stationed at Spokane. She lives In a IS story apartment building on East 68th street between Second and Third avenues. That is where we have put up while in the city. Thus, we have been removed somewhat from the downtown atmosphere. Furthermore, our relative has a dog, as do vast numbers of New York apartment dwellers despite many problems and inconveniences. This particular canine is a cross between an English sheep dog and a wire-haired terrier, be lieve it or not, and came to the big city from a ranch at Corning, Calif. It is necessary, of ' course, to take the dog on leash periodically for a walk in the streets, and since our arrival this scribe has been doing most of the walking with the dog. That has afforded an opportun ity to look around a bit. One side of this block on East 68th street is ' made up of the fronts of tall apartment build ings, with canvas canopies leading from the street to the entrances. The other side is a girls' high school, a building several stories high flush against the street which looks like a business structure rather than an educational institution. City Kids FROM the corner of 68th, both First and Second avenues are business streets, as far as the eye can see. Like hundreds of other New York streets, they stretch on for miles that way. Within a block of our corner are tailor shops, tiny grocery stores, flower shops, an art shop, a chop house, a news stand, a tavern, a shoe repair shop, a liquor store, a delicatessen, a meat market and the inevitable corner drug store (chain) with luncheonette. All of these but the drug store appear to be independently-owned. Many of the small shop owners live In the backs of their places of business. . . Their front yard is the street, and on warm evenings they sit fanning themselves in chairs ' pushed out on the sidewalk. The shop is open for business until they go to bed. Few children, apparently, live in the apart ments is this block, but 69th street to the rear is lined -with tiers of flats housing large fam ilies. Dozens of children are playing in the middle of the street there whenever we go by. The boys play a lot of baseball in front of a sign on a corner building which reads: "No Ball Playing." The girls seem to run to ball bouncing, repeating some mumbo-jumbo, and periodically swinging a leg over the ball as it rebounds from the sidewalk. There is a playground at the rear of the girls' high school across the street, and in this vacation time it is usually well covered with young , New Yorkers. A half dozen baseball games are crowded into one square. There is a shallow wading pool that is popular on hot days, when two large sprinklers are turned on. The youngsters run shouting through the flying water, some in bathing trunks, some in snagged-off trousers, and some In their regular play clothes. On Sunday, a group of middle-aged men, speaking a language we did not identify, gathered on the playground for a bowling game. They jabbered constantly while rolling balls up and down the "green" and an oc casional exchange of small change indicated they were risking cash on their skill or luck. Along these streets occasionally pass vehicles of a type never seen in Klamath Falls. Quite common are push-carts with cowbells attached, shoved along by peddlers or junk buyers. Junk buyers also pass by frequently in wagons drawn by ancient nags. A street cleaner, with the traditional cart made up of a large can between two high wheels, comes by occasionally to clean up after a careless populace and the dogs. i Half and Half AS we have said, the dog which accompanies us on these jaunts around the neighbor hood is half English sheep dog and half wire haired terrier. She is smaller than the English sheep dog, but she has a lot of lively blonde hair in her eyes, a la Veronica Lake before Pearl Harbor. Her unusual appearance at tracts considerable attention. A tipsy soldier stopped us and asked: "What make of dog is that?" "Part sheep and part wire-hair," was our abbreviated answer. The soldier ' shook his head in solemn be wilderment. "Part sheep," he repeated. "I never thought I would see that." We let it go at that. It will give him some thing to tell his buddies, and it gives us some thing with which to end this column. f.-vii.'Siiiiiiana.n) By PAUL MALLON AASHINGTON, July 14 The Germans VY fought for Italian Africa, but they let the Italians fight for Sicily, The American-British-Canad ian armies found, upon land ing, that they were faced in itially with only two German divisions and 10 Italian divis ions. The Germans furnished whatever air force there was, but it was evident at the out set that our Sicilian venture (unlike Tunisia) would hinge upon two strictly Italian fac- ml aw First was the Italian will to fight Some of our authorities suspected we might encounter a stiffer resistance from Ital ians on their home soil than in Africa where they were more noted for their ability to run than to stand. The only evidence on this at the outset, was the discovery that Mussolini had assigned 300,000 men to the defense of Sicily more than the combined axis strength in Tunisia at the end. (We took 386,000 prisoners) the number showed he had planned the strongest possible defense. Second controlling factor was Mussolini's ability to reinforce his isolated Sicilian army. All railroad ferries from the tip of the Italian boot to Messina were sunk or damaged by our bombers before the invasion started. The docks at Messina on the Sicilian side were practically destroyed. Rail lines on the boot running back into Italy were damaged. The only other way Mussolini could get surface supplies in was by convoy from Naples. Our air force practically patroled the skies over this route. So soon as we could acquire a majority of the 18 to 30 airfields on Sicily, the route would become untenantable. This sup plies factor therefore suggested our conquest could be swift. The Italians might retreat into the mountains of the central Sicily and hold out, but they could be supplied there only by air. Their ability to hang on in guerilla warfare indef initely in this way is therefore doubtful. Nor is it plausible that the Germans and Italians can retire to an impregnable main de fense line back on the mainland, of Italy, south oi Home, where the mountainous terrain is suitable. Once in control of the airfields of Sicily, we will have air range over all Italy and can send fighter planes along with the bombers up as far as Rome. The loss of Sicily therefore means the doom of all the south half of Italy. This is not the second front. No authority here calls it that. Plans for this invasion were made months ago. They are merely supple mental to the main, blow from us which is yet to come. Summer Offensive STRENGTH oi the German, central front at tack in Russia (July S) caused a general popular suspicion that it was the promised summer offensive. A week later however, events had not yet made clear whether it was to be or not. True, large numbers ef tanks and troops were used by the nazia in the first seven days, but on nowhere near as great a scale as in the summer offensives the past two years. The Russian communiques naturally emphasized the ferocity of the engagement, but the German communiques gave no hint of its objective, even to its most practiced military eye. From the start, authorities here were con vinced the primary nazi objective was limited to the city of Kursk. A great defensive nazi ad vantage would be gained if the line could be thus straightened out to that extent. Far fewer soldiers would be required to defend it. On the other hand, around Voronezh last year, the nazis were locked for a week or two In somewhat tha same kind of limited battle before they broke through for Stalingrad. From the start it was possible a break-through might permit the nazia to proceed with their expected plan to encircle Moscow. . Yet the concentrations observed up to a few days ago on that front, belled such expectations. Indeed, Hitler's removal of planes and reserves from the Russian front just before the attack was launched, indicated the opposite conclusion. Defensive-Offensive THE action, therefore, was most authoritative ly interpreted in its initial states as a de fensive nazi offensive to throw off-balance a promised Russian attack. Stalin had concen trated his greatest strength on that front, as had the Germans. ' Obviously, Stalin intended to attack the mo ment we launched the second front. A hard limited German offensive would be the best defense under these circumstances. The lines in this column (published July 6) telling how Hitler had been moving planes away from his promised attack, appeared in the same editions as Moscow announcements of the Kursk offensive, thereby leading some readers to be lieve my advice conflicted with the Moscow an nouncements. Time only can tell. , VALUABLE Carbon forms only one-hundredth of 1 per cent of the earth's whole, but without it life would perish from the globe. Our boys think they can lick any Germans that ever lived V. F. W, Commander Robert T. Merrill, returning from battle front tour in North Africa. WHAT-NEXT DEPT. SEATTLE, W) A prowler or prowlers broke out a rear win dow of a hotel, shoved a packed trunk inside and fled. com leu iy w wtvxt. we. t. m. arc, u. a. mt, orr, "Thev mav be doing well against the subiiiiirine menace. but they'd do better if they -would just follow the advice George gave them months ago!" Big Lymph Nodes Usually Indicate Body Infection Dr. Masters' Health Column By DR. THOMAS D. MASTERS Enlargement of the lymph nodes usually indicates infec tion somewhere in or on the body, or in more serious cases may be an infection of the node itself. Lymph nodes arc small struc tures, scattered throughout the body. They arc to be found in the neck, the elbows and arm pits, at the roots of lungs, along the intestines, or in the groins. These organs are placed along the lymph vessels and serve as fortresses for the defem of the blood against bacteria and other injurious material. INFLAMMATION OF NODE When infection drains into the lymph node, it becomes in flamed as the result of localiza tion within its substance of bac teria or toxins. The lymph node is a remarkably efficient filter, and capable of attacking and destroying large numbers of germs. - In accomplishing this pur pose, the node becomes en larged, and may easily be felt. The enlargement is secondary to the inflammation, which means that the blood supply in creases, the cells that make up the gland enlarge, and new cells enter the node to assist in destroying the infection. An infected finger often caus es enlargement of the lymph nodes at the elbow and in the armpit. The tonsils are simply specialized lymph nodes, and when infected, they enlarge in the same, manner. When the in fection overwhelms the tonsils. the material is carried by the lymph vessels to the numerous lymph nodes in the neck, and they in turn become enlarged. In association with tonsilitis, the lymph nudes below and be hind the angle of the jaw are easily felt and are slightly tender. Usually, the swollen masses resolve soon after the infection subsides, but occasionally, be cause the structure of the nodes has been altered by the accum ulation of new cells, the swell ing may persist for weeks, though the tenderness generally subsides. If the primary infec tion becomes chronic, the lymph nodes may remain enlarged un til the infection is eliminated. DIRECT INFECTION Rarely, a lymph node suc cumbs to infection. When this capitulation takes place, the mass becomes larger and more painful, the overlying skin red and glazed, and finally the cen ter of the node is broken down into pus. Ultimately, the skin breaks, and the pus is dis charged. Simple, enlarged lymph nodes should not be massaged, and nothing should be rubbed into them. Such manipulations may break down the defensive structure and allow the infec tion to pass on toward the blood stream. If they are tender, a warm compress should be ap plied. If they persist beyond a few weeks, a physician should be consulted, and he will seek out and try to eliminate the source of the infection. There are other reasons for enlarged lymph nodes, and when they are found without previous infection, their signif icance may be serious, and com petent medical advice should be sought. WASHINGTON. July 14 Mc Donald M. Nelson urged Amer ican business today to throw its weight, through war message ad vertising, Into tho effort to shako off a production slump caused in part, he said, by "a false and dniiKorously prematuro feeling thnt the wnr Is In the bag." Tho wnr production board chairman, participating with other high officials in a broad cast launching the war adver tising council's drive for "a war message lit every ad," disclosed that Juno war production missed Its $B. 500:000. 000 goal by one- half billion dollars. "In order to meet the urgent demands of the armed services, huge production goals were set for 1043," Nelson snld. "We are not currently meeting those goals from month to month. Wo are gaining In total output but that output is not rising fast enouKh to meet tho steady rise In our production goals." Joining In tho symposium, Di rector Elmer Davis of the offico of war Information (OW1) de- clured the tusk of mobilizing the homo front to hasten victory j nnrl tln iM-hhlnni, tlint l IIim voice of American business ad-! vcrtlsing." Bervlcfmnn find his ilnck-clnd iweethenrt ait rug In Central Park to Jive mmlc by Denny Gocdnuin.'ot a block pnrty ponored by the erond annual drive of "Records for Our Flultllng Men." Civilians Allocated Less Canned Food for Next Year To The Editor Letter arm tod here muet net De mere than Ms werde in length, mutt be '! ten urblf en ONfl ftlDI ol the OJpet only, and inuet oe d. Contrtbuttom lotto artne these rtitee, ere t irmly Oreqon News Notes By The Associated Press Cmdr. James C. Blake of the navy's bureau of ships said in Portland the number of faultily constructed ships in .'.merican yards is negligible . . . Army and navy legal service officers at a Portland meeting praised mem bers of the State Bar associa tion who are giving service men free legal aid ... A former Union city council man and mayor, Milton S. Levy, 60, one of the organizers of the Eastern Oregon Livestock show, died at his home in Union . . . A rolling log fatally injured Matt BIchter, 42, Garibaldi, in north ern Tillamook county . . . Ernest Green, general secre tary of the Workers' Education association in England, said in Portland cooperation between Great Britain, the United States and Russia was essential to any future peace , . . The Commercial Iron: Works in Portland will launch its third navy tug, the U. S. S. Yuma, on Saturday . , . Arthur Collins, British finan cial expert, said in Portland the London blitz demonstrated that the aerial bombs most to be feared were, in order: fire bombs, high explosives, gas . . , The State Veterinary association in the annual convention in Port land presented service awards for 40 years' membership to W. H. Lytle, Salem; Dr. E. R. Flack, Enterprise, and Dr. Thomas Sims, Woodburn. You've got what it takes. The path won't be easy, but guts will carry you on. Godspeed and God bless you. Commanding general to U. S. troops attacking Rendova. Dogs and Victory Gardens KLAMATH FALLS. Ore. To the people of Klamath Kails and our city officials. I wish to say that I learned today that the dogs of our city have a first right and the peoples' rights come sec ond, if at all. First we pay out money to get the ground ready for a much needed victory gar den, then we buy seeds ond plant them, then we buy water so the seeds will grow, and all this time we labor to keep tho weeds out and get the vegetables ready for toble use. Now dog owners, I want you to know that raising a garden Is work besides being costly. Now I want to know how many of you would like to cat vegetables where a dog hus been. (Not one of you.) And neither do I, so be a good American cit izen and keep your dogs up till the gardens is over. And an other thing, there is more than one way to sabotage and tho destruction of gardens Is one way to help the enemy win this war. Just ask yourself if you arc as patriotic as you think you arc. I don't want anyone to think that I don't like dogs, for I do. Dogs have always been my friends, but there is a time and a place for dogs. And I sure would appreciate your cooperation till this season is over. An American citizen and pro perty owner, Mrs. W. Pomroy, 2125 Applegate avenue. School Apportionment Announced by Putnam SALEM. July 14 (P) The state annual apportionment to school districts will amount to 17 cents per pupil-days' atten dance, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Rex Putnam said today. Under a 1943 low, the dis tricts will get $5,000,000 a year as long as there are surplus In come tax revenues. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our thanks to the many friends and relatives for their kindness, sympathy and beautiful floral offerings given us, in the loss of our beloved husband and father. Mrs. E. M. Hccota and Anita, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hood and Family. WASHINGTON. July 14 Ml The war food administration (WFA) today allocated civilians 70 per cent of the notion's pro. pectivo supply of canned veg etables and soups and S3 per cent of the canned fruits and Juices for the next 12 months. Officials said this would pro vide a somewhul smaller per capita quota than allowed at present. Total quantity iillncutcd for civilians was 213.000,000 rases, compared with 278,000,000 pur chased In 1042 and with an aver age of 223,000,000 rases In tho 1035-30 period. Tho WFA point ed out, however, that these sup plies were expccti-d to be aug mented by a record production of home-canned fruits and veg etables. Tho bulk of the non-civilian supplies will go to tho armed forces. Canned goods, because of their relative non-perishabll j Ity and easo In storing and ship ping, are among the most Im portant foods for military use. j Under the present rationing program, cannrd fruits ami veg etables will have. In most cases, higher point values in summer than In winter, to encourage maximum consumption of fresh productj. Smaller Production Of Fruit Predicted SEATTLE, July 14 (P Ex cepting prunes and cherries, the federal division of agricultural statistics office here announced today, available estimates indi cate smaller production of Paci fic northwest major fruit crops than in 1042. SP Employe Joins Navy Seabees Latest enlistpi annnnnn.il hv the local navy recruiting office is uus M. Mosby, who enlisted In the construction battalion as a water tender first rln. Mna. by was an employe of Southern i'acine company and lived at 1629 Crescent avenue. CARD OF THANKS Mr. and Mrs. Joe Horslcy and family wish to express their thanks and appreciation to tha neighbors and friends who were so very kind and for the beauti ful floral tributes sent during our recent bereavement In the loss of our beloved Flight Offi cer Bcnjomln Otis Horslcy. Es pecially do we want to thank tho American Legion and the U. S. army boys from Camp Newell for their help. Mrs. Joscphino Horslcy, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Horslcy. DOG'S LIFE BERKELEY, Calif., (VP) Her dog was becoming excited, nerv ous and Irritable, all becauso a neighbor couple kept annoying It, Mrs. Edith Bell told the court. She asked for an injunction prohibiting the neighbors from "making faces and loud and un seemly noises" at the animal. ISLANDS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN ARE PAWNS OF WAR, CORSICA Ana 3367 iq. ml. pop. 368,173 ltqrith' ' Axis ' 1 M'( RHODES Arte 545 iq. ml.. pop. 61,886 SICILY Area 9926 a. ml, pop. 4,000,078 SARDINIA Area 9301 iq. ml,, pop. 1,034,206 CYPRUS Area 3572 iq. ml,, pop, 383,967 CRETE Area 3330 iq. ml., ' pop. 345,149 ILAMPEDUSA Area 6 iq. ml,, I , pop. 3500 ; Ipantelleria) Area 45 iq. ml,, I . I pop. 10,000 Spain . Iroly BrholnUnltad Nations I MAJORCA I I MALTA ' Area 1330 iq. ml., - Area 122 iq. ml., pop. 351,920 pop. 268,668 . ' ' ' ' Mi rap Any women brtwrcn the ages of 18 and 50 Interested In trying their skill nt welding may do so between the hours of 2 p. ni. und 4 p. m. dully. Kcport directly tu tho welding chop on Alameda street at the high school. There Is no obligiitlun. Supplementary training in wrldlng Is now being given for men who are working In the Klamath basin area. This Is an opportunity to brush up on weld ing or to learn welding for pro motion oil the present Job. From information In the post, work ers have been given the idea that they were expected to leave their present Job for other in dustry. This is not the case. It is now possible to stay on tho pre sent Job and tako advantage of the training now offered, whloh is entirely without cost. Those interested mny call at any time, 7505 or we L. C. Shook, welding instructor at the school. Jilamaih'H YenterdmiH : ;!., i N f; ;. , .i.im;. yJirv, : " From ' tha file. - 40 yt'on te'f,?fl!!?,iff:i!?iiB Ten little islands, sitting in the sea these are the immedinte brittle nrcas of the Mediterranean. Some, like Sicily, Malta and Pantellerio, have taken heavy punishment from bombers of the worrinfl forces. Others, like Sardinia, Crete and Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, seem destined for invasion by Allies. Even Spain's Mnjorca, in the Balearic group, occupies a precarious position. Map shows lineup of the ishinds according to size and their current pos sessors. All would lit in state of Indiana.."" " ' From Tha Klamath Republican July 14, 1802 Horry Ackley returned from Port Townscnd and Portland this week. He secured a five ycor lease to a block of water front adjoining Goeller's plan ing mill and factory. Ho has bought the Fitch sawmill and the plant will be moved here soon. It Is his lntontlon to com mence driving piles right away for the foundation of the mill and yards. The logs will be towed up from near Keno and he expects to have the mill in operation this summer. At a meetlna hold Mnndav night at the court house, a Kooscvelt league was organized composed of 48 mombers. Pres ident Is A. L. Leavltt; secretary, L. Alva Lewis; assistant secre tly, Herb Baldwin; treasurer, Paul Brcltenstcln. Ten vice pres idents were also elected. The organization has purchased 12 dozen campaign hats and B0 torches to use in the fall cam paign. e From The Klamath News July 14, 1833 Leo Smith, 10, son of Rev. A. Theodore Smith, sustained se vere facial lacerations when the automobile in which ho was rid ing with his parents struck a cow on the Kono road, Rev. John B. Coon. Portland. will arrive horn this wnnk in tnko over tho pulpit of the First Methodist church, e Mrs. Z. W. Dixon honored her little daughter, Lois, with a blrthduy porty at the family home on Ebcrleln street.