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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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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
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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.
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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,
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Mrs. Z. W. Dixon honored
her little daughter, Lois, with
a blrthduy porty at the family
home on Ebcrleln street.