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PAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON Auffunt 5, 1948 ' Uimbt of Til Amoctatv Fim Till Aaaodaaad Fraas to Md . slnl- anlltltd to Uia OH of r. publication of all im dlipatthaa aradlttd to ! of not atharwlaa aradlttd to Dili aapar, and alao ana local aawa published Uiarala. All Hnhtn of rtpabllaatloa of Ipadsl dlapatehaa arn alao ra. ; FRANK JENKINS BoWer A tonporary eombtoatloa of tho KtwIbs llarald ar-d U EluoitH Vm. fubllahad otwt anaraooa nrtp tuadaj al lapluada ud Ilaa ilmU, Klamath ralla, Crafoo, br Uta Hara'd Puiu lihlqa Co. and tha Klanata Ntwa PublUalag Company ftatarod aa aaooad dnaa Hattar at tha poatofftca of KlamaUi ralla. Or., oa Auiuat 10, IMt undtr act of coagma, March a, UTA, iimbr cf Actor Bruau Or Cnctruno Rapraaaitad Nationally by Wht-Hoiluut Co Ixo. ' Saa frsadseo, Ha Tort, t. atUa, Calcaco, Portland, lot Aacalaa. MALCOLM EPLEY Managing Editor EPLEY Today's Round ud Br MALCOLM EPLEY KLAMATH'S fume re feeling pretty des perate about the labor lupply for the fall potato harvest. They are bringing 500 Mexicans T toto this county for the har ' ' I vest in spite of a general dis f,:i inclination to take that step. E -l 1 ""1 Mnra than 1000 Mexicans will Li vi'f he,p ta Tuie lake iistr,ct' V - The sharp increase in potato PA '' acreage dictated the necessity V'H i0t importm 1,18 Uexican la" Any way they looked at it, the farmers could not foresee enough labor from local and migratory worker sources to' get in that additional tonnage resulting from the heavy wartime planting program. If townspeople, suburbanites and other local people turn out in large numbers, and there is a moderate labor supply through the migratory channels, what equals a normal crop can prob ably be harvested. But on top of the normal crop will be that heavy increase, coming off of about 7000 additional acres In the basin as a whole. That is what is bringing the Mexicans here. a No Displacement IN making the announcement, President Henry Semon of the Klamath Potato Growers asso ciation was emphatic in pointing out that there is no desire on the part of farmers to displace local labor with Mexican help. As a matter of fact, he said, the farmers generally were anxious to get by without im porting the labor, but took the step only be cause it appears the only way to get in the whole crop. The number of Mexicans brought in was lim ited so that work will be available for local people and migratory laborers who annually come here to help harvest the crop. The potato harvest wage bill is a pretty sizeable item, and a large percentage of it will remain in this community. Farmers were frankly fearful that the Mext can labor plan might be misunderstood with the result that community interest in helping put over the harvest would deteriorate. . That won't happen if people realize the Mead can help is only partial solution to the prob lem, vj- ,- v ' . Newell News Worries INDICATIVE of farmer jitters over the labor supply problem was the quick apprehension displayed when it became known that addi tional construction work is to be done at the Tulelake relocation center. When that center was built, the basin's whole labor situation was badly disturbed. Farmers well recall how grading crews deserted the graders to take the fancy over-time pay jobs on the "Jap camp." That was in the spring. This time, according to reports, the barracks extension is slated for early this fall, coinciding with the period when there will be mounting demand for agricultural labor. That's what got the farmers worried. It is to be hoped appropriate steps can be taken to prevent the Newell construction from aggravating the labor shortage here. Such steps are entirely possible, if those in charge wish to undertake them. No one, of course,' is going to object to the construction of additional quarters for military guardsmen at Tulelake, because there is a gen eral feeling here that the military guard there should be substantially Increased. A battalion will be none too many to guard the camp when it becomes the concentration point for disloyal evacuees. It is just a question of doing the job without interfering with the highly important harvest Certainly the army, the "government," or who ever it is controls the situation, can see the necessity of that. a Small Change THIS story is told about one of the Japanese evacuees at Newell, who gets 116 a month for farm work. When he saw the headlines on Mussolini's upset the other day, he remarked: ."I guess that makes a $16-a-month man out of him." a a The Interstate Commerce commission has denied the Union Pacific permission to pull up 58 miles of branch railroad line from Biggs to Kent, in eastern Oregon. We once rode a passenger train on that line, and it is the only time in our travel experience when our train actually backed up and took a second run at a hill. The steep grade, as -we remember it, was short ways out of Biggs, the junction point on the Columbia river. The little engine failed on the first try, backed up, waited to get up steam, and on the second run went over the top, by golly. SIDE GLANCES Coat iao av ma turner, mc t. n. m tt a, wt. Of. ''I'm a grandfather, boys, pinch-hilling for my ton in Africa but waiting for the baby is stilt quite a thrill, just the samel" . , Ml tiem Behind ihe News "VV"? By 9vi MUXOH " QUEBEC; Canada, August 5 The Canadians have done a much better job of handling theU; food price and civilian war economy than the United States. A full-course meal can be obtained In any of the first ; class restaurants of Quebec for : 30 to 60 cents. The highest priced dinner in the best ho tels is $1.23. ' These costs, are about one half Washington prices, while the portions are larger. The disparity widens even further . HXLLOH ' jwu wjnaiwrr uic Cana dian dollar is worth 10 per cent less than ours. The basic restaurant meal price, therefore, really ranges between 27 and 54 cents in our money. Announced national statistics may not show these facts. Somehow, fundamental truths al ways seem to get lost the more they are statis ticized. Here liquor, cigarettes and luxuries generally cost twice as much as in the states, while the fundamentals of life, such as food and basic clothing (still unratloned) are half as much. A package of 18 cigarettes costs 33 cents. A bottle of Scotch costs $8.50 for a full quart, but is obtainable only in very inferior grades and rationed to one bottle each two weeks. Ale and beer, the working man's drink, runs 25 cents to 35 cents a bottle, but the taverns are open only from 5 p. m. to 11 p. m. each day after working hours. Drinking Problem CANADA has sought to solve her wartime , drinking problem (the prime minister says consumption has doubled) by practically elim inating the availability of hard liquors while promoting the sale of the working man's beer only after work is done. The real secret of her success Is that she has Kept prices down by ruthless prosecution penal ties against price violators. One Montreal merch ant last week was fined 125,000 for seven minor infractions, and even the smallest single offen der was fined $250 to $500 in two other cases. Their basic gasoline allowance figures out to be just about twice as much as ours. They get 160 of our gallons a year as compared with our present ration rate of 1 14 gallons per week, or 78 gallons per year and they generally have received their gasoline supplies from us and British sources. There is no ban on pleasure driving. , Some restrictions are enforced, such as limiting taxicabs to a 15-mile radius of the' City. ; .'' Herfwhole handling of her civilian war econ omy has been equally calm and, therefore, effi cient. The confused point system of food ration ing, which we have, has been avoided. Meat, tea, sugar and coffee are rationed, but on a basis allowing a certain number of pounds per period, so that every housewife and merch ant can compute .through the ration books which have been issued, exactly what is al lowed. Any child can understand the arrangement. : person wereiore gets his full share. Noth- : ing is lost in the complexities of point juggling. ;. The same tone of simplicity is apparent on clothing. Not even shoes are rationed. Each V merchant acts as a guardian of his stocks, al lowing only moderate buying. Most stores per mit purchase of only two pairs of socks, for instance. Thus no sales rushes are created, such as nve causea Americans to buy more than they need in some instances merely to cash their points before an expiration date. No Reforms NO effort has been made to reform anyone. The regulations are not designed to shake the populace into a deeper realization of the war. Nor are shocking statements or down cracking warnings issued by officials. The Canadians went at it on th hot. the they had just so much to distribute arid they as quietly ana as efficiently as they can. Their feat is all the more remark able because she is an import country, relying for supplies largely on us and Britain. There are few or no black markets. The situation which creates them largely has been avoided. No deterioration or degeneration of services is noticeable. The railroads are crowded and the Canadian National and the Canadian Pacific have pooled certain services, but their trains are clean, their dining car service normal, and their whole op eration in the face of over-burdened wartime traffic is pleasant, calm and cooperative. The tensions which seem to have corrupted our civilian economy are latent and unob servable. In one phase, they are as bad or much worse than the United States. Strikes are frequently called, even in such a vital war line as the Vickers Arms plant One textile manufacturer, closed for more than a week in Quebec prov ince, is threatening to remain closed for the duration because he cannot reach agreement with the unions. The strikes generally are short, and concern the demand of the workers for an Increased bonus pay, based on the cost of living index Employers pay these bonuses as a temporary wage increase, assuming, apparently, that they wiirreturn to normal wage after the war. The militant class consciousness of the unions la as deep and revolutionary in Canada as in our country, and carries similar post-war fore bodings. j Evenso, OPA's Mr. Brown could well send some of his experts to Canada to find out how they did it. The War Today By DeWITT MACKENZIE Merchant Shipyards Deliver 158 Vessels WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (f) Amerlcan merchant shipyards de livered 158 vessels with an ag gregate deadweight tonnage of 1,870,700 1n July, bringing the total for the first seven months of the year to 1048 new ships, the maritime commission said to day. The aggregate of seven months' production was announced as 10,485,000 deadweight tons, equal to the ocean-going tonnage of the whole American merchant marine prior to Pearl Harbor. We're right In the middle of the season when nothing braces a romance like moonbeams. Classified Ads Bring Results. By DeWITT MacKENZIE A couple more stout spikes have been .driven into the coffin of Hitlerism in the rapture of two highly strategic cities Orel on the flaming Russian front, and ancient Catania in the north east corner of Sicily. Both these cities were vital an chor points for the nazis. The heavily-fortified and strongly held railway center of Orel has for almost two years been the hinge for Hitler's great battle line between this point, not far below Moscow, and the Sea of Azov. Powerful Position Catania, crouching under the great volcano of Etna, has been the powerful position to which the nazis and Italians hooked the left wing of the front which they threw across the last remaining tip of northeast Sicily in defense of Messina and access to the Ital lan mainland, only two miles across the strait from that port. These two operations, while widely separated and seemingly having little relation to each oth er, are parts of offensives which in reality are acting as a pair of mighty pincers on the German front in Russia. This Is so be cause (1) if the Russians have the reserve power with which to fol low up their notable capture of Orel, it will endanger Hitler's entire right wing, and because (2) victory in Sicily brings the allies nearer to possible invasion of the Balkans, which would fur ther jeopardize that nazi right wing. In short. Hitler Is being pushed steadily towards that day when he will have to pull back his entire vast line of more than a thousand miles in Russia in order to reach new positions which will afford greater secur ity. Continuing Operation While this is a historic moment for the allies, we should remem ber that these two captures are parts of continuing operations. Fierce fighting lies ahead in both theaters. : In Sicily the terrain within the remaining triangle which the axis forces are defending is rug ged and hilly. It s well adapted to defense and has been strongly fortified. There are said to be close to 100,000 axis troops as signed to the desperate task of holding this "last ditch," some thing more than half of them be ing Germans. Thus we have the makings of; a great battle among the In numerable hilly strongholds, m8ny of which probably wll have to be taken at the point of the bayonet assuming that the axis forces don't fold up, and there's been no indication of this yet among the Germans. Ulti mately the enemy must surren der or be annihilated, for there is no escape from this triangular trap for the vast majority of the axis troops. Great Victory It's too soon to assay the full import of the red capture of Orel. The cracking of this ma jor fortress represents one of the great victories of the war. Into it have gone the lives of many scores of thousands of fighting men of both Germany and Rus sia. Incidentally, it's only 10 days ago that I received a. letter from an anonymous nazi sympathizer, signing himself "A Soldier," who took me to task for saying that the Indications were the reds would take Orel. He said it was a preposterous suggestion, and sang the praises of .the Boche. . There are a lot of those fifth columnists still about. TRAIN WRECK DEATH TOLL TOTALS IE SEATTLE, Aug. 5 VP) The 13th naval district public rela tions office today announced dis covery of two more bodies, bringing to nine the number of sailors killed early yesterday when a mainline Milwaukee pas senger train sideswiped a Moses Lake local at Warden In central wasnington. AH bodies were taken to Spokane. The announcement also cor rected to 11 the number of men injured in the wreck. Earlier reports said 12 injured service men had been taken to the army base hospital at Moses Lake, 33 miles from the scene. Names of the casualties still were withheld today pending notification of the next of kin. The two', additional bodies were discovered late yesterday when the wreckage of cars 11 and 12 was separated. Rescuers worked from shortly after the crash, at 12:50 a. ra., until dusk last evening. They included civilian volunteers from Othello, 15 miles south, and from Moses Lake. The civilians also set up mess facilities to feed the survivors of the wreck. Two breaks In telephone lines left railroad telegraph as War den's only connection with the outside world yesterday. Eastern Bomb-Load Tripled in July CAIRO, Aug. 5 M5) Ninth air force headquarters announced today that American bombers operating from the Middle East had nearly tripled their bomb load delivery on axis targets during July over the previous month. The July total was 9.984,322 pounds against 3,694.000 In June. During the past nine months. more, than 30,000,000 pounds of explosives have been hurled at the enemy by the ninth air force. If you want to continue to tol erate the fascist regime which serves the evil power of the nazi, you must suffer the conse quences. FDR-Churchill mes sage to Italians. IVES L ONER E NLISTMEN T REQUIREMENTS Requirements for enlisting In the WAVES have been greatly relaxed and tho process of mak ing application has been simpli fied. Dan SchrelbiT, local nnvy recruiter, said today. In regard to ryes and treth. the requirements have bran lowered greatly. About tho only requirement for too Hi is thut the applicant apparently nets enough nourishment and thut her teeth are nut cometlcully unacceptable. Applicants whose eyes are correctible to 20 30 with glasses are now able to enlist, rrRurd less of their naked-eye read ings. It is no longer necessary (or the applicant to go to a local doctor for a physical examina tion. Applicants may be accept ed If their heiuht Is only 59 Inches, and their weight Is us low as 95 pounds. Preliminary papers which are no longer required are letters of recommendation and hlc.lt school or college transcripts. Since the need for WAVES to replace men for sea duly is great, any girl who feels she is qualified and who wants to serve her country will be welcomed nt the navy recruiting station In the federal building, and will be given an Interview without uny obligation, Schreiber snld. Mantka. SUafU and &Uofl J ' Batty Hallett is missing from WhyUl'a because she Is In the Klamath ValUv hospital recu perating from an appandto- tomy. Klamuih's V -i." ' :' Front rha lilfi 7-4Q yoora .jlfijj 090 and 10 years ago. : From the Klamath Republican Auguit 8. 1903 EXCHANGE STABLES, W. W. Hazen, proprietor East end of Klamath Falls; horses board ed by day, week or month. Hay and grain bought or sold. Pas sengers conveyed to all parts of southern Oregon or northern California. Telephone connec tion between stable and Hotel Llnkvllle. Mrs. J. D. Fountain of Portr land has been selected by the Southern Pacific company to make a painting of Crater lake. I 1 1 Kilt faces are red, at 1 1 1 Lung's. . , , Because they I hnvo been telling people I they wouldn't get any more sheer blouses In. , . . And n new shipment of these fliciTH arrived this work I . Of course-,' Inrlr" faces are beaming Willi pleasure, too. , , , Ci'chuso sheer blouses are very popular and it clldivt make any onn in the store very happy to think they couldn't sell any more of them. Long's has the most complete slock of dressy blouses I've seen there for ages. . . , The kind you need to give Vie femi nine accent to your suit. . . . And loads of new dickeys have just arrived, too. , . . Both tail ored and fluffy. - By the way, did you know that suits are getting still more popular? . . . It's hard to be lieve tluil's possible, but just watch and see! . In New York this Summer the style has turned more thnn ever to suits, and store win iluws were full of new Fall suits. . . , And there's a decid ed chunge In "what to wear," too. because In New York City, formerly, everybody "dressed" for everything. Last Winter, however, a New York City gal told me, short dresses began to be seen In the host iflitht clubs in the evening. . . . And now ' the slogan Is "Where a short skirt is good, wenr a suit." . . . With a frilly blouse, of course. I guess It's a trend toward wartime practicality. And, If you're looking for a good suit, be sure to see those at Look's. , . . Prices range from $22 SO to $40 50. . . . And there's every kind of a new Fall suit. Don't fall to see the many dress and tweed suits In Im ported fabrics. . . . And the 100 per cent wools. ... At Long's. From the Klamath Ntwa August 3, 1933 Earl FchI, Jackson county judge, last night was found guilty in the Medford ballot theft case. It took the jury 20 minutes to reach a verdict. a ' Klamath mills began operat ing today when union members voted 311 to 2S2 to go back to jobs at mills and camps. FUNERAL EUGENE C. JACKSON The funeral services for the late Eugene C. Jackson, who passed away In this city on Aug ust 2, will take place from the chapel of Ward's Klamath Funer al home, 925 High street, on Fri day afternoon, August 6, at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Bertrand F. Peterson of the First Church of the Nazarene will officiate. Com mitment services and Interment will follow In the Llnkvllle cem etery. Friends are invited. YELLOW LURES BEETLES Fifty per cent more beetles are captured by Japanese beetle trans which are painted yellow than by those painted whito or green. Look for the Molly Pitcher Sunbonntt, Saturday. A commercial scientist claims that the wave length of an elec tron is 0.0000000054 centimeter.' Governor Snell Speaks Tonight Radio Station KFJI 8:15 to 8:45 P. M. At the Dedication of Western Pine Tree Farm No. 1 m HERE'S a whole new ship ment of Wallaby coats at I Whytal's. . . . The original I bear-like coat that can be worn for shopping, sports or with evening clothes. Whytal's has carried these Wallaby coats . exclusively for several years that I know of, and never has enough to supply the demand. . . . Wallabies are easily cleaned, you know, and that adds to their popularity. The "cloth" Is 100 per cent wool pile on a cotton backing. . . . It's mado like mohair. You can gut Wallabies In full length or three-quarter length. . . . And there arc little, pillbox beanies this year to match or contrast. Peggy Rakcstraw modeled several of them for me and looked awfully cute In every length and color. . . . They come In the ever-populur white, a new gorgeous aqua, and fas cinating shades of fawn, beige, dark brown, blue, red and gold. At Whytal's. IF you've tried to buy a lunch box recently, you know about the shortage. . . . Be cause metal lunch boxes are not made any more. ... So news of a substitute is worth passing on, especially since school days are near. Gnrcclon's has waxed card board lunch boxes. . . . They won't last forever, of course, but they cost only 39c each and really are sturdily constructed. They can be wiped clean with a damp cloth. . . . And have a partition inside to take enro of a thermos bottle. . . . If you have a thermos bottle. At Garcclon's. ELENA RUBINSTEIN, her. self, once said that If she could tiiko only one cream with her when cast away on a desert Isle, she would chouse hor Wsko-Up Croiiin. With all those creams to choose from, she solocted the one she made first. , , , The one her business wus started on. . . . And, ultliough I didn't know that when I begun to usa Rubinstein Wuke-TJp Cream, I think I could get almost as en thusliistlc about It. Wska-Up Crouni Is designed, to kcop your sklu clear. , . , OvQ to help clear It up. ... It stim ulates the color In your cheeks. . , , And It Is so easy to use that you don't have an excuse to put off the application until tomorrow. In fact, you run put it on (utid do it lightly, with abso luti'ly no mussugc) Just before you hop Into the tub. . . . And wipe it oft aftnrward with tis sues. , . . That's the whole pro ress. . . . Although Tholma Davis tells dip she keeps It on her face for about an hour, and you know what a lovely com plexion she has. . There are two sires of Rubin stein's Wake-Up Cream. . . . And the $2 23 size contains much more for your money than the $1 size. At Currln's, of enurse. THERE'S special under way at Moe's cosmetic de partment that you should take advantage of, if you are approaching 30 or past that age. . . . It's on the new Charles of the Rlts "Throat Cream Plus." Q The spocial price Itself la sen sotional. ... A regular 3.80 size jar for only 11.00. . . . And the cream Is, too. The "Plus" means that some thing new has been added. . . A stimulant In the cream that does wonders to help keep the throat line firm, smooth and young looking. Heretofore, when you used Charles of the Rltz Throat Cream, whUh is a swell cream, you had to uso a stimulant aa well. . . . Now the two are com bined for streamlined use. - You put the new Throat Cream Plus on your throat at night or In the morning, or whenever you have time to leave it on from 10 to 20 min utes. . . . The tingling sensa tion tolls you when the cream Is working. . . . And then aft erwards you put on Charles olf, the Ritz Velvet Texture CreamW to soothe the skin. , This special lasts until Au-, gust 14, but I wouldn't welt too long because it Is being snapped up pretty fust, a a At Moe's. Studio. oj Rexudif. IRAN Into Fern Short on the sidewalk yesterday and' ,n told me that Lucille Lynn IfSsf coming back to work at the! Studio of Beauty again; . . Starting today. : Lucille won't begin her day until 10 a. m., but she'll take later appointments than the other operators. ... Which, ought to be good news to work ing gals who can't get away from their jobs until after, five; Highway Commission To Visit Klamath PORTLAND, Aug. 5 (P) The stHto highway, commission an nounccd today It will survey post-war projects , In southern and southeastern Oregon late this month. The commissioners will leave here Tuesday, .August 24, the day after their monthly meeting. Women are happier this sum mer tho more clothes they have to take off. t American Becomes Jap Propagandist WASHINGTON, Aug. 6;W The office of war Information,' said Tuesday that an 80-ycar-old; American woman, Mrs. Henryl Topping, who has lived in Japsnw for many years, has become k$J Japanese radio propagandist. - For several weeks, OWI re" ported, Mrs, Topping has bectil making an English language",, broadcast to the United States! called "The Women's Hour." J Meet Molly Pitcher Saturday'
