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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Auffunt 5, 1948
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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
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ONER
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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
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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.
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' 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'