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PAGE FOUB iitmbtr f Tut Amociato Puis Th Aaaoalataa' fraaa at act- Wrlr tolltM la tlii dm o( re BuMlcatloe of all m dUMUkM cmtttrS to I or wot aUianriM trroltrtf tt h aapar, md alia tlx kxl am wbll.hl thrrela. All rlafcta of rapablleaUoa at pdl dUpttttitJ ara Uo t FRANK JENKINS . ScUtor Today's Roundup By MALCOLM EPLEY GLOWING praise for the aircraft warning service has appeared to moat of western Oregon', newspapers the past week. Since the " - ...a- hrain. no Oreson civilian s w group has reccivea mure wow.. 1j tribute! than those recently rfinwnsed to the folks who JirCC yl man the lookout ' it s port the planes wa nave no f '? htit v da Ian defense corps that ade quately covers the various de partments of civilian defense umrV nmnosed for commun- EPLET ities of the size ana cnaracier of Klamath Falls and Klamath county. This group held a mobilization Friday night, and today we presume to speak for the com munity in paying our respects to these loyal men and women. Nearly 1000 of them turned cut in response to the mobilization call. It was a test of the personnel strength of civilian defense here, and our people came through most satisfactorily. We may never need the full strength of civilian defense forces here to meet the local emergency. We hope no such Incident ever happens. But it can happen, so long as this country is at war, and it is vitally important that there be local preparation to meet it. It certainly means a aireat deal to the people of this community that nearly 1000 of our citizens re ready to respond if anything happens. Local fear of a serious emergency, so ap parent lust after Pearl Harbor, long ago sub sided. During this long period when "nothing happened," it has not been easy to maintain Interest in civilian defense work. That nearly 1000 persons responded to the mobilization call Thursday night is an amazing tribute to the determined loyalty of our civilian defense work ers. They have refused to be lulled into a feel-" ing of security that could be proved false in ; the' twinkling of an eye. California Politics THE. nearby district of California is having run of mid-summer politics as a result of the death of Congressman Harry Englebright of the second congressional district. An election on August 31 will fill the va cancy left by the late republican whip. Quali fied as candidates are Mrs. Englebright, the widow and a republican; State Senator Jesse . Mayor of Angels Camp, a republican, and State Senator Clair Engle, Bed Bluff, a democrat. It is reported that the national democratic leaders are taking a financial interest in the campaign. Engle, the democrat, is getting both state and national monetary support, because democratic leaders have the idea it would be good propaganda if a democrat were to succeed the late republican congressional whip. .Repub lican big-wigs are reportedly indifferent to the situation, but may wake up when the demo cratic purpose is fully realized. That Touch of Fall LEE JACOBS, local OPA official who is glad , he doesn't have to worry about the ration ing of weather, remaiked to us the other morn ing that one could already feel a touch of fall in the air. That's right, and it provokes the thought that Klamath people do not always realize how much better the summer and fall weather is here than in many other places. We know, because we've been in some of those other places this summer. We had almost forgotten that millions of Americans sleep in the summer with nothing over them but a single sheet, if that much, and get up in the morning completely fagged out because of a restless, heat-ridden night. That touch of fall in the morning air, right in the middle of summer, is great stuff. How We Stack Up IN RESPONSE to many questions as to how Oregon stands up with other states in the war bond drives, Andy Collier, the war savings chief for Klamath county has handed us a table on the June war bond results. In June, Oregon's sales were 109.7 per cent of the quota assigned to this state. That topped every state in the nation! Alaska and Hawaii did better than Oregon, but not another state. Most of the states failed to make their quotas. Southern California got over the top, but northern California made only 6S.6 per cent of quota. Michigan approached Oregon's record, and the District of Columbia made its quota. The others were under 100 per cent. Oregon is coming through in this phase of the war effort in a way that should make us Dr. Masters' Health Column Birth of Babies at Home Often Wartime Necessity By DR. THOMAS D. MASTERS The war has directly increased the number of babies, and has likewise made the having of them somewhat more difficult than in ceacetime. As in- rnnni. less other aspects of our more re- Hinciea aany lives, we are being forced down to essentials in med ical care and are having for the time being to resort to proced ures organized differently in the past. American babies, according to carefully developed custom, have been in the habit of coming into the world in the hospitals and A Umporwr aomblaatkia of raall araM aM Hi. Kluiath K.wu PubllilMd aran- anaracwa, arc.i tuodu Baplaaada ud ri atraato, Eluistt Falla. Dnn to tha llrra'd Pul.lUhloi Oa. And tka ilamala " Tf, faMhom CokpACJ RnUrad Al xeoad daaa suiter at tha aoatotlfca at glamata Falla. Ot., oa Aagn.t M. IM aadar Mi ol Mima, Maroa a. ISTS. all swell up with pride. It's a record to main tain. Why does Oregon stack up so well? It's be cause people like Andy Collier, and Vera . Owens, and the spark-plugs of all the various organizations that have been leading our war bond drives, get in and dig every month. And it's because the people of Oregon are heart-and-soul in the war effort. . In his Medford Mail-Trib column, Art Perry remarks that the Klamath spud crop is going to be in need of "diggers." It's pickers, not diggers, that are potentially short, and if Art, . who hasn't shown up in this neck of the woods for years, will come over here about October 1, we'll show him the difference with a prac tical demonstration in which he can personally participate. " posts and re- they slgiu. nun " have a civil- now. The office of price adminis tration was set up to hold prices down. Everyone wants prices held down. The seller prefers low prices so he can sell more, and the buyer pre fers low prices so he can buy more. That's natural. The OPA is an UNnatural agency created to hold prices down during an UNnatural market before everything at present coffee out. The biggest continued OPA bor, price will since hospitals have equipment and staff designed to facilitate medical care and control asepsis, rightly so. At present, however, in crowded defense areas, both military and industrial, hospitals are frequently jammed and doc tors carry a load heavier than they can easily handle. There fore, it is going to be necessary for some wartime mothers to have their babies at home. For tunately, with the proper pro visions and preparations, home delivery of babies can be satis factorily accomplished wherever circumstances demand it. But the if rJr f Ann ' Berate Or CncvuTTOir aapraaaataa' MaUotallj a WaaT-HOLUBA OV. IKC Saa FraBdaoo. Krv Tort, da. alUa, Calcaao. rorUaad, Ida Aasalaa. MALCOLM EPLEY Adverthina Roundup By DELBERT ADDISON THE country already is being sounded out on such ideas as the one that the OPA will be needed much more after the war than it is w condition. In that way it is ADDISON directly antagonistic to advertising. Advertising is a NATURAL agency for bring ing prices down. Up until the time of the war it flourished as part of the system that put automobiles and refrigerators In the hands of every family. The large production of the things we use will result in ever lower prices ONLY If this production is accompanied by sale of these things to people that can use them. Advertis ing's niche in this system is in the sale of things to people who can use them. Don't Forget Competition THE people who advocate continuing OPA after the war are looking at the time when industry will be changing, over from making war machines to the time when it will be mak ing things we can use ourselves. One thing they overlook is that the change will not come overnight Some things that are now scarce or unobtainable will creep into the we know it. It won't be a case of war conditions today, and hip-hooray, buy any price tomorrow. Witness the situation. Sugar will be next. As these things ease in, OPA should ease thing that the advocates of a overlook, however, is competi tion. As long as a man can manufacture or grow something in competition with his neigh be controlled naturally, Suppose there is a time, immediately after the war, when there are ten buyers for every article to be sold. Suppose I manufacture mouse traps, as do three other guys in the town. And, let's say that everyone wants traps and the four of us aren't making them very fast yet. I'll tell you what I'll do. The minute I can sell mouse traps for less than any of the other three, I'll do it. And I'll advertise the fact (and tell them in the ad that they may have to wait a bit to get the cheaper Addison trap) because I want them to look to me ior mouse traps from now onl The Unused Car OUR old friend the auto man whose busi ness provided the classic example of how advertising could be used to help bring the price of a product down to common reach is in need of help. Or rather, we look to him for help, to pro vide us transportation, when actually the best solution rests with individuals. It Is estimated that a million cars in the country are idle. This is one Of the great wastes of the day. An automobile deteriorates faster, both mechanically and in sale value, while in private storage than when it's In use. Car dealers are advertising to buy cars. So are individuals. And a million cars are rotting and corroding in private garages. An individual can get much more for a used car now than he'll be able to get when the time comes to trade it in on a new one. The price of an unused car put into war bonds now will draw interest, and will also speed the day when it will buy another. prospective mother must lay in a supply of a few essential pieces of equipment, to be made ready for the doetor when her time comes. HOME PREPARATIONS During pregnancy, the mother, of course, is in close touch with her physician) having examina tions at regular intervals, and following instructions. If com plications develop, she may ex pect to change her plans for a home delivery and enter a hos pital. But if the course of the pregnancy is normal, she may, along with her physician, pick a room for the lying-in, and several weeks before the event, make it ready. The room should be well lighted and well-ventilated, and adequate in size. It should contain bed, chest, and chairs, and in addition, a bed-table, and two others one HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON SIDE GLANCES WJ1 "It's not nalrinlir Irk trnvpl days, but you can swing back : same effect as L SELL STAMPS During the month of July the Girl Scouts maintained a booth in J. C. Penney's store of Klam ath Falls for the purpose of sell ing war stamps and bonds, two girls being present each day. To tal amount sold was $2589.23. The Scouts were very enthu siastic about the project and are hoping io carry on during the winter months by selling each Saturday in various downtown stores. Girls taking part were Marijo Ogle, Holly Franklin, Shirley Damon, Elizabeth , Andersen, June Marie Murphy, Virginia Oberg, Karen Koeller,' Shirley Hutchinson, Nancy Edwards, Joan Brown, Margy Foster, Dar- lene Price, Ann Stevenson. Pat Johnston. Irma Beasley, Donna Rae Worden, Faye Nel son, Mary Stone, Donna Kin ney, Violet Griffith. Betty Shear er, Cherne Johanson, Pat McMil lan, Arlene Richter, Lois Cada, June Bosworth, Dorothy Peugh, Connie Koeller, Madeline Adler, Joan Abner, Louise Keller, Lu cile Keady, Kathleen Craig, Barbara Gritman, Georgians Clark, Patsy Tilton, Maudie Thompson, Ruth Soder and Glad ys Charles. Lowell Stockman To Arrive Here Word has been received here that Congressman Lowell Stock man of Pendleton will arrive in Klamath Falls Monday evening. Stockman, back in Oregon while congress is In recess Is making a tour of various parts of the second congressional dis trict It is expected he will re main here a few days. County Association Meeting Postponed A letter received by members of the county court here this week stated that the Interstate Association of Counties meeting scheduled for August 13 in Salt Lake City has been postponed until August 27. Representatives from Klamath county have been invited to at tend the meeting. of which may be a folding card' table. The room should, if possi ble, be near a bathroom, and preferably, both nurse and baby should be lodged in a different room. Rugs, heavy curtains, and upholstered furniture should be removed, and the room should be thoroughly cleaned a fortnight before the expected event. A board, like an ironing-board or a table leaf, should be available for making the bed hard and flat during labor and delivery. ITEMS NEEDED Regardless of economic status, the following suggestions are in all cases in order: two large piec es of rubber sheeting, 1x2 yards (if these cannot be borrowed, oil cloth or water-repellent shower curtains may be used), an enema bag, a hot-water bag, a bed-pan, a covered pail, two enamel basins 12 to 18 inches in qiam eter, six sanitary bedpads, two pounds absorbent cotton, a two. ounce tube of green soap, one ounce petrolatum, one quart al cohol, four ounces boric acid, medicine glass and dropper, bent glass drinking tunes or straws, and safety pins. The physician will' bring his own additional equipment, and all these items are, of course, apart from any equipment for the baby itself. SCOUTS DURING JULY 1GB lv "IB. mi vnni hnnnvmnMi flrjM and forth in this and get (be I a sea voyage!" . The War Today By DeWITT MacKENZIE THE WAR TODAY By D.WITT MacKENZIE The red army's double-bar reled triumph in the capture of the strategic cities of Orel and Belgorod - a stupendous feat which threatens the security of Hitler's entire thousand mile line in Russia might rapidly de velop into a situation which would produce the "second front' for which the Muscovites are again begging. Of course this is no time for day-dreams about the possible ef fects of victories which are part of a developing operation. How ever, wishful thinking and hap hazard speculation are quite un necessary, since the trend of events is sufficiently satisfactory in itself. Major Defeat The loss of these two heavily fortified railway centers is a ma jor defeat for the nazls as it now stands, and potentially it s a ca tastrophe. Whether it actually will develop into a catastrophe depends on what reserve strength the Russians have with which to follow up their sue cesses. Latest reports show the reds smashing forward with great striking power to capitalize the capture of the two key positions. Should the nazls lose much more ground in these vital sectors, their high command would be compelled to withdraw their en tire right wing, which is now anchored on the Sea of Azov, west of Rostov. This in turn would force an adjustment of the rest of the front to the north, clear to Leningrad. As this col umn previously has explained, if the Germans are compelled to retreat, they likely will fall back in the first Instance to the line of the Dnieper river. Dangerous Operation Now a withdrawal of this mag' nitude, under heavy enemy pres sure, is one of the most difficult and dangerous operations in war. It could easily be turned into a rout. Thus we have on the eastern front the most favorable situa tion which has existed since the Russo-German war began. Ob viously it's crying out for allied development to the limit of our resources, while the boche is in grave difficulties. Second Front Cry It Is with this thought in mind that the soviet publication "War and the Working Classes" again urges the establishment of a sec ond front in Europe and that meant a front in France. Any statement of this sort in Moscow naturally has government sane tion. The 'paper declared that such a front would "be the key to victory over Hitler in 183." This new and great Russian success, coupled with the rapid progress of the allied operations in Sicily, Is calculated, one would say, to cause the allied command to check immediately and ser iously whether now is the mo ment for the great adventure of landing an army in France. That might not fit in with current plans, but it seems likely that the allied program is flexible enough (due to the smoothness with which things have been go, ing in the Mediterranean thea tre) so that a quick change could be made. EYELID LORE Frogs move their lower eye lids upward to blind themselves, whilo human beings wink the upper eyelid downward. EATS 100 LBS. FISH DAILY The elephant seal, a 3200 pound aquatic, can eat more than 100 pounds of mackerel daily during the warm months. Classified Ads Bring Results. FEW SIGN TO HELP IN I Fifty-two women and girls and approximately the same number of men and boys, have signed up so far for the potato harvest, according to Andy An derson of the United States em ployment service. "This isn't as many as we had expected, and not as many as we had hoped to register by this time," Anderson said. Ono of the reasons for somo people falling to sign up, ho said, was that many are uncertain as to wheth er or not they will be here by the end of September, when the work will begin. Last year 2000 to 2800 har vesters found employment in the potato fields and this year there are 6000 acres more under culti vation. Potato growers have signed up for some 800 Mexicans, but this will by no moans take the place of laborers from this locality. It is expected that there will be fewer people from the valley coming over here for the potato harvest because of the restric tions on travel, so this amount will have to bo made up from people In the Klamath basin, An derson said. "We'll need lots of workers." he explained, "and even if we gel the maximum we hope for now, we'll still be a little short." The current surveys division of tha eenius bureau Is making a housing survey in Klamath Falls for the national housing agency. The survey started to day and is supervised by the bureau's representative in Ore gon, Arthur Damschcn. It will require about a week to complete and about 10 peo ple are employed as enumera tors. -. ' The purpose Is to ascertain what space Is available for dwelling use either as rooms or complete dwelling units. Ap proximately 400 carefully se lected and representative blocks within tha city limits are used and each structure thereon enumerated. Results indicate whether there is a need for ad ditional housing facilities or the reverse a surplus which may be utilized. The war has placed added burdens on housing agencies and these surveys provide facts which assist in solving xno proo lem, Damschen said. Coopera tion from persons interviewed is essential to Insure correct re sults. Oregon Trail Displays WATCH FOR A reproduction of the plat of that legendary town of Mergan ser, which once occupied the land Just beyond our present golf course. Platted in 1873 this fron tier town contained three blocks, with two named streets, one of which extended into a road cross ing Klamath river below Kes terson's mill. During its brief ca reer it had two names, and maps prior to 187S call it Lakeport. This little town served as a dis tribution point for the settlement and the troops at the Lava Beds during the Modoc war. ELKS HOLD PICNIC y The annual Elks picnic will be held at Moore park Sunday, with picnic lunch served at 1:30 p. m. The event is for Elks and their families, only, according to a lodgo announcement. Dale Mat toon is general chairman of the picnic committee. William Houston, secretary of the lodge, announced Saturday that the next lodge meeting will be held August 19 instead of Au gust 12 as previously scheduled. Redecoration work going on at the temple necessitated postpone ment of the meeting, he said. ELEMENT ISOLATED Chemical element No. 85, last discovered of all the 92 sub stances that make up all matter, has been isolated from radium, its parent, in sufficient quanti ty to be photographed. SPUD HIVES LOCAL HOUSING SURVEY BEGUN SATURDAY Tolling The Editor Lattara print kara mm M aa atara tha Wa awraa W lanalN, aaaat aa awtfc im iai'M ait ONS Sloe al tha aaw amy, M tiwat aa atfa Oalrtaatawai leikxrina IMaa ruMa, ara Mrmli aa IN MEMORIAM KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (To tho Editor) Anger at our recent trlplo loss In a Jap prison camp In the Philippines rises ever higher at the sight of huge food supplies being sent dally to the relocation camp. It Is a bitter pill to swallow for those or us who fought to have that "back door' guarded to be Insulted for our efforts. Not so long ago someone In this column was wondering if there werp any red-blooded Americans left because of the pampering of the Japs to whom butter and porterhouse steaks seem to be no luxury and who think little of throwing whole ends of ham into tha garbage ail, simultaneously being paid i wage for this doloctable priv ilege. Can it be there's a stink ing Quisling in, our midst or is the clink of tha coin mora im portant than tha tears of tho mourners left behind? A Hood River sclbbot is al lowed to mako a farc out of American law, but with union labor leaders calling disgraceful strikes in wartime that most cer tainly cannot be classed as any thing but treason by every rule or patriotism; with tho press throttled under the heading of off the record; ' with federal agents more interested in some small-time black market offense than In rounding up saboteurs. esplonago agenta and traitors; with bureaucratic moguls mak ing a public spectacle of them selves; with white-collared of ficials blithely curtailing some petty right or privilege of his Yankee brothors In first one silly experiment and then an other; one sympathizes with the man who wondered what hap pened to the type of American who should be guarding the home front in order to protect the man on tha battlefront. Every Intelligent person knows wage and hour disputes can be settled without work stoppage if tha leaders so will, for many a non-union man is meeting the increased cost of living and the burdens of war with far less grumbling and cer tainly far more consideration for tha stern-eyed, tight-Jawed men, most of them little more than boys, who are hourly giving their lives that tha Four Free doms shall prevail; and It there are any Amerlean-bom Japs whose sympathies are with this country, they can easily prove that by their behavior Instead of screaming of their rights under our laws. This is wartime; se rious, deadly wartime, wherein sentiment should have no part. If the Innocent must suffer, which is the price of war, it most certainly should not be the Yankee ones. Oh yes; there ara still plenty of red-blooded Americans left whose hearts and dollars and sweat and tears will avenge each and every one of our deaths on the battlefield tenfold, and every death under the Samurai code In the Jap prison camps a thousandfold, though the grin ning Hirohlto plans no Bataan lad shall return to tell the tele. We can read between the lines even if editors cannot print what is "off the record." But when Johnny comes marching home there'll be a house-cleaning in mora than one respect, make no mistake about that. This is "on the record." ELIZABETH ALICE THIES, DREAMING ABOUT ADOLF KLAMATH FALLS. Ore. (To the Editor) I began to know of the future of Hitler from the first week of December, 1030. I have written letters about him to friends of mine all over the country. I have dreamed about him over a dozen times. This morning, the 6th inst, before 3:00 a. m,, I had another dream about him. This dream says that Hitler worries day and night. He can neither eat nor sleep thinking of .the bad luck coming to him. This Is his last war. GUST P. VOURCHIS. INCOMPLETE ANGLER KETCHUM, Idaho, Of) Fish ing in the Sawtooth mountain area is changing mostly be cause of limited supplies of non durable (liquid) goods.' "It used to be quite a joke to mention that some idiot always turned up for a fishing trip with a fishing pole," says one old guide. "Now a pint a week Is all wa get , . . The boys are paying strict attention to their fishing." GREENHORNI SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, VP) "Why?" asked the sergeant of a private hid ing in a slit trench. "Somebody yelled 'Green alert'," he explained. "You know about a red alert? And a yellow alert? So then what is a green alert?" "Oh," said the abashed pri vate, drawling out, Arizona, Indiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma. South Dakota anH I Utah are highway debt-free. 'August 7, 1943 362 WORKERS TO "Gratifying and satisfactory" was the way civilian defense leaders today described the re sponse of workers to the civil- I a n defense mobilization call Friday night. A total of 062 workers turned out, meeting a various mobil isation points under a general call issued by G. A. Krauso, civilian dsfenso corps controller. Krause declared that the re sponse demonstrated tho loyalty and patriotism of the civilian defense corps here and asked RESPOND MOBILIZATION that his personal appreciation be expressed to the workers. Arnold Gralnpp, training Q chief for the civilian defense, reported the following person nel response broken down as to service, with the service, the service leader, and the number reporting given respectively: Fire, Keith. Ambrose 18 regular and 23 niixlllury. Wardens. Caiman O'Lough- s lln 340 wards. 22 In emergen cy housing and feeding; 226 In transportation. Medlrat, George Myers Doc tors 17, nurses 11. ambulance corps 23, first aid 64. Public utilities, Jim Souther Gas 2, C o p c o electric 20, Copco water 8. city stroets 6, county roads IS, steam 0, de contamination 0. City police reserves. Harold Franey 83. County sheriff's reserves, Lloyd Low 60. ft Control center, G. A. Krause w 24. C-A-T. CAT KANSAS CITY. Alia?. 7 W The voluntoer worker at a com munity house several times asked tha name of an appren tice seaman who wanted a pair of trousers shortened. "Mine Are White." was tho reply. "I see mat, sne swoouy re plied, "but what is your name?" Tha, evaanerated sailor sne li ed it: "M I NO R W-H I T-E." MORE FREIGHT Freight carried by American rallrnaria reached a record vol ume of 63,000.000.000 ton miles in 1042, yet In this record year mor miles of track were aban- A doned than ever before. Power From On High A thousand lewd women were kept to serve the heathen relig ion in the temple on the height above ancient Corinth. All about the city sin was for sale in whatevor form one might ask it. From tha top families to the runaway slaves who hid about, the city was a festering hole. Into this cesspool of iniquity, the Holy Spirit sent tho Apos tle Paul to spread the Gospel, to open their eyes to a better way and to turn them from the pow er of Satan unto God. God told the Apostlo that he had many peoplo in Corinth. But they must hear the Gospel the Word of Life and by it tha Spirit would call them out from their lost state. So It ,am was that Paul gave the Message 9 and the Spirit did His work. Many a one was called into be lief. But being new to the bet ter life, they were untaught. They broke into rival cliques, these new Christians. They fol lowed human leaders. Soma after Peter, others after Paul, others sought out the orator Apollos. Paul rebukes all this "What, know ye not that your body is tho temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God and ye are not your own." This is the meaning Suppose a famous physician came to your house to heal ono of your family and you mudo him a prisoner In a cubby hole up under the roof7 Not much help for the family, we should say. Like that the Spirit of God the Holy Spirit had takon up In the human bodies of these ' new converts. Ho had made their bodies His temple. Let Him fill His temple to the ut most; let the Spirit fill them, do not shut Him up. Let them live by POWER FROM ON HIGH. They were indwelt by the Spirit but they must be INFILLED. How is It that Dr. Martin Nlemoellnr is able to stand up against Hitler these years? Nei moeller Is making It by POWER FROM ON HIGH. That is tha answer for this man who spoke for God in spite of all. And you? Ara you saved but fruitless and running with the world? From the Instant you received Christ as Savior tho Holy Spirit has made your body His temple. He indwells you. But He waits to INFILL you.j Are you restless and Joyjess orV have you the iwcot peace that passeth understanding? Dl to self; be filled with the Spirit; make it throuRh by POWER FROM ON HIGH. - GEO. N. TAYLOR, ' Cloverdalo, Oregon. This space paid for by an Ore gon businessman.
