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f 4 PAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON ' August 24, 1043 Kkr Ann Btnuj Or Caecum aBneaatad Nationally t7 WOT-HOLUDAT CO, IxQ, Baa rteariaco, Ct York, (U atU. Chlcaio, FwtUad, loa Aaialw. SIDE GLANCES California American Legion Heads' Th Amociatkb Put Tht AMoHntod fnm It ielv Itwly Mtltlt4 to the dm of re ftubllcatloa of all atwt dUpatfcM crlft4 to K or aot otntnrtM crodiud It this pinvr, mi4 Im tht low. htwt publUbed tticrttn. 411 rlftiu of rtpubltcatlos of pedal dliptht art 1m ro . HTfti FRANK JENKINS EMtot The War Today By DeWITT MacKENZIE A taraporary comblsttloa of tht Yvaalns Hareld eiS Uia Klamatn Vni, Fubltihaa imj aftaraooa Mi.pl Bundir at giplaoada and Una HKatf, Klamath Falla, Oraioa, bj Uia Herato Putiluhmi Co. and tot Klanata Km PublUhlng Company Rotated at aaeoad data matttr at tht noatorrlca of Klamath Valla. Ora, am AutuU SO. tsoa uadar act of oeiraaa, II arch a. lira. MALCOLM EPLEY Jfoaafiiif Sditor Kharkov and Klska nil Hum lively pleasant to the ear, and a fine brace of birds for the allied bag. JED EPLEY Today's Roundup By MALCOLM EPLEY AITHIN the next couple of weeks or so, VY thousands of Klamath's lumber workers will receive tidy sums In retroactive pay order- t ca Dy me west smut commission. The toUl will run Into a few r liiindml thousand dollars. The I I Individual checks will vary. It ' but large numbers of our peo- I V i. uriit rooolvo sioo or more. r ;r " . i nis is money uits urcit coi li ed months ago. . They are to receive it in one chunk at this late date because of the long processes which prevailed in working out the pine cases ward and the retroactive pay feature. If they had received the money as they earned it, it would have made only small difference in their pay checks, and probably would now be spent But coming all at once, tt Is like money that has been saved. Now, I am going to depart from a customary policy in this column, and make a suggestion on personal finances. Making It Count . I HAVE the nerve to do this, because I happen to be the kind of guy who finds last week's pay gone when this week's check Is handed to him by the business office. Maybe it's a mistake to admit that, because to the experts it might not qualify me to give advice on personal finances. But what Tm aiming at Is this: If I had a lump sum handed to me, that had already been saved for me, Tm pretty sure what would happen to it if I just put it in my pocket, and I'm dead certain what I ought to do with it - - I ought to make it count for something, in stead of being frittered away a few dollars at a time. And the way to make it count in these times' is to put all of it, or a substantial part of it in war bonds. Further, I have the cheek to make this sug gestion to my lumber worker friends because I'm not proposing that they buy anything, that they give anything away or make any donations. I'm suggesting that they keep it and invest it for THEMSELVES. That's a darned good selfish reason, leaving aside any patriotic motives that in themselves are enough to induce the generous purchase of war bonds. Taking part or all of that retroactive pay in war bonds is not taking a deduction, for that word gives the erroneous impression that some how one isn't getting all his pay. When I get part of my pay in war bonds, I'm getting it in something that is better than cash. My bond is a promise of my government to. pay a certain sum, just like greenback but, the bill won't earn interest while I keep it, and the bond will. The bond represents cash that I can get along without right now; but cash I will need and WILL HAVE to spend for my family, to buy that car after the war, to send the youngsters to school, or to meet some future emergency. That's why I think the lumber worker, who puts all or part of that retroactive pay in war bonds, will be doing a mighty smart thing for himself and a mighty good turn for his country and the boys who are fighting for it. MALLOK News Behind the News , y PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON. Aug. 24 A heavy new plan for government buying and selling of farm food production is rising up from fT" within the office of price ad ministration. It was so warmly consider ed in the top row of official dom a few days back that some arrangements were being made' to have Mr. Roosevelt go on the radio to present it to the people. This - fell through, probably because of the determined opposition of the farm organizations as well as the processors. Instead, Food Administrator Marvin Jones went down to Monroe, La., to present a piece of it to an American Farm Bureau Federation meeting. Mr. Jones did not say anything about wide spread government purchasing of major food crops on the vastly expensive line advocated within OFA. But he did suggest the govern ment would have to purchase some surpluses and their sale no doubt would involve some loss. Indeed that is the basic idea to pay the farmers high, sell for less, make the treas ury foot the bill. The Jones presentation can be accepted as a cautious sound-out of the farmers again on this theme, which is behind both "subsidies" and "buy and sell." His Monroe speech follows up a conference he had here some weeks ago with the various farm leaders in which he said high farm food prices must be maintained to promote full pro duction, and, therefore, a government bill-footing program of 'some extent will have to be undertaken. The leaders of the Farm Bureau Federation, the grange, and the Co-Op Council resisted the suggestion, only the Farmers union refraining from expressing opposition. How to Do It NOW, how to do it L personally, have the idea that the best .way is to have the employer buy the bonds I want, and give me the cash for the rest of my pay. It's the easiest way to do it, and I don't get all that money in my pocket where it's likely to burn a hole. Klamath lumber workers who want to have retroactive pay go toward war bond purchases in this manner can do so, but they should im mediately make the request upon their em ployers. The mechanics of buying the bonds for hundreds of workers and figuring out the checks takes time. To be safe, these orders upon the employer to buy bonds should be in by Saturday. To facilitate this, we are printing on the front page today a blank, which the worker can clip out, fill in, and turn in to the office of his employer. If done by Saturday, it should be in time to assure the bond purchases by the day the retroactive payment is made. So ends today's heart and home column. I'm dead certain the advice has been good, and I'm not fearful of a single kickback from any body who takes it. Regimentation APPARENTLY the farmers do not like the regimenting aspects of the proposal, know ing the treasury losses from high buying and low selling will have to be paid in taxes. They would rather get their price in this kind of a market directly from the consumer, rather than have all -the people foot the bill for a secret price increase. -The- food processors seem to like the idea no -'better than the farmers. As Mr. Jones already has suggested, they would have to be licensed. The government would be over them, and in business alongside them. The representatives of the processors have been busy here complaining against the rising plan of the administration, while the farmers and farm groups have been holding opposition meetings around the country. A group of farm bloc congressmen met in Minnesota a few days ago in obvious preparation for a tussle over the matter as soon as congress reconvenes September 14. - The administration is plainly scared by this evidence of powerful political resistance. It seems to appreciate it is facing difficulties, and has been devoting itself lately to trying again to bring some farm support around to Its side. A full "buy and sell" program, such as the OPA group wants, would be something no government in the history of this world has ever seen, or possibly ever imagined. It would have to cover most of the important groups to be effective in restraining the cost of liv ingwheat fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy and poultry products, and possibly corn. The Rub FOR the government to buy any considerable portion of these crops would cost hundreds of millions of dollars, if not billions. One thing is sure. It cannot go into anything like this without getting appropriations from con . gress, and there, presumably, the rub will come.- - The. down-holding program so far instituted may be delaying the course of price inflation, but it of course, has not met the demands of the labor unions for a roll-back to the last year price level of September 19. Nor has it met the necessities of getting the farmers to increase production. The subsidy program has been put into effect only on meat and butter. Seme success is claimed for this In restraining the upward course of cost of living indices in July (the rising figure was off .8 of 1 per cent for the first time in this war.) Caught perilously between these conflicting forces of the farmers, the unions and business, the administration obviously is tip-toeing to ward some method of making the treasury pay the cost of an unsatisfactory solution of some kind and thus avoiding a frontal facing of the price situation as it is. nHiwnnimm mct.k acau.a.AT.w. .. . . 6-H ' But, dear! That's my best suit and there's still two j more payments due on ill" Dr. Masters' Health Column Chronic 'Nervous Stomach' Warns of Serious Disorder Br DR. THOMAS D. MASTERS and enables doctors to learn Stockman Speaks to Lake view Rotarians LAKEVTEW Congressman Lowell Stockman of Pendleton arrived in Lakevlew Friday afternoon and spent several days in the city meeting new friends and renewing old acquaintances. While here, he spoke at a com mittee meeting of the Rotary club at Hotel Lakeview, giving some of the highlights of the past six months in the nation's capital. , Stockman expressed his ap preciation of the valuable assist ance given by his secretary, a native Washington girl who has had considerable experience in Washington, D. C. BRIEF VISIT KEARNEY, Neb., (P) Mr. and Mrs. Henry Best received a note from their son, Pfc. LaVern Best. Written on a napkin, it said: "I don't know if this note will get to you, but if it does you'll know that it was written a few blocks of home. Please take this to Mr. Henry Best 1721 Ave. P. Kearney." Pfc. Best was on a non-stop train en route from Camp Stew art, Ga to the west coast, and threw the note, tied to a fork, out the window as he nassed through Kearney. Lakeview BPW to Give Pulmotor to Town LAKEVIEW The Business and Professional Women of Lakeview will present the pul motor, which they sponsored, to the town of Lakevlew at the coronation ceremonies to be held Saturday evening, August 28 on the Lake county court house lawn. The pulmotor will be present ed by Mrs. Burnette Carroll, first Lakevlew BPW president to Dave DeArmond, mayor of the town of Lakeview. Classified Adi Bring Results. '. The number of large radio programs sponsored by makers or remedies for the upset stom- acn, and the report of an increas ing number of cases of "nervous stomach" appearing before doc tors in war-pushed America are pungent commentary on a seri ous and apparently growing problem for the . public of the United States. Castro-Intestinal upsets, however mild they may appear at first, may have serious developments if they become chronic and bad functional hab its are particularly difficult to eradicate. People who know only of hard work, Spartan living, and simple, piain diet rarely nave the diges tive troubles common amnne those with the leisure to worry or dissipate, and the means with which to buy elaborate and fancy foods. England affords a fine clinical example of a, whole na tion on strict food rations and long working hours, whose gen eral health is believed to have improved with the well-planned privation required in national emergency. If food rationing be comes more stringent here, Americans, too, will probably fare more equably, and live down in part the disadvantages ror many of the so-called "higher standard of living." CAUSES OF DISORDERS Meals on the run, cocktails on an empty stomach, and great psychological tension and pres sures are frequently the causes of gas pains, sour stomachs, dis tress, nausea, and heartburn. The various popular alkalizers on the market offer only the most tran sitory relief, and the cure for the condition lies in changing the way of life. Meals must become more leisurely, cocktails par taken of more cautiously, and the strain and stress of anxiety and over-ambition banished at meal time. The habit of worry never solved a problem or advanced a cause but serves splendidly to deliberate and render its victim impotent in the real pinches. . The human stomach has been a subject open in action to the scientist's fascinated survey for over a century. William Beau mont's study of Alexis St. Mar tin, the French-Canadian who had a "window" in his stomach, is one of the classics of medical lore. More recently, the case of "Tom," whose burned-out esoph agus forces him to feed through a stoma, makes him one of the important contributors to con temporary gastric physiology. more and more of how food is dl. Rested. DIGESTIVE ACTION When the food enters and fills up the bag-like stomach, the real process of digestion has begun. Normally, the stomach contracts rhythmically to get rid of its load.' The stomach contents graauaiiy pass into the duoden um in Jerks, spurts, and some times in mass-movement. Its Journey to the last stretch of the coion snoum then be unhindered, provided no abnormalities of structure exist. The important qualifications of a good stomach, from the point of view of func tion, lie largely In its entrance and exit valves. The shape and position of the stomach are un important That emotional disturbances induce digestive malfunction is an ancient observation. An im paired appetite and even nausea and vomiting in association with anxiety states are common ex periences. When abnormal emo tion states, particularly those in volving conflict persist, the changes In the stomach are those that are capable of eventuating In actual organic chango, Eat ing three or more meals a day, regularly, and making them about equal in caloric content, as well as surrounding them with calm, will go a long way toward eliminating "nervous stomach." Former Teacher Joins Women's Army Corps TULELAKE Mrs. Bob Adams who for several years has taught In rural elementary schools of the Klamath and Tulelake basins has enlisted in the WACs and has reported at Portland for an assignment Mrs. Adams, an ac complished . linguist speaking German, Spanish, and French, hopes for immediate overseas duty. Her daughter, Fanny, a senior In the Tulelake high school, and a son will remain at the family home on the state line. VISIBILITY ZERO CHICAGO, W) Telephone operators at navy pier got a workout as agitated residents called to report a sea serpent was working its way along the quarter-mile structure. But the navy assured the callers there must be a mistake. A wooden dock was being towed manually to the west end of the pier. The red army's capture of the 'great industrial and rail center of Kharkov by storm unrioubt tedly will bo recorded by histor ians ax one of the key victories of the Russo-G.erman war. The fall of this strategic Ukrainian city on Hitler's right naiiK vastly incrcu.ics t to men aeo to his entire biitllofiont in Russia. It brlnits lilin dunger ously near to tho day when he will havo to withdraw his forces to fresh positions if indeed he isn t already falling bark to wards the line of tho Dnieper. Bloody Flohtlna Fierce and bloody fighting Is In progress, as the nmin strive to noid and the reds fling them selves on the invaders with fresh fury in an effort to capitalize the capturo of Kharkov. Tho Rus- sluns announce a deep break through on the Donets rlvor front to the south, and If thev can develop this they might pre cipitate a debacle. So much for Kharkov. The af fair of the missing Jop garrison of Klska is one of the strange stories of the war. The perpet ual fogs of the Aleutians still shroud In mystery how it wasi that when tho American and Canadian forces swarmed up the! rocky shore to do battle, they iouna mis important base as empty as Emperor Hirohito's honor. Nips Con Still, what matters Is thot the Nipponese have gone. Wo don't know how they went but wo know why they went. They were driven from the Island by tno lerriitc aerial and naval bom bardments which had been going on tor over a year. During that period American bombers blast ed the island with over 8,500, 000 pounds of bombs. It was utterly hopeless for the Japs to try to hold the position, and so they shelved their suicide code for once and did the smart thing by clearing out. I think we are making the mystery too com plicated when we try to get more man that out of it. Meaning of Victory The meaning of this victory? Lt. Gen. John L. DcWitt. com mander of the western defense command, gave one of the high lights when he declared thot "the reoccupatlon of Klska has cleared our shortest highway to the Japanese empire." This means that from Alaska, via the Aleutians, the long arm of our air power will be able to reach out and smash the Nipponese homeland. But the reclaiming of Klska does more than that. It has cleared the Japs out of all North American territory. The danger of any major attack on Alaska is now slight. We have removed a menace to our communications with Russia from Alaska. By the same token we have cleared the route to Japan's northernmost naval base of Paramushlro in the Kurlle islands. America and CanaCa, can breathe a lot more comfortably with Klska once more in our hands. Wllllum Hamilton, new nrcaldcnt 01 tho Cnlllurnla atnta American Ia lon nrpnrtmrnt, and Mrs. Rom Harold Mohan, newly fleeted woman's auxiliary leader, congratulate eaoh othor on election to their new pn" at the Ban Francisco Lesion convention. Hauiihton, an attorney, Is Irom Los Angeles and Mrs. Mohan Is from Santa Monica. LOST AND FOUND CHICAGO (P) Nelson G. Bin gel, 10-year-old sailor from Buf falo, N. Y., finished his training here and bought a railroad ticket to go home on leave. Then he lost his wallet with ticket, money and naval identification cards. His superiors, sympathetic but adamant confined him to his post because they feared the cards might have fallen into the hands of ' an axis sympathizer. Then the mailman delivered a small package from" Harry Som- mons, of Atkinson, 111., who had found the wallet. So tomorrow, Seaman Bingel will start homeward on a five- day leave. Every year, about 1000 teach ers retire under the age limit in Greater London, England. Tolling Tfce Editor Lallan fKintad hart mat mi m man Ifun M wofdt in lanfl. mual bt wvtl. Ira im'M an ONI (lot al lha aa antv. and iimmi fca alrw. Ganfrifcutlana tolkmlKS lhaaa raaja, art nml naa Zeros Reach End of Their Trail on Wrecked Munda Airport Bullet-riddled snd bomb blasted "Zero'1 fighter pishes lute the airport at Munda, on New Oeorgls Island In the Solomons, after American fighters took over that important base following wetks of tough jungle fight ing. An estimated 3000 Japs were killed In fierce jungle fighting leading to capture of ths airport. .(Official U. 8. Marine corps photo.) i A PIONEER PARK KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (To tho Editor) Your news Horn In the August 10 issue of The Her ald and News, in regard to a city park, forcibly reminds me of tho time and energy I wast ed (?) working for a pioneer park that would be a loving me morial to old Linkvllle. I wrote long. Imploring let ters to several beloved pioneers urging tiiem to got together to cooperate and build a monu ment that would stand as long as Klamath Falls Is on the map. Tho pioneers freely admitted that a pioneer park was a good Idea but nothing was done to achieve such an ornament for our city. But the letter I wrote to Tho Herald and News surely brought results, for many of the local readers drove to the bridge to see if the place named was suitable for that purpose, and deciding It was the right spot they called at my studio to offer their help in beautify ing tho park. Those who could not find me wrote wishful letters offering to help the good work along They wrote that they would be glad to do anything they possi bly could for tho sake of hav ing a close-in park. A number of people in cars and eve trucks stopped me on the street to assure me that I had picked an ideal soot for park and if there was anything they could do to help, just let xnem Know. All of those people seemed to think that I was going to build me pane myself. I was deeply touched, for .1 learned in those days just how badly they needed a close-In pane Of course I had no authority to push such a work to a fin ish, and those who COULD have done it would not respond, so I couia ao no more. An old song says: "Manv can help the one, but one cannot nelp the many." So with in enumo regret I had to sten flsiae. Suddenly, as though the eat. ing of too many ration nnlnta had given them the prickly heat and roused them, from a peaceful slumber, the city fath. ers awoko to the realization of me inestimable value of a nark. and they picked the same spot mai i naa so eagerly pointed oui as the most appropriate piece lor a pioneer park to hon or the memory of the pioneers of the yesterdays of life who had blazed the trail to this place, where they laid the foun. datlon which now supports this interesting city. The motive for this letter Is a warm hope that those local readers who so enthusiastically offered their help to this writer, will now haunt the city fathers and persuade them to build the park now and not wait for the war to end. But give those dear people the chance they crave to ao their bit, so that ever after they may feci a glow of honest pride that they had assisted in a work that would remain and give pleasure to the rich and poor as long as Klamath Falls stands upon the foundation of old Llnkvillo. Those people who offered their help, had no thought of gain but seemed honestly will ing to lay a heartfelt offering upon the alter of a beautiful Ideal. One cannot help but hon or the spirit of unselfishness which prompted them to extend PCH IrrltaMd akin wall with k a Zl'i. Moiaana, formerly Mel H P AT fn He( Powder. Cools IIBni burnaalteoothealtohJos. Pullman Car Sleeper's Fear Comes True What every sleeping ear rider has always feared hap pened Tut-Klny morning to Paul Skeen, Klamath shoe merchant, The porter forgot to wako him up. Skoon was riding from Port land to Klamath Falls on an overnight train. He went to sleep with the haunting thought that the porter might not get him up. He woke up at 8:30 a. m.. decided the porter hadn't called him because the train was late, and dropped back to sleep. Next thing he knew port er from tho next cor was say ing. "Upper 12. I thought you were supposed to get off at Klamath Falls." Paul fell out of the berth, yanked on his clothing, and de trained at Dorrls. In his sudden departure, he left a Un. pair of his shoes on the train Q ana r-aui ooosn i sou men f shoes, either. their hands In a loving gesture of friendly cooperation. Because those people respond ed so gladly to the proposal for a pioneer park, it seems like it would be a sort of socrllcgo fo name part at that place by any other name than "The Pio neer park." Should the city officials pro cure the land and start the work as soon as possible and sound the bugle call for willing workers it seems Inevitable that the responso would be so great that the fabled "Man with the hoe" would be over shadowed by "women with the spade." And this pioneer Is perfectly willing to bet ye scribe the 9rt cents she left laying in leoso change on a local store counter against a perfectly good dollar bill that the women who would respond to that call would be so eager to start work on that park that they would not wait to tie a pink sun bonnet over their pretty curls. LA CELE WYNNE. FIRST TIME-LOCKED VAULT First vault door to have a time lock was that of the First Na. tlonal bank at Morrison, III. It was installed by James Sargent In 1873. 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