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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.
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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
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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.
First Rotary club was organ
Ized in Chicago In 1008. '
13 Years
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On Filel
Since ,1930 .:
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Has Kept '
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Forgottenl
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V. S. Nat'I Bank Bldg.,
Maln and 8th Phone 3281