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Newspaper Page TextfACf FOUR HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON ..MALCOLM KPLCt ' '' - Uinidn, Editor iv oflBDmiim s uis mwh .. .. It Maws. PubUsh-d .vaty afurnoon . Jce.pt MMV IBM sna t-ina suawi-, rviKliiavji r -iib, wrnwi tAr ' Pub -Aim Co. n th N w 1 Publishing Company. SUBSCRIPTION ItATK nanUl TBo By mall . 1 -utm --' rr.ao Br mau .jw Jj.oo DTli TT-Mn-0, lata, Modoo, SUklyou coun'lasZ-y-r W.JO aMi M aaaootf alasa matter at tha poatorflM of Klamath ric oeAusust . undar act of eomrasa, ntm Man,h . irra I Mas-bar. AmrHtad It-aa Mambar Audit Buraau ClrculaUoa rmle in southern Italy are In grave danger of wholesale disaster. Kesselring's position was (rim yesterday, but fast moving events are crowding him into a comer. One of the. most significant over-night development is the Berlin announcement that the Germans have evacuated the coast between the erupting allied Anilo beachhead and the main battle-line to the southeast. This withdrawal waa made in an effort to escape being caught in the vise which has been created by the two allied offensives. It's a further demonstration not only of the terrlflo striking power which Is being brought to bear on the Hitlerites, but of superb allied general ship. It speaks well for allied prospects in the great invasions which are to -come.... Today's Roundup Thr- Allied Gains By MALCOLM EPLEY ONE by one, Klamath public bodies are lining up their reserve fund programs to provide for post-war construction on a pay-as- we-go basis. y "... . Local school districts are the latest to take action. The ten tative plan for the high school district is to raise $60,000 a year for five years, and that for the elementary school dis trict is for $20,000 a year for the same period. Voters will act on these projects at the June school elections. In view of the gen eral public support Indicated for this type of sound financial EPLEY planning, approval will probably be given. There Is a movement throughout the state to make preparations in similar manner for the post-war period, building the funds while money is easy. a Some Amount THE high school program Is unique In that re marks the exact spot, in the district's fin ancial history, between debt and reserves. ; For a number of years, the district has levied $40,000 a year to build up its sinking fund for debt service. That fund has now reached the place where it nearly equals the debts, and it is no longer necessary to levy for debt service.. So, what is now planned is to continue the' $80,000 a year but this time putting it Into reserves for future construction, rather than for handing over to the district's creditors. , The $300,000 to be raised in the 5-year period' will unquestionably be needed eventually. Were it not raised in advance, it would, mean another debt Inter on. m 0 Dark Corner GOING to and from commencement exercises last night, we were again Impressed with the ' dead, darkness that prevails around the steps at the front of the high school grounds while overhead are half a dozen expensive, but non-operative, electric light standards. .Many of the people who attended the pro gram were elderly, and worked their way up and down the steps with' great difficulty. It is surprising that no accidents occurred. This corner Is one of the darkest in Klamath Tails. One would suppose that at least on night when there are programs at the high School the lights would be turned on. THREE notable allied gams were responsible either by their actual achievement or by their imminence for forcing Kesselring to pull his troops back from the coast Into what the Germans describe as "new lines skirting the mountains northeast of the Applan way." These are: l. Our fifth army forces poured out of the Anzlo beachhead and, getting astride the fam ous Appian way, battled up to the outskirts of Cisterna which is one of the naii strong holds on this vital highway communication. Thus the Anzlo arm of the vise which is reach ing for Kesselring was extended menacingly, and created a special threat against his coastal forces. 3. American troops attacking the German right wing in the main line stormed and cap tured Terraclna which was the coastal anchor of the powerful Adolf Hitler line. And they kept storming along the coast towards their brothers of the Anzio beachhead. The vise was beginning to work, along the sea so well that by this morning a communique was able to an nounce that the two forces were actually in contact. . 3. But this was far from the whole story of magnificent allied tactics. Half way up the Hitler line the Canadians had torn through the German Llri valley defenses, which have been the most strongly held on the entire enemy front. This morning it was announced that the allies had taken Pontecorvo, a key stronghold which., had been Imperiled by the Canadian thrust and by the French capture of Pico to the west. SIDE GLANCES Liri Valley Work the War Today : By DeWTTT MacKENZIE Associated Press War Analyst : ITS mighty risky to assume that your enemy Is beaten while he still has the will and the strength to offer resistance, and this is particu larly true of the German soldier, but with this caution in mind we are justified in weighting the fact that Nazi Field Marshal Kesselring's THE' brilliant work of the Canadians in the Liri valley and their American comrades at Terraclna represented grand coordination. The American feat of. capturing Terraclna was of vast assistance in relieving pressure on the Canadians -as they drove straight into nazl . strength. The Germans are defending the. Liri valley fiercely because here , is level ground among the mountains, and they aVe terrified of allied tanks getting into action, against them there. That's, a contingency for which we should watch. Kesselring urgently requires reinforcements, but . there's no indication that there are any upon which he can call in this hour of deepest need. The German strength is stretched to its limit -throughout Italy. There . are in Italy 25 German . divisions. Twelve of these are said to be holding the line between the Adriatic and the west coast, and five are at the Anzlo beachhead a total- of 17. ' Six other divisions are reported to be in the far- north, tied down by Italian partisans. The other two probably are guarding the Istrian border opposite Trieste. The 17 divisions upon which Kesselring's fate hangs normally might total some- 250,000 men. However, at least seven of these divisions have had heavy losses, so that the armies probably are far below quota. rUTRTON STS CANNING SCHOOL HERE Members of the Klamath County Nutrition council met Thursday morning at the chanv ber of commerce to complete Slans for the Canning school to presented in Klamath Falls the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th of June and also to discuss plans for a proposed community can nery in itus city. - The- canning school will be held in the Pelican theatre and Is to be conducted by Mrs. Vivian Freeman. The proposed community cannery drew much Interest at Thursday morning's meeting. Jt was learned by members of the nutrition council that should there be sufficient interest in a community cannery here, it will be possible to have one es tablished. Funds for equipment, it-was learned, has been assured from Urivate source. A building could be used for the proj ect is available and steam will be donated by the city heating plant. The state vocational agricultural-office has agreed to r' the salary of a supervisor, that person is a vocational agricultural instructor, and it would be possible to have equip ment installed by July 15. : It was announced that a sur vey would be made in the next couple of weeks to determine the number of persons interest ed in such a project in Klamath Falls. The chamber of com merce agricultural committee and the industrial committee is to meet with the nutrition coun cil tomorrow, when it is hoped that a representative of the war food administration will be present to give advice concern ing the cannery, .. 15 JAP VESSELS (Continued from Page One) - to penetrate allied positions around Myitkyina airdrome, captured last week. In New Guinea men of the sixth U. S. army crossed the Tor river and advanced against artillery and machinegun fire toward two airfields on Maffin bay. These, with the field on eaptured Wakde island nearby, would strengthen Gen. Douglas MacArthur's .position for fur ther advances toward the Phil ippines. Elsewhere over the immense stretches of the Pacific the war was all in the air. The current scope of air operations was out lined by Navy Secretary For restal, who said- that 2005 sorties were flown by navy commanded planes last week alone. Truk Battered Gen. MacArthur's filers hit Truk with 84 tons of bombs despite Interception by 40 fight ers, two of which were shot down in 'a" half -hour fight:-Also hit were target near Wewak, Kavieng, Talill bay and on Biak island in the Schouten west of Wakde. Central Pacific airmen bombed positions in the Kurile islands to the north of Japan. The bodies of 570 more Jap anese, testimony to the Ameri can hv.nnR.fntf taVint.fti wbmm found on Bougainville In the Solomons. Near Hollandla ' On New Guinea were found other I aeaa Japanese, victims of step vation and disease. . Worker Pleads Innocent to Drunk Guilty to Drunk Carl Sammls, 51-year-old con struction worker, entered a plea of guilty to the charge of drunk driving following his arrest at 11:30 p. nr. Wednesday on Alta mont drive by city merchant pa trol. . . Officers said Sammls was first noticed driving in the city limits and was pursued to the Altamont section before he was apprehend ed? He was given a $100 fine and 30 days in the city jail. .BOYS MORE LAND MARSHFIELD, May 25 (P) The Weyerhaeuser Timber com pany has bought an additional 47,000 acres of tlmberland In the Upper Coos river area, Rob ert Conklln, company representa tive, said today. The enmmnv uv.r1 uimI ago bought properties of the Coos oay gguig company ana plans an expanded program in the Coo Bay area, Conklln added. WEATHER Max. 68 Kufena ... Klamath Palls Lakevlew " North Band J7 Portland m Raddla j Bono in San Tranelaeo M Seattla .58 Mln. Precfp. 38 .00 84 .00 38 .00 44 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 . .00 CON. 1M1 BV li SfiWf taw T U mm U ' HT fW- t !' An .Am.lhlnn nl-a try Rim II loilfl n she's OUP class prophet 1 wish I hadn't snid those surcostic thing to her at the dnnce last week I" Market Quotations NEW YORK. Mar 23 6PV Tha Hock markst ran Into mora profit takln wrnr jiu . wmi. acaucrvQ ram ana in dustrial favorites out uo a successful defense, many leaders cdsed-lnto lower Closing quotaUons: American Can 88 Am Car Si Fdy , Am Tela ai Tel 130 Anaconda 2 Cat Tractor ; Commonwealth St Sou CurUi-Wrlfht General Kiectrto . General Motors Gt Nor Ry Dfd , Illinois Central Int Harvester Kennecott Lockheed Lona-Bell "A" . Montgomery Ward Nash-Kelv .-. N V Central Northern Paclflo Pae Gas St El Packard Motor Penna ft R Republic Steel - Richfield OU Safeway Stores Sears Roebuck Southern Pacific Standard Brands Sunshine Mining . Trans-America Union Oil Calif Union Pacific U a Steel . S . 3-4 . son . 3- , 13. 74 . 31 n . 10!. . 11 . A3 . l-U . li. . 181. . 33 . 4U . 30 . lot. , as . 48 J Warner Pictures lav, 108V, 0H4 IIVa Potatoes CHICAGO, May 23 (AP-WTA) Pota toes, arrivals M: on track 168: total U. 8. ihlpmenta 764; supplies ltnt de mand vary good axpecjally for Cali fornia stock: marks t firm and slightly stronger; California Long Whites U, S. No. 1, M. 40-60; Louisiana Bltss Triumphs U. S. No. 1, $4.13-30; Alabama Bliss Triumphs V. S. No. 1, 4.i9. LIVESTOCK PORTLAND, Ore., May 25 fAP-WrA, Salable cattle 100, total 123; salable calves 00, total 75. market fairly active fully steady on kinds available; few common-medium grass steers f 13.00; light cutter dairy type steer down to 98.90; common-medium belfers 0. 00-12. 50; good light heifers up to $14.00; car.ner-cutter cows 95.S0-7.23; shelly cows 93.00 down; fat dairy type cows 98.00-30; medium beef cows upward to $11.00; few common-medium bulls $8.00-0.75; good bulls Juotable to $11.00; good-choice vealen 13.00-18.00; odd head 916-50 Salable hogs 550, total 830; market active, steady to strong; extreme top 10 cents higher; bulk good-choice 180 270 lbs. 913.7.V, several choice lots 180 220 lbs. $13.90-14.00; 270-340 lbs. $11.00 12.00; light lights 910.00-11.00: good sows S. 00-30; light weights to 99.00; few cull good 57-09 lb. feeder pigs $0.00-8.00; choice above 100 lbs. quotable to 99.00. Salable sheep 200, total 300: few good choice spring lambs unsold held steady or around 915.00-00: large lot common medium 78 lb. shorn old crop lambs 910.00 to feeder buyer; good ewes In narrow demand salable around 93.50-4.00. The North Portland livestock market will be closed Memorial Day, Tuesday, May 30. 43 32 22 46 CHICAGO, May 23 fAP-WTA) Salable hogs 13.000; total 20,000; generally steady and very slow, good and choice 180-270 lbs. 913.75, the top; 280-300 lbs. 911.73 12.25, few big weights down to 911-25 and below; few good and choice 100-170 lbs. 912.00-13.00 and medium grade ISO 220 lbs. 9U.50-12.7S; good and choice 330-030 lb. Sows 910.60-83, choice light weights salable slightly above; approxi mately 20,000 hogs unsold, comprising mostly support cl-tsf. Salable cattle 5000; salable calves 600; general market leas active than Wednes day; good and choice fed steers and yearlings Including yearling heifers, slow, steady; common to medium grades 23 cents under early Wednesday; top steers 917.10; long yearlings 916.83; but 994 lb. choice to prime heifer yearlings brought 917.00; bulk fed steers $14.00 16.75; bulk heifers $13.00-15.30; most cows and lower grade heifers now show ing considerable grass; cows market weak. Instances 23 cents lower: bulls and veals ri steady; weighty sausage bulls to $13.23; heavy fat offerings to 913.30 and better; vealrra 91000 -town; stock rattle fullv 25 cents higher for week at 9U.70-U.3O. Salable cheep 3000; total tooo, no lambs sold early, generally asking stronger: load gctod and choice fed wooled Colorado lambs held above 91S.7ft these mates to 913.73 lbs. yesterday: five other lords Colorado lambs hold above 813.39; shorn ewes steady, three loads mixed medium choice 1 IP lbs, shorn California ewes No. 1 pelta 96-30, sorted 132 head cull and common aver age 94 lb. at 94.00. WHEAT CHICAGO. May 23 Wheat and oats futures were firm, rre wat strong and barley was weak In trading on the board of trade today. All grains eased following early gains resulting from short covering and commission house buying. Trading was active and market sentiment appeared mixed In view of recent sharp declines attributed to good crap proepects. Evident In the wheat pit was an In clination to see whether crop condi tions would continue good and whether the current caih demand will be sus tained in large volume. Shorts took offerings in rye and the market was responsive to buying orders. Wheat closed H to ie higher than yesterday's finish, July 91.61H. Oats were up to Ho, July. T6Ho. Rye was k to 1 cent higher, July 91-00-i, Barley was down t to I Vic, July $1.20. Courthouse Records Marrlagss DOWNS -ECHERD, James Newton Downs, 36, longer. Native of Oregon, resident of Molalla. Ore. Bessie Sara hana Echerd, 43, nurse. Native of Ore gon, resident of Molalla, Complaints nitd Bertha Snnsom versus James L. San son,. Suit for divorce, charge cruel and inhuman treatment. Couple married In Eugene, August 14, 1941. W. Lamar Townsend, attorney for plaintiff. Lottie Bedwell versus Edgar Bruce BedwelL Suit for divorce, charge de sertion. Couple married In Ershln, Can ada, October 16, 1020. Plaintiff asks custody of one minor child. U. 8. Balentlne, attorney for plaintiff. J tut Ire Conrl Leon Thomas Christy, No operator's licensee Fined 97. FUNERAL GLADTft M. B. I.OFOAHL Gladys M. E. Lofdahl. a resident of Klamath Palls for the last 13 years, passed away in this eity on Wednesday afternoon. May 24, 1044. The deceased was a native of Denver. Colo., and was aged 42 years. 8 months and 4 days. She Is survived by her husband. Herman L., Klamath Palls; three sons, Pvt. Herman N., !J. S. army, Camp Maxey, '"Mi rvi. vYi.uam u. a, army, uam Crowder. Mo. : Leftov J. of kla ma t vans; one nrotner, rrentis, Worrls, Wash.: one sister, Violet Forbes, Jules burg. Colo.; one grandchild. She was a member of the Lutheran church, presi dent of the Ladles Auxiliary Vrw, Pelican No. 1383, past president Di abled Veterans, chapter No. 12, Klamath Palls, sergeant Oregon Woman's Am bulance Corps. The remelns rest at Ward's Klamath Funeral Home, 923 High, where friends may call. The funeral service will take place at Ward's chapel on Friday evening, May 26 at 8 o'clock. The Rev. J, M. Langslet of the Klamath Lutheran church will of ficiate, assisted by Ladles Auxiliary VrW of Pelican Post 1383. The remains will be forwarded via S. P. comoany on Saturday morning to Denver, Colo., where services will be held at the Howard Mortuary. Friends are Invited. OBITUARY KOREET B. SPENCER w.r. a. opener, rcai.ni ox Klam ath county (or the last 11 years, passed away at his reildenc n Pelican city on Monday. May 22. 1944. The deceased was a native of Bridgeport, Conn., and wb. -ea a years, 11 months 'and 24 days when called. The remains rest at Words Klamath Funeral Hnm. o.a Hlfh. Funeral arranfementa will be an- iMjuiicca laier. Ask Lynn Roycroft Bow ts Cst On Most taurine. Protection it Lust Cost rA Gem of Thought From .delta's i . Thir wbi a young husband namtd Jack Who wok his wife, and said ha fait Ilka a snaek. Vary wall Bill, Try Vitamin Pill ' ' But cork tha bottla, bafo.a you coma back. f ; Lowest Vitamin Price AT IDELLA'S Ml tth' Lethlmgl-eyoo the full duJI on: tha -a1-Way complete pro. taction of the Homtketptr ' Plan. OREGON MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCB COMPANY LYNN ROYCROFT " 118 North Seventh Street Tfltfrinaf rata nf nnh I- ---o w wwa uVB lO suffered by tall, thin boys and girn Deiween we ages or 12 and 18, according to a study. Rom where I sit ... ly Joe Marsh Light Words are 'Grave' Words' There's a poster on the wall of Sam Abernathy's store that doesn't say much. It Just shows a cross, with a Yankee helmet on lt-and the caption: "Light iwords are 'grave words." It isn't hard to figure ont what that sign means. Ixose talk haa Aug a lot of grave... and dona lot of harm here at home too. And still you hear It. : You hear, for Instance, talk about our soldiers drinking and carousing around Army Camps. Of course, when you get the jacts there's not an atom of truth in It A U. S, Government survey found our soldiers were the soberest, the best behaved In hlstory-wlth most of them drinking nothing stronger than a moderate glass of beer. From where I sit, that kind of "loose tnlk" can do Jnst as mnch to undermine morale as any tumor that the Axis could in rant. And it's up to every one of ns to spike that kind of sabotage before it spreads. HOME FRONT AGENCY FUNDS GET APPROVAL By WILLIAM F. ARBOQAST WASHINGTON, Mny 25 (!) Strewing tho necessity of knop log tho nomo front Hues Intaut, the house appropriations com mittee today recommunded $1, 033,358,387 to flniinco 18 mis cellniiooiui wor ugtmctni for tho fiscal yoar Btrlim next July 1. Tho total was $1,788,909,17. below current y-nr funds for tlie major home-front aaonclcs and $.17,95,0flfl under budget estimates for next year. More than half of it, $930,380,000, was allotted to the war shipping ad ministration In tha bill sent to the house floor. The outstanding Increase over current yrnr appropriations was for the offlco of war informa tion, which, In.taad of Its cus tomary rebuko from the com mittee, won a pat on the back und a $20,402,803 boost In funds. The appropriations committee commended OWI for "making a vnluablo contribution to the war effort .... and In direct ulol to military operations." Kvon the domestic branch, which hut year was assailed sharply by tho com mittee and threatened with abol ition, won praise for "fulfilling an Important function as now organhted and conducted." Its action during the last ses sion, the commltteo commented, "has had a beneficial effect" that has resulted in "an Improved service from the offlco of war In formation on the homo front," Tho total In tha bill was $1, 785,909,178 below funds appro priated for the samo agencies for tho current year and $37,933,038 below budget estimates. The war shipping administra tion (WSA) was given the larg est allotment. $330,330,000, to recruit seamen, train them and to operate a merchant fleet ex pected to total 4209 vcols with an overall tonnage of 43,000.000 during the next your, an Increaso of 1070 ships over tho current active Inventory of ships and a tonnage boost of 12,089,000. Pointing with "patriotic pride" to the achievement record of the merchant marine, which In 1943 carried more than 38,000,000 tons of shipping from United States ports, the committee praised Admiral Emory S. Lund, maritime boss, and the merchant mariners and shore aides who have transported our armies and their supplies all over tho world. The war shipping administra tions 1044-45 allotment was $20, 000,000 below budget estimates. To help the office of war In formation carry on its far-flung propaganda program ranging from tho firing of safe-conduct passes to prospective German prisoners by long-range gun to the dropping of seeds by alrplano to Burmcso hcadhunters, the commltteo rocommended $38, 625,387, an Increase of $20,402. 863 over current year funds and a reduction of $3,704,633 from budget estimates. This amount, the committee said, compares with an estimated nasi propaganda expenditure of $340,000,000 annually. "Tha enemies wo are fighting In this war are past mastiirs In the employment of propaganda," tha commltteo commented, "They are still at it on u hroiiil scale, seeking to poison the minds of peoples In occupied and neutral countries as to the wur alms of the United Nations, tha alleged weaknesses and Impotence of tho democracies, and the might and ultimate success of tha so-called mastor races." Students to Bm Honored At Elk Dancing Party High school students of the Klamath basin, including Dorrls mid Tulaluke, ara to bo honored at tha annual Elks dunefng party to bo given Friday evening, May 26, In the F.Iks temple, Programs will be available for out of town students at tha Klks club the evening of ilia dance. MAW PROPOSED PORTLAND, May 28 (ZD Oregon democrats have proposod Gov. Horbert Muw of Utah as koynoter for tho democratic mi tlonal convention, i National committeemen and i Uio state central commltteo I lumm .t ton W deniocriitlo niiiJ", "'"mid Oft. "" lllllll, llw I 'K convontio- D,:nhn3 Tanc? Sat. Nite ':00 lo 1:00 Armory Baldy's Band and j Paul Swigorf: 7Ae June Bride Glides Gracefully Down the Aisle She looks lovely a symphony In whlto every detail Is perfection. Others to Choose From ?6 FOuLGERS 525 MAIN CcpyHehlil9U, Bmting InJuMry foundation I The light - hearted will TKA $) like this pert play shoe VT' with Its saucy details. 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