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r4 . Bv PAUL MALLON
IHANK jrNlUNS MALCOLM EPLKT
Sdllor Managing Kdltor
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Today's Roundup
By MALCOLM EPLEY
THE amazing story of potato production In tha
Klamath basin is best told by statistics dat
ing back to 20 years ago, wnen me era oi major
ft
SH
ft
potato development here was
just starting.
This year, shipments of po
tatoes from tha basin totaled
10,874 carloads, as will be
seen in a story elsewhere in
this paper. The value of the
crop was about $9,330,000.
In 1924-25, 37 carloads of
spuds left the basin for mar
ket, and the crop value was
st at $49,554. In 1934-35,
there were 5062 carloads of
potatoes shipped, and the crop ' EPLEY
value was $1,737,116. Compare that with this
year's more than 10,000 carloads and nearly
$10,000,000 In value.
Now for the statistics on shipments for the
30-year period:
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, Juno 14 The great en
thusiasm of the first day of the landing
In France made ensuing reports of tha first
week of the battle seem some
what disappointing.'
Most authorities would have
expected the penetration to bo
three or four times as deep
by now. The unexpected
strength of the German troops,
the extent of underwater mine
fields, and bad weather in the
channel can be offered as valid
explanations. The fighting, too,
has been as tough or tougher
than represented. But opti
mism on this side was certain
ly overplayed.
It may possibly be five more days before
the battle will have reached the point where
any authentic guesses can be made as to how
long the Job will take (adding three more days
to the original forecast published June 8 for
the three days of bad chanuel weather.)
MALLON
Developments Delayed
1924-25.
1025-26..
1926- 37
1927-28.
1928- 29...
1929- 30.-
1930-31...
1931- 32...
1932- 33.
1933- 34.
1934- 35.
J935-36.
1936- 37...
1937- 38
1938- 39...
1939- 40
1M0-4L-
1941-42.
1942-43...
1943-44...
27 carloads.
135
, 425
825
... 1100
. 1250
2020
2100
2065
3113
5062
4173
6698
7149
8776
7653
9839
7914
7389
.10,374
Plant For Thlt Year
IT APPEARS that production win again be
high in the coming season, unless reduced by
growing conditions. -
Because of some loss of onions early in the
season from wind and frost, some onion land
was converted quickly to potato land, and that
added several hundred acres to the area planted
this year to potatoes. .
The total for 1944-45 will probably be about
36,000 acres, and if per acre production runs
up to that of the past year, the total production
for the season will again set a new high.
CONCENTRATIONS of power on both the
landing and defensive sides always require
much more time than people generally expect.
After the North African landings, weeks passed
before the Important conflicts. On the Anxlo
beachhead in Italy, where no opposition was
offered to our landing, the battle did not de
velop until the eighth day.
The truly unexplained mystery of the attack
so far however, has been the almost total ab
sence of the German air force. No more than
100 nazi planes a day appeared over the battle
area In the first six days. The average was
30 to SO planes. We blackened the' skies the
first day with 11,000 planes, and it is no mili
tary secret that we have amassed forces which
will increase that figure. '
The long unanswered question of "Where Is
the German ajr force" is still unanswered. The
Germans have allowed odds of 110 to 1 against
them to prevail over the heads ot their troops.
a a
Shortage Unexplained v
THE deduction that Hitler is saving his planes
is natural, but does not explain the shortage
of reconnaissance planes In the channel when
our 4000 ships were plowing their way across
the first day. If he is saving the Luftwaffe,
It must be to meet a second invasion some
where on the coast, which General Eisenhower
constantly has threatened 'from day to day by
ship and plane maneuvers. How it can be any
more valuable to him then, than for the first
invasion, I cannot understand. In fact, I' am
beginning to doubt gravely If there is Luft
waffe in France, any more than there was one
in Italy.
Herr Goering's brave orders to it to fight to
the death as the attack opened, probably were
delivered to empty space. i
Down in Italy, their flight from Rome has
been accompanied by a collapse of German
morale beyond our fondest hopes. They had
plenty of time to prepare to get out, but even
so, their troops have been sharply cut up.
Their whole retreat has been disorderly, and
their remaining armies have lost cohesion. -
Plans For Alcohol
Plant Move Ahead
t SPRINGFIELD, June 14 (JP)
Plans for construction of the
Pacific northwest's first alcohol-from-wood-waste
plant moved
forward today under Clark Van
Fleet, newly- appointed mana
ger, and a former German in
dustrialist. JErwin Schacfer, head of the
Tornesch works in Germany be
fore Hitler rose to power, ar
rived here from Washington
where he is consultant in plans
for development of the nation's
Wood industry.
I "The biggest problem ahead
.'Of us now will be to set the
machinery built, and this is un
ci er way in Cincinnati," van
Fleet said. "Once the ' equip
ment is ready it will not take
very many weeks to erect the
plant and set up operation."
i TkA q Rnn Ann ,,ni h
directed by the Willamette Val-
jjcy wuuu jfuiiuauoii company.
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Five Killed When
Tank Collapses
! PASCO, Wash., June 14 tfp)
s lve workmen were killed and
two injured, one seriously, in
the collapse of a large storage
tank under construction at the
Aearby Hanford Engineer Works
raay.
The dead: Delbert A. Hickey.
Bartlesville, Okla., I. M. Scott,
Everett, J. C. Moore, Yakima,
Charles I. Brazeal, Sanford,
Tex., and C, A. Qualsett, Peters
burg, Neb. G. F. Scott, New
Plymouth, Ida., was in a serious
Condition with a crushed chest.
Less seriously hurt was T. J, Sit
ters, Harshorne, Okla.
J The underpinning holding the
Jinn couapsea aDOut H.-4U a. m.,
inning the men down,
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j CHURCH BUYS FARM
I MEDFORD, June 14 VP) A
4000-acre stock and hay ranch on
Little Butte creek has been
ought from Michael Hanley by
the Christ Church of The Golden
Rule, California organization,
i. The ranch, to be used as a
feeder farm to replenish Califor
nia dairies, will remain under
direction of Hanley.
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Classified Ads Bring Results
Sisters Forced to
Bow to Rising Sun
SOMEWHERE IN AUS
TRALIA, June 14 UP) Japa
nese captors of German Catho
lic Sisters made them bow each
morning to the rising sun, Sis
ter Matilda said here today on
her arrival from Dutch New
Guinea.
She and others were liberat
ed by American troops who in
vaded the Hollandia area. When
67-year-old Sister Christopha
failed to do so, a Japanese sol
dier struck her with a stick. -
Sister Christopha added that
one day the Japanese called for
volunteers among the German
Catholic priests to spy on Amer
ican and Australian troops near
Aiexisnaien, out got no otters,
Officials Plan
New River Bridge
PORTLAND, June 14 UP)
A new Columbia river bridge
located just above The Dalles,
Ore., was proposed today by
Oregon and Washington high
way officials.
Burwell Bantz, director of
Highways m Washington, and
R. H. Baldock, Oregon state
highway engineers, said in a
report based on studies of do-
tential inter-state traffic that
The Dalles site was the only
crossing justifying immediate
postwar consideration.
The interstate committee re
jected proposals to purchase
any present toll bridges, and
turned thumbs down on pro
posed bridges across the lower
Columbia.
A bridge at Umatilla would
be feasible if made a part of
Umatilla dam, the engineers
said.
TO BUILD HOSPITAL
SALEM, June 14 UP) Salem
Deaconess hospital directors an
nounced today they would
build a $500,000 five-story hos
pital as soon as materials can
be obtained. The building would
be across the street from the
present hospital.
PARR KILLED
PORTLAND June 14 lP
Jacob Parr, Portland shioyard
worker, was killed yesterday by
a mobile crane which ran over
him while he was at work.
Telling
The Editor
tettere prlntatf hara mat not be mat
than Ma erde In lnlh, muat ba writ
ten lag) lily on ONI SI 01 el the gaper
anltr, and muat a algrud. Contribution
following thaaa fulat, are wamaf Mf-
ASKS OPA RENT CONTROL
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., (To
the Editor) Do we need OPA
rent control in Klamath Falls?
It seems quite evident that we
An fni- tho frtllntlrlnff rMuini'
i am one of four tenants that
has recently had a raise in rent
of 171 per cent. Increased cost
of maintenance and taxes are
stated as the reasons.
Now it is Questionable in my
mind that property taxes and
cost of maintenance nave in
creased 17 i per cent.
Another reason we need OPA
rent control is the fact that we
civilians doing essential work for
the war effort, at ore-war wages.
have to compete with members
of the armed forces, who with
their government allotments for
rent, are willing to pay up to
$100 per month for places in
which to live. Ads of this nature
have appeared in your paper.
This is not Mended as a crack
at any member of the armed
forces, but proof, at least to me,
that we do need OPA rent con
trol in Klamath Falls.
I am wiring Daniel Gage, dis
trict OPA office, Bedell building,
Portland, Ore., in protest to these
conditions. Would advise all
renters who feel as I do to pro
test also.
Very truly yours,
ROY M. HAMMERS.
IS THERE A SHORTAGE?
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., (To
the Editor) For almost a year,
various government agencies
have been tell i 55 us that a seri
ous lumber shortage faced the
nation, and that if production
wasn't stepped up, it might seri
ously hamper the war effort, and
as a result, even though there is
SIDE GLANCES
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ecmwf. MO. f.
eowt tu tv at
a aw. u. a. nr.
"Love, mmrrcl nnd ninkc up some old stuff I Give me n
good old cowboy picture where anybody is liable (o get
1 shot any minutel"
a serious labor shortage, the men' be froze on the job, and will we
and women working in the lum
ber industry by working long
hours of overtime, have managed
to keep production almost nor
mal, but labor in the lumber in
dustry, instead of getting credit
for tins wonderful showing, and
their patriotic efforts, aro being
damned because they don't do
more.
Frankly, the writer Is begin
ning to wonder if there is a lum
ber shortage. All the contracts
our unions have with the opera
tors provide for one week's vaca
tion with pay. Last ycur, bo
cause of the war, and the sup-
fiosed lumber shortage, our un
on didn't take their, vacations,
they took the pay but continued
to work, and we started the same
program this year, but recently
the west coast lumber commis
sion of the war labor board mnde
a ruling that no one could take
the pay unless they took the va
cation, unless they got special
permission from the west coast
lumber commission. This we will
not do. If all the AFL unions
in the woods and mills of this
area take the week off, it will
mean the loss of approximately
50,000,000 feet of lumber this
year, and If the same program is
carried out all over the lumber
industry, as it seems likely It
will be, it means that the loss
will be very serious.
Last year, because of the
OPA's starvation program, many
hundreds of loggers left the
woods. This year the meat situ
ation is better, but now we have
some damn fool freeze orders,
and the first of July they- are to
be tightened up. Result, more
men are now leaving the woods
and there is no one to take their
place. If the war manpower
commission would freeze the
men to the lumber Industry and
stop, there would be a lot of men
in the woods and mills that are
not there now. The lumber
worker always has been a rov
ing character, and no law, or
rules of man can change this,
There is at this time a large num
ber of experienced loggers back
in the middle western and south
ern states that normally came
out here in the spring, and re
turned home in the fall. Many
of them did not come out this
spring. I have had many letters
from them, and almost every
camp I go into 1 am asked the
same question by someone who
has friends back there who
wrote to them, "If we come out
and work this summer, will we
YH NO
St ni Im ft ilnttimt
D -OB fttl hiatadiy after iithiKT O
Bini get sour wipsitia$llj?
ton. fill tini-Bstitts.
Nowevaryona knows that to g at tha good
out of tha food you t you mtut dlgett
it proparly. But what moat paopla don't
know ia that Nature muitproduea about
two pints of tha dlgaatlva julw tlvar
blla ach day to help digmt your food.
If Nature faua,yourfoodmayrrnanun
oUfaatad, lie sour and heavy within you.
Thus, It Is simple to sea that one way to
aid digMtlon 'la to Ineraare the flow of
llrer blla. Now, Carter b Little Liver Fflla
tart to inereaae tble flow quickly for
thousand!) often In as little u thirty
minute. When bile flow increaaea, your
digettion may Improve. And, toon you're
00 the road to feeling better whlchjg
what you're after.
Don't depend oa artificial aide to court
tenet indigestion when Carter", taken
as directed, aid digeation after Nature's
own order. Get Carter's Little Liver Pills
today only 264. You'U be glad you did.
r-A Gem of Thought From Idella's i
Two sailors shipwrecked on an island afar
. ' . Cased at each other and got quite a jar.
One growled at the other,
"What wui run lookin' for, brother
A week-end with Hedy LaMar?"
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be able to get gas to go home
next tun?" x tia present rules
of the war manpower commis
sion docs freeze them on tlio Job.
and the OPA says they can't havo
gas to go home. The result Is,
these men aro staying home.
Most of thorn own (arms on
which they muka u baro living,
and thcro is no law or rule that
can bo passed that will ninko
these men leavo these farms.
even though they are not contrib
uting much to the wur effort,
they would bo If they were work
ing in the logging camps. This
matter has been called to the at'
tention of the war manpower
commission, but instead of chang
ing their orders so these men
could go home this fall when the
camps close down for the win
ter, they era sending men to re
cruit them, and the only result
will be that someone will have a
nice trip, probably several some-
ones, and spend a lot o( money,
and do no good.
The plain facts are, that the
lumber industry is in a mc.is. The
men and women working in it
have been lied to so much by
various government Hitlerized
bureaus, and in some Instances
by the men they work for, until
many of them aro confused and
don't know what the answer Is.
An example, not long ago high
officials ot the OPA stated, that
living costs, especially food costs,
were lower than Inst year, even
though a survey of 781 industries
shows that profits for 1943 In
creased after taxes, on clothing
107.3 per cent, canned and frozen
foods 148.6 per cent, meat prod
ucts 193.4 per cent, department
stores 00 per cent and so on.
The lumber Industry has a
very large overdose bureau
acracy, and is sadly In need nf
some one in authority using a lit
tle horse sense.
We ot the Lumber and Saw
mill Workers union, AFL, of this
area, are very proud of the fact,
that even though the cause was
just, we had no strikes, nor did
a single one of our unions call a
meeting to take a strike vote.
W. YEOMAN .
Classified ads get results.
From Other
Editors
THE CAMP HEWS
(Uimil Uullutlii)
Tim news thut nil UoikI luut
known about for Out past wook
but which could not bo printed
without an official release was
announced from tho hetitlquiir
tcrs of tho ninth service com
iiiuihI ut Kort Douglas yeslordny.
The onglnucr personnel of Camp
Abbot Is to be transferred to Kort
Lewis ami engineer training at
Abbot is to ba dlmintlnuvU.
N Nothing . but Out baio an
nmmcemJiit has yet been miule.
No reasons fur or explanation of
tho clumHo havo been given out.
It is understood, however, tliat
tho iirmy training urogram lias
pusscd tho peak 11 ml that camps
are being cl isml or are operating
with greatly reduced personnel.
Lewis Is siiltl to bo one of these
on a reduced basis and being a
fort, or permanent, rather than
a camp, which is temporury, It
muy t that it Is a better set up
for groups sue h us the engineers.
In saying thin, wo refer more
particularly to housing. Abbot,
all tho well-lnformdd agree, has
uncqtmlled facilities for engineer
training Including those that na
ture provided and those utltletl In
the past I'i months. Some of
these may ba duplicated at Lewis
but It will take time. It will take
time, too to rebuild the splendid
spirit and morale that have been
achieved ut Abbot under Col.
Benson's command and hound to
be affected by this sudden and
unexpected change.
Though knowledge of the rea
sons for Uiu change is lacking,
und here and there the selfish
are Inclined to grumble, their at
titude is wrung. Until tho con
trary is shown, this action, witli
respect to Abbot and the engi
neers is to be accepted as a step
toward winning the wur. That
is the goal of all of us. Dollar
patriots who sec the engineers
leave Abbot with ri-urrl because
of the pocketbook effect are poor
Americans.
The regret that Is properly
felt and felt by all but a small
minority Is ovor the departure
of a group with which wo have
had such pleasant-' relations.
There are few, If any, towns that
havo enjoyed bettor relations
with a nearby army camp than
Bend has enjoyed with Camp Ab
bot and its personnel Fiend has
given Its utmost In tho USO, the
Red Cross camp and hospital
committee, and In various other
activities. The camp In turn has
responded with its contributions
to undertakings of many sorts.
Friendships have developed
based on mutual appreciation
and rcspoct.
How much longer our friends
will be with us does not yet ap
pear. Whenever they go and
wherever they go wo wish them
well.
Silver Tea Set
For Merrill
MERRILL Water lilies In
tho garden at tho Hugh O'Coiv
nor homo aro exported to be at
their best on June 20, when
Ihe Altar society of St. Augus
tine's church will entertain at
a sllvor too which will be open
to the public. Tho garden,
which fs cared for by Mrs.
O'Connor and her three attrac
tive daughters. Is one of the
rcenlc spots of the Merrill com
munity and has been the bock
ground for a number of social
events In tho pant few years.
A musical program is planned
for the event.
YOUR FLAG
ItJY folds unfurl into Ilia breeze
m Yur in it. ;mi1J,lv
Plays with tho flminllng wlnd, umn
llur colors, wave on wave of rod (llld wH
Heavenly bluo, n whlt nj
Are spread.
A slmplo standard on a slnKu, ,tu(
My stripes of red are dreiivlied
In tho blood of Inspired men Mml ., ,
Who have lost (heir lives ol, , " 1 v"
That 1 might wave on high rM'
Above the homes of tho bruve llm ,
Unquestioning have my pu!tiuti
Followed those principles for wliki, i
80 thai their wive, and loved , L
And poople all over this glul.nl world
Might llvo as free men should.
Freedom from want and freed,,,,, ,rom .
rreedom of speech, and freedom ol
Tho blood of those patriots ' 01 w"lUp,
Has not boon spilt In vnln.
My stripes of red
Immortallio thnlr courage
And their sacrifices, '
My alternate stripes of slmplo wim.
Signify the purity of principle
And of purpose, of tho government
Of the people, by the pe,.pk.. , ,ur
Whom I serve as a symbol of freedom
And Justice.
Over tho face of tha world.
In the deep blue of my slurry field,
Is reflected the canopy of tlie Heavens
Which embraces all the world st sleep,
IN that dark field of night, tlia itari
Little candles of a burning hope,
Olvo promise of the light Hint never dlnu.
That lights the wanderor's way,
And leads him home to shores 0f hone
And lands not torn will, treucharv. '
Each star a promise that
Light and Truth and Justira
Will reach Into tho gloom
Of Treachery and Ignorance
And shine Into their darkest corners
Of tinbellef.
Each star a Truth that wilt dlnpel
Fear and Intolerance, nttd make to ihlns
The light of Uiulorstuiullug.
I fly aloft from mighty btilUlliigs
In teeming cities,
And amongst the smoke
Of Industry.
My colors know tho taata
Of salt sea air, and Ihriils
Tho wanderer In a foreign liuul.
I stand for elf that you poncu,
Or ever hope to have.
My folds unfurled In any breete
Might well create
A tingling feeling up nnd down your spine
I am the red of dawn and hope, ,
And opportunity,
I am the white ot day aud pence
And sweet tranquility.
I am the blue of unity
And ot harmony and promise.
i nm youh ruo.
ARTHUR L, ANDKRSON,
1st Lt. Hdqtrg Co. 1
10th Battalion
Oregon State Guard.
Contrary to a popular belief. I
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over a rope.
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II South 8th St,
Phone 6669