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fL . against occupying a safe berth while he saw
hundreds going overseas.
So he volunteered for combat duty, lost his
corporal rating, started from scratch as a buck
private, took training in machine gunnery,
survived Bougainville and Guam, and paid with
his life on Iwo Jima. .--::r
This is one of hundreds of such stories that
could be told about Klamath men who have
fought our battles for us--the men who re
ceived such high ;praise here last week from
Major General Julian Smith when he said:
: "We are winning this war because we brought
up boys that had the courage and the ability
to out-fight the enemy."
Today's Roundup
By MALCOLM EPLEV
-THERE'S an untold story behind each of those
Tasualty pictures that appear with such
' .DiorHv on the front page of
neart-reuuwft .
this newspaper.
Sometimes, we learn some
thing of one of those stones,
later, as in the case today In
connection with the death of
Milton M. Rhoads on Iwo
Jim"-' .. . , , j
From Art Benedict, a friend
of Rhoads, comes background
information that shows that
while Milton Rhoads gave his
life on March 2, 1945, to all
ha really Rave it
two and one-half years before. EPLEY
" He had a safe job in. the .office, at a marine
base In California. "A corporal,' he enjoyed
putting to use "the office training he received
at Klamath hieh school. But, Mr. Benedict
tells us. he had a -conscience that militated
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That Oakland Pier ' ,V"
THIS department's criticism of conditions at
the Espee's station on Oakland pier a couple of
months ago did not escape the hawk eye of the
railroad's head office at San Francisco.
: From J. W. Corbett, general manager, we
have a letter stating he has read our account
of the lack of facilities at . the pier , for the
many passengers we saw one night in January
when we were stalled there' for several hours
awaiting the Klamath train. !
: He pleasantly calls it "constructive criticism"
and states that studies aimed at improving the
situation were undertaken several months ago.
"We delayed writing you pending final ap.
proval, which now has been given plans to
relocate and greatly improve waiting room
f . ..as lor both men and women, and provide
a larger 'baby nursery' for mothers traveling
with children," he wrote. "As soon as the war
production board approves the availability of
necessary materials, construction will begin."
In our January column, we panned the Oak
land pier, but gave the Southern Pacific's
"Daylight" train an accolade. Mr. Corbett says
the Espee is "exceedingly proud of trains of
this type, which provide, the kind of coach ac
commodations we have in mind for greater use
in the postwar era."
All of that is good news. We're looking for
ward to seeing ultra-modern trains rolling
through Klamath Tails on the Espee's main line
when the war is over.
Publicity Shot
PROMOTERS of publicity pictures for various
.organizations and causes are urged to- study
the picture of Vernon Moore, United Nations
c6thtag drive chairman, on the front page of
last night's paper. There was - attentton-com-pulsion
and punch in that view ot Moore taking
off his shirt as symbolic of the appeal to Klan
ath people to give to the clothing campaign.
Ideas like that are newsworthy and really do
something for a campaign.
There are far too many pictures of somebody
handing a check to somebody else. And too
many of Just a bunch of guys standing up in
front of the camera. Stunt pictures can be
overdone, too, but a shot that dramatically
illustrates an Idea is always to be preferred to
one of the dead pan variety. '.--
Speaking of organization publicity, serapbook
makers are the source of a problem for the
newspapers. A lot of stuff is unrnH nm-m tu.
paper, not because of the value it is at newt
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WASHINGTON, April o -lot
more than they would allow news
men to publish about the developing Russian
attitude on peace.
With difficulty, some curbed a full expression
of their views. I do not mean just the isolation
senators. If any are left, but the strongest
advocates of world cooperation, indeed the sen
ate in general, if not in unanimity.
The commonest conclusion is that Russia s
now publicly backing down on the proposals
for a new world order.- The point which upset
most of the senators was the announcement
from the White House that Russia and the
United States were to have three votes and
Britain six in the large assembly of nations
which will number 46 to perhaps S5.
Senator Vandenberg's heavily-restrained state
ment was based on a thought he did not press
fully, namely that the smaller nations would
lose confidence if the large nations started
vote-grabbing.
Their confidence in some instances has been
running a little short of enthusiastic since the
setup was announced, allowing the council of
the large nations atop the assembly to decide
all important issues, with the assembly only
making recommendations.
How Will They Divide?
PERHAPS another point likely to prove more
important eventually is how these smaller
nations are likely to divide in any conflict of
interests arising between conference-shy Russia,
Britain and the United States. An accurate
count could not be made, not even by those
state department insiders who could guess the
preferences of every government established and
to be established everywhere in the world.
The Russians seem by their actions to suspect
we will control the 21 Latin American re
publics, but on the final showdown, who can
say how they would go? Anyone can see and
say that Russia is getting a varying degree of
control over Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania,
: Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, the Balkans and the rest
of Europe.
Indeed, , some senators, joking in the cloak
room, have observed that it looks like Mr,
Roosevelt might have meant, a few years back,
that we have a permanent frontier on the
Rhine as the Russians seem bent on moving
their sphere of influence practically up to where
. Hitler had his.
But there are communist elements in many
Latin nations, and British, Dutch and French
influence in others. A critical test on a point
of straight cleavage might leave the vote very
close. . . . - ,
Certainly the mere raising of the Issue of
vote-boosting in the assembly is bound to focus
attention on the influence of the large nations
over the small from now oh. To me, however,
this is a secondary matter to the action of
Russia in declining to send a minister of the
rank of the other powers to the San Francisco
conference. .
Skeptical
THE Soviet Ambassador Gromyko, who will
go. in place of Foreign Minister Molotov,
said his choice did not mean Russia had de
cided not to take the conference seriously, but
frankly no one I have found here believes his
denial. How could they!
: To diplomat, the choice of a man of
smaller rank to deal with one higher, is a polite
or at least indirect insult. The president, had
to go to Yalta to see Stalin, but Stalin sends
an ambasador to conclude the final peace ar
rangements, at a conference which Mr, Roose
velt and Mrs. Roosevelt announced they would
attend. .j j , ' ..
But you may have, noticed the announce
ment of the three votes for us as well as three
. for Russia came a few hours after Russia an
nounced it was sending Gromyko, although the
decision had been made on that weeks before.
It seemed, almost; like. Mr. Roosevelt's subtle
answer of some kind.
- We are taking three votes for' no other
rcaton than that Russia Is taking three, as we
do not even pretend that any subdivision of
our country requires the additional votes, as
Russia did ,when she divided her country into
18 autonomous republics suspiciously and then
demanded. 18 vote. .
Now senators mav feel thv
things aloud because official attention oould be
shortage, that's VERY bad. " " rT. nSSSSJ9 "
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city msm
fi E- ,U. Hambrlck, oity reerea.
& H r9?al , director, submitted the
f: j following six week's report, cov.
h- SrP period of time from
I ill T?bTunX 16 t0 Marh 3i to
r ayor Ed Ostendorf today.
H .Interviews, 108; conferences,
m- 28; committee meetings. 8; night
meetings,. 8; juvenile club .meet
'.. ings at night. 17; Sunday chap.
ill p activities, 8; speeches, 7:
Judge at sports contest at high
Yf school; repaired 11 pieces of
i; equipment at juvenile club; let
.1 written, 25; cards and club
; notices mailed, 301.
namoricK also advised that
the summer activity program
was shaping up nicely, and a 25
per cent increase in victory bas
ketball activity.
Northwest Pea
Crop May Be Used
WASHINGTON. Anril a im,.
The huge pea crop produced in
tie northwest mav ho caileH ,-,.
m to supply protein deficiencies
sources, the size of the current
surplus it has bean estimated
at from 7,000,000 to 14.000.000
bagsand how It can be utilized
by the various agencies who
tooted8 in th? natin
rom Socramonto Martin
Biote and Mrs. Margaret Feast
frorn the Sacramento office of
the bureau of reclamation were
in town Monday and Tuesday on
business with the Klamath proj.
Business in Portland John B.
Ebineer returned Tuesday morn:
Portland bmlne trip to
rr
f, ti :aused by the reduced meat sup-
i " r'fs in Jh,e, opinion of Rep.
i "! iolmes (R-Wash.)
l-j ooimes toid a reporter that, as
i t . I member of the house special
; h nod committee, he is endeavor
i; . g to learn from authentic
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PELICAN THEATRE
Oregon Writer'i
Story to Appear
In O'Henry Book
PORTLAND, April 3 VP)A
short story of early western
ws6" wHiian oy pen Hur
wfiiyiiiwi, associate eqltor of the
Qregonlan, hgi been chosen for
publication in the 1845 O. Henry
short story annual.
rJW!i "ola B.M Bent to
P"??,' J.' P'viously appeared
in Atlantic monthly. Lamoman
sno learned that ell Hearst
newspapers will reprint his Ore.
f V5tor iWher . Bury
.E?.B.'J reprinted In
ELKS
BIRTHDAY DINNER
Thursday April 5 6:30 P. M.
Members Having Birthdays In
FEBRUARY and MARCH
Will Be Special Guests
the Usual Small Charge to Others
Lodge at 8:00 P. M.
INSTALLATION of OFFICERS
SIDE GLANCES
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"Wilbur is so moodv lulcly. since lie wrote all those Id
ler lo the editor explaining Pacific slralcpy and General
March Upholds Tradition
By Bowing Out Like Lamb
The month of March, which
howled' and wept between
glimpses of the sun, went out
like a lamb, with the highest
temperature recorded for the
month on Friday, March 30 at
67 degrees. It was up to 48 on
Saturday, March 31.
March, 1945, had the coldest
mean monthly temperature for
the same month since 1938. The
mean for - March this year was
37.3 degrees above zero. The
average mean monthly tempera
ture for March, computed for a
period of 40 years- is 39.6 de
grees above zero or 2.1 degrees
Ti
The Apostolic Faith, 228 N.
8th.. will open a Post-Easter
Evangelistic campaign Sunday,
April 8, Rev. Dave-McCollum,
pastor, announced today.
The - campaign will be in
charge of Reverend R. Robert
Crawford, general overseer
from Portland, assisted by the
Reverend Allen L. Crabtree of
San Francisco, Mrs. Crawford
and a group of workers and mu
sicians from Portland and Med-fordi
- The Apostolic Faith's attrac
tive rocK ana stucco building at
228 N. 8th was dedicated on
April 24, 1938. Hie unique house
of worship, built of Klamath
county's, 'precious stones"
agate -rock, red cinder rock,
glass from glass mountain, with
Ashland granite at the corners,
is regarded as one of the beautl.
ful rock effects to be found In
the state.
Rev. Crawford is well-known
in Klamath Falls, having carried-
on evangelistic campaigns
here at various times since the
work was established. Rev.
Crabtree has assisted In revival
campaigns In the midwest the
p'ast winter and has only recent
ly returned, to- San Francisco
after special meetings at Dallas,
Ore.
higher than the mean for March
tills year.
The lowest temperature was
recorded March 24 at 18 degrees.
There were 26 days during the
month when the minimum tem
perature recorded was 32 de
grees or lower. The average
minimum for the month was
27.4, and . average maximum
47.8.
The month produced only
three days which wcro recorded
as clear, while there were 13
partly cloudy and 15 cloudy
days. .
Precipitation for the month
totaled 0.92 inches or the heavi
est for the month since 1940.
However, this Is 0.24 inches be
low the average precipitation
for March based on a period of
54 years.
At tho close of the month,
the available storage in Upper
Klamath lake was 307,000 ac.
ft. Clear lake reservoir, 284,180
ac. ft.; Gerbcr reservoir, 59,600
ac. ft. The total increase in
available storage in all reservoirs
for the month was 75,252 ac. ft.
The amount of storage in tho
reservoirs insures an ample sup
ply for .irrigation purposes dur
ing the; coming season.
Klamath Woman .
4-H Club Leader -:
Mrs. Harry Mcssner, Summers
lane, has been announced bv the
Oregon State college, as one of
me outstanding leaders of the
poultry club of 4-H in the state.
The selection was made by
state 4-H leader H. C. Seymour
at the request of Pacific Poul-
tryman magazine published in
Seattle. .
Mrs. Messner has been a load.
er in poultry and rabbit clubs at
Altamont junior high school
during the past year. She will
be in charge of 4-H cluba this
year.
Cold Prepantttong as directed.
TOMORROW
NIGHT
Opt of America's Outstanding Attraction
AND HER
ALL AMERICAN GIRL
Orchestra
m
Panelng TI! 11:45 Doors Opn 7:30
Gorgeous
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PERFECT SHIPPING
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Socking to reduce tragic war
time wusio in dainugo or loss to
freight In transit, which lust
year ronched an estimated $80,
000,000 in the United Stutes,
shippers in the western states
will Join In support of the ninth
annual cumputgn of tho reglonul
shippers advisory board for
"perfect shipping" throughout
tho nution during April.
According to E. W. Powers,
superintendent of freight protec
tion for Southern Pacific, tno
purpose of the campaign, which
also Is being sponsored by tho
Association of American Rail
roads, will bo to Intensify inter
est in improved packing, load
ing and handling of freight.
"Everything accomplished in
that respect Is a contribution to
the war effort," he said.
Powers pointed out that the
$60,000,000 estimated loss was
up 30 per cent from 104:1. He
went on to sny that loss and dam
aga to freight ruprcsonls nn
economic waslo through the do
siructlon of scarce materials,
and any corrections that can be
accomplished will be to the ad
vantage of the entire nation.
California Solons ,
Receive Testimony
On State Insurance
WASHINGTON, April 3 ,7')
Tho supremo court refused Mon
day i to review conviction of
seven men accused of violating
the federal nntl-racketeoring uct
In a mllllon-dollnr shakedown of
the movio industry.
The group was convicted of
exortlnx larxo sums from vari
ous leading firms In the industry,
among them Loews, I'ttrnmount,
Twentieth-Century and Warner
brothers. The second federal
circuit court in New York City
upheld the convictions.
Louis Compagnna, Paul de
Lucia, Phil D'Amlrea. Charles
Gicc, John Rossolli and Francis
Maritote wore fined $10,000
each and sentenced to 10 years'
Imprisonment. Louis Kaufman
was sentenced to seven years
and fined $10,000.
Marine Barracks
Nurse Promoted
Navy Nurse Helen Patricia
McCoy, on duty at the Marine
Barracks, hos been promoted to
the rank of lieutenant (jg).
Lt. McCoy serves on the staff
of Cmdr. L. T. Coggcshnll, one
of the world's foremost authori
ties on tropical diseases, now on
leave from the University of
Michigan.
Her patients include marine
veterans of tho Pacific theater of
war, many of whom are suffer
ing from recurrences of tropical
ailments,
WATCH IT ADOLr
SALT LAKE CITY, April 3
fH) Utah's last Civil war veter
an, Ira Stormes, became 99 to.
day, and has this to say about the
war: ,
"All I know," Stormes replied,
"is that man was not put on
earth to be shot at. Hitler
would last Just hnlf a second it
I could get a bond on him with
my old muzzle loader."
The War
At a Glance
By The Associated Press
The Western Fronti British
and Canadian sheared toward
Zuldor Zoe, threatening entrap
ment of Gorman army uroun H
Ruhr trap complete, first and
ninth American armies nresned
in; two-thirds of Muenstor
cleared, Bremen and Hannover
menaced from oo miles away;
third army continued drive lo
cut relch In two; seventh army
menaced Nuernberg; French
widened Rhine brtdguheid.
The Russian Frontt Two soviet
armies drove on Vienna, pene
trated Wiener Neustadt, Bratis
lava and Semmerlna Pass In
Austrian Alps, 32 miles Inside
country; Hitler sent personal
bodyguard lo moholtze Aiutrlnn
cunltnl: Red armv troona ad
vanrrd on broad front In Slo
vakia.
The Italian Fronti British
eighth army troops lunded be
hind Urrinun lines bolwron vnm
Dl Comucclilo and the Adriatic,
capturing 200 prisoners.
The Pacific Fronti Americana
reached east shorn of Okinawa,
almost ten days ahead of sched
ule, bisecting island In two days
axalnst slight resistance: encir
clement of enemy In southern
Luzon virtually completed by
American lauding at Lrgnspl
hnrbnr on southeastern tip of
island.
Ashley Heads
Kiwanii Program
John Ashley Is thn chairman
of tho program committee at the
meeting of the Kiwunis club on
Thursday, April 5. A group
from the speech training class at
Klamath Orion high scnool, un
der the direction of Walter
Eschebcck, will discuss ques
tion of Intorest today.
It was announced that the local
Klwanls club had received a di
vision roport from Lt. Gov.
Ernest Parker for the month of
SACRAMENTO, April S (PI I
Legislative attention ngnlrl
cantered un state health Insur
ance today, with committee hoar
ings scheduled In both nouses,
At a morning session, the mr j
ato governmental efficient: '
committee receives the tetlmnn
of Dr. Nathan Mlnnl, Mlchlgn
unlvernlty health executive nn
consultant to several voluntar !
group health Insurance plans, u,j
advocacy of Governor Warrcn'i"
compulsory plan.
At an evening moutlng the
aoiubly health committed will
listen to proponents of the Cull
furnla Medical association and
to proponents and opponents of
various pending bills ullier thou
thoio championed oy inn im.
ministration and the CIO,
spectlvoly, which were heard
week iio.
Chairman Kraft of the lowir iprll
homo group indicated still si rani
dltlonal time may be required ht I th'
fore hi committee completes lit rr
inquiry.
Reduced Interest payable by IjSJ
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lid- (! li
d I1
rvr
cliuio loans
senate and
v voted by tin
the measure wi iT
day, ;S
The ennti rejected a propo-s! jmjj
to give veterans under tho age ol ow
21 right to enter into legal con- art
tracts. (rub
There appeared little llkel. ten
hood of an early decision on th IJjlec
question of continuing 1043 tan c I
rule reductions for another two )on
years. kill,
Axuemhty democrats mi- (nd.
nnunced at tho conclusion of I -cnui'iis
Unit they will desire to i.D
clear the bmlget and other fl-a pbl
matters before voting on th 'Wi
taxutlon Issue. uB
. arc
February, stating that this of Li
? ionization was outstanding due onl
ng this month for commit! J Ei
meetings and attendance. 1th
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