rWO HERALD AND NEWS J
ICKES HOPEFUL
OF TOLERANCE
TOWARD NISEI
WASHINGTON, April 4 (P)
Interior Secretary Ickes ex
pressed confidence today that
flie people of the west would not
long tolerate any campaigns of
"economic greed and ruthless
racial persecution" against Japanese-Americans
seeking to re
turn to their former homes.
Ickes reiterated, however, In
a letter to C. C. Schneider of
Gresham, Ore., secretary of the
Oregon Property Owners Pro
tective league, that the war re
location authority is encouraging
tne displaced dapaneiervrnern:uH
opulation to locate eisewnere.
'he. letter nisi made rjubllc .by
Senator Cordon (R-Ore!)
All Japanese and Japanese
Americans were removed from
the Pacific military zone shortly
alter the Pearl Harbor attack.
The order was revoked a. few
months ago.
As to those who own nronerty
In the west, Ickes said he be
lieves the government "owes
the unmistakable obligation" to
aid them in becoming reestab
lished wherever tney cnoose to
settle.
"To Ignore or- repudiate this
obligation," he wrote, "would be
not only inhumane but morally
oucnsive in me eyes oi aemo-cratic-minded
peoples through
out the world.
"For this reason, I have been
firofoundly disturbed by the ac
ivlties of certain unprincipled
groups in Oregon, Washington
and California which are seek
ing, by illegal means to nullify
said
Our doctor sura gav. ul a good tip when he told u to get Borden's
Evaporated Milk for little Jill. It's irradiated with Vitamin D to help ..
her grow nice teeth and bones, And it's homogenizad for easy
digesting, you know!
an4 goUg What
L. if
Borden's Evaporated is to rteh
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be poured into coffee! And It makes coffee taste plain wonderful!
Borden's really brings 6ut the full, deep, rich coffee flavor. Try itl
And try Borden's in your cooking, too-makes super soupi!
IrradlaM with Vitamin D
Home.enlied ree,ulikerv
IgtMlngt
KU Ul fill! I ' 3M I Willi . H I C- l"VITAI I
..Wednesday, April 4, 1948
.i jBAtafnn nf the war depart
ment and prevent the return of
tne evacuut--a w &,m.
homes when they want to . re-
"I realize that these groups
represent only a small minority
of the population of your state
and of the other coastal states,
but their campaigns of undis
guised economic Rieuu aim ruiu
iA ,Mimul nnrspnilinn. - have
icoa ......... f . ,
shocked and outraged good
Americans in every section of
the nation, i am connaem mai
their plans and stratcsems will
not long be tolerated bv the
straight-thinking and fundamen
tally decent people in uie uirue
Pacific states."
Taverns to Close
For V-E Day In City
All taverns inside the city
limits of Klamath Falls have
unanimously agreed to close
down for 48 hours immediately
after V-day in Europe, according
to Mayor Ed Ostendorf.
The police department here
pointed out that this cannot be
enforced as a law, but is purely
a voluntary matter. The closing
is intended to eliminate undue
celebration of the culmination of
the war with Germany, Osten
dorf said.
Plywood Company ;
Lets Contract
ROSEBURG, April 4 (P)
Umpqua Plywood company is
letting contracts for construc
tion of its plant at Shady Point,
five miles south of Roseburg,
two officials announced. -
Loren Hougen, president, and
Thomas T. Clark, vice president,
have been associated with the
Peninsula Plywood company in
Washington.
. The plant will be equipped to
produce about 3,000,000. surface
feet of Plywood daily, starting
in October or November. Timber
holdings are on the North-Umpqua,
25 miles east of Roseburg.
Doc...
oes for coffee !
Elks Discontinue Officers'
Club; Ruler Explains
Jack Linman, exalted ruler of
the Elks lodge, issued a state
ment today explaining the Elks
discontinuance of sponsorship of
a commissioned officers' club
here.
Linman's statement follows:
"It was with much regret that
the Elks lodge decided to dis
continue the operation of the Of.
fleers' club next to the Willard
hotel.
"Early in 1944 the lodge fur
nished the room and has operat-
Flashes of
Life
BETTER THAN A PINUP 1
HAMILTON, N. Y.. April 4
UP) She was something to write
home about. '
"I saw my first white girl in
six months today," a Hamilton
serviceman wrote from the Pa
cific. "She was a nurse pacing
the deck of a hospital ship and
I could see her through a pair
of binoculars."
" ' SMALL HAUL
BENOIT, Miss., April 4 (P)
The robber or robbers who broke
into the bank of Benoit over
the weekend apparently didn't
smoke.
W. W. Rothchild, cashier, dis
closed 42 pennies were taken
but a carton of cigarettes was
ignored. , , ,
WINDFALL
JAMESTOWN, N. Y., April 4
UP) Chautauqua Lakeshore res
idents picked fish off their
lawns after a windstorm that
sent waves over a breakwater.
'
POWERFUL EGGS
MILES CITY, Mont., April 4
UP) Former Deputy Sheriff
Jimmy Anderson, now serving
with the army in the Marianas
islands, wrote friends that while
on a patrol he came upon a hen
sitting on a nest.
"The nest contained one egg
and one hand grenade," he said.
"I don't know whether she
hatched either of them."
ENOUGH
ST. LOUIS, April 4 UP) A
ward worker was conducting a
telephone campaign to get out
the vote in today's city election
when she met with this point
blank refusal:
I am not going to vote because
I think St. Louis has entirely
too many elections. I used to
live in California and there we
did all our voting in one day..
It was the third election in St.
Louis in five weeks,
MONEY TO BURN
SEATTLE, April 4 (?) Wil
liam Powell of Seattle was so
amazed when he saw a man tos
sing money into the streets he
called the police.
Two officers arrived : post
haste and picked up one $10 bill,
a $3 and five ones. But the
money sower had vanished.
1944 Basis Slated
For Grocers' Sales
Retail grocers must now use
the year 1844 instead of 1943 as
the basis .for . figuring annual
gross sales, OPA said today.
If a store is now in a different
group, from the one it was in be
fore, the local war price and ra
tioning board should have been
contacted by March 29, 1945, for
other ceiling prices. If this con
tact has not already been made,
It should be made without fur
ther delay. -
OPA trade bulletins are being
mailed with detailed instruc
tions, but any grocery retailer
failing to receive one should call
at the local board for the bulle
tin. WEATHER
Tuaidar. April I, 1013
Max, Mln.
Eugene 58 32
Klamath Falls 47 20
Sacramento 65 :I4
Prtcio
loo
.00
norm tseno. .. 51
.00
Trace
.00
.00
.02
.00
roruana
. 38
, 15
. 38
42
28
Reno
.11
San Francisco 61
etcimie ............ 55
Mediord 58
Northern California Clear In south
nil partly cloudy In north portions to-
mj, .ulna..., mu inursaay. pew StlOW-
eri in extreme north portion Thursday,
Oregon Cloudy with occasional lljht
rain In northwest, portion and on coast
u.t. lomgni ana
Thursday. Lleht snow In mountains.
ouaniiy. warmer east of Cascades today,
cooler west of Cascades.
SHE CAME FROM A WORLD WITHOUT MEN
iniu Hid WOULD OF MEN ...
Thabtoutlful slor
1 n - American
Captain and a girl,
from a cloister
' ha thoitd a dot'
. In. adventure bav
hind rht German
rone.,,
.than - whlipered
thawardl an every
- !latllieorl4 lips
today..,
iff? ii,-tij j
(t'f 1 4W-
ed the place as a club for com
missioned officers of all the mil
itary services. , ,
"With the ever-growing short
age of competent help for opera
tion and management, It has be-
MnmA nhuclr-nliv imnnssible to
operate the club as an Elks
sponsored project, ana uie dud
practical solution was for the
Elks to discontinue their spon
crirchin
"It is apparent that the club
will be missed more by the
young squadron ouicers irtuii-
Mm ,mirnl air rnrinn than
nu ntlir-r m-nnn and. it is hODed.
that the Elks may still be able
to help provide amusement aim
diversion lor tnese young men,
EDITORIALS ON
NEWS
(Continued From Paso One)
Today's guess Is that 90,000 Ger
mans will be trapped in Holland
THE Russians, coming up from
Wiener Neustadt in the south,
are In easy artillery range of the
center of Vienna,
There are strong rumors of
civil war breaking out In the
Austrian capital, where, native
workers, along with foreign
workers and deserters, are said
to be starting violent fighting.
The Germans are building bar
ricades in the streets.'
""THE Russians, after taking
Wiener Neustadt (one- of
Europe's largest aircraft produc
tion centers) have turned
SOUTH, as well as north, and
are moving Italyward along the
mainline Vienna-Venice railroad
indicating, among other things,
mat tney nave strength to spare
At Glognltr, on their Italy-
ward trek, they are only 137
miles from Berchtessaden (Hit.
ler's personal hideout) WITH
CONNECTING RAILROADS IN
ROTH the Paris and the Bros-
sels radios (in our possession)
report today that the Swiss-
Italian border is to be closed.
The Brussels radio adds that
very important events are tak
ing shape In Italy and new de
velopments must be expected
there in the very near future.
(The generally expected de
velopment would be for the Ger
mans to pull back out of the Po
valley into the mountain hide
out area.
TNCIDENTALLY, our 7th army
is reported t o d a v onlv 34
miles from Nurnberg, where it
would cut the last but one of the
NORTHERN rail approaches to
the much-touted mountain hide
out,
' a
ERMAN commercial planes
are forbidden today to land
in Spain. Franco, you see, has
had to come across and say to
Hitler: "You can't come here."
A LL in all, as the situation Is
" shaping up, you'd better be
cagey about betting on V-E day
pools. With nobody to surrender
but Hitler, who says he WON'T,
how are we to know when V-E
day arrives?
Mexican Farm Labor
To Arrive In State
' PORTLAND, Ore., April 4 (IP)
The first group of Mexican farm
nands to reach the Pacific north
west this season will arrive here
tomorrow.
The war food administration
(WFA) said 135 Mexicans
would be sent to Oregon farms
and 206 to Washington. The
train which left Mexico City
March 30 also carried 349 men
lor Colorado and 160 for Mon
tana. .
Another train Is expected
April 12 with 854 Mexicans all
assigned to Washington farms.
Oregon farms will receive an
other 435 Mexican workers
aDout April la.
ELECTION SLATED
SPDJCANtf Ar,ll i im Tl..
state's Columbia basin commis
sioners yesterday set July 21 as
the date for the election fn three
Columbia hasin - irrioaHm rfi.
trictS On thf nitPcHnn nf annvntr.
ing proposed land repayment
tunuacis. ine aate is subject to
Hans Norland Auto Insur
ance, rnone BUBO. -
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Continuous, Open Daily 12:30
IETI SLATED
w,tt irT AW T h jinnuil
meeting of the Tulelakc Com-
munitv Presbyterian church is
scheduled for Friday evening,
April 6, at which time reports
wil be heard irom an cnmm
departments, church officers
...111 Kit anniA fllirl nther bus
iness pertaining to the future of
the cnurcn win oo ioii mid
George Reiben, elder. Mrs.
Leonard Meshke and G. W. Os
borne, trustee and H. T. Street,
treasurer are up for reelection.
The nominating committee who
served were Albert Larson,
u;n w IT Woilkamn. Mrs.
Roy Urba'ch and Mrs. Earl Heck.
March 31 is Uie end oi me iiscai
church yoar.
n-KM HiinHnv crhnnl. accordlnc
to Rev. Hugh L. Bronson, has
broken all records uns year, ino
average weekly attendance
reaching 144, one above any pre
vious year. Average attendance
during the month of March was
174. This is the only year that
attendance has not dropped be
inn ilnm, thj i-hnrrh was
built. D. W. Turnbaugh Is sup
erintendent. ,
Custom Planing
Operation to Be
Opened on Lamm Site
' (Continued From Page One)
will utilize lumber obtained lo
cally and from the Willamette
valley.
Fleishman said he believes
the location offers exceptional
opportunities in view ot its
transportation facilities, on two
main line railroads with lines
fanning out from Klamath Falls
to cover the country.
The firm now operates a con
centration of mills at Grants
Pass, and this Is its first venture
in the Klamath area. It is the
first remanufacturing operation
to be located on tne site ot a dis
mantled sawmill in this area.
Poe Valley
Lorenzo Holzhouser is home
on few days' furlough from a
training camp,
Lucia Webber was a caller at
the home of her mother, Mrs.
Bessie Holzhouser Monday.
Buck Rodgers rented some po
tato land from Warren Moore
this sc-rins.. .
Vic Brown took some seed
grain to Hatfield for cleaning
Bert Wilder helped him.
Mrs. Fred Reilina bousht BOO
baby chicks this weekend and
her son, Wilbur, also purchased
some1.
Joe Benedict Is cutting wood
this week. ,
Vic Brown took some grain
to Hatfield to be cleaned for
seed.
Viola Roberts- Was a shopper
in Klamath Falls Tuesday.
Helen and Leland Webber
were HI this week.
The Benedict family were
cauers at tne Nork home Sun
day. The Louis Moore family were
cauers ai tne Benedict home re
cently from Merrill.
Zeila Hiffh and Mrs. Joe Sul.
Uvan were shoppers in Klamath
rans irom nere Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nork and
John were callers in Lanuell
valley Sunday. They went to
see junior work, wno is nome
on a few days' furlough from
Georgia,
Mr, Wilson was a business
caller here from Klamath Falls
tne last of the week.
The Clarence Webber family
were dinner guests at the Harry
Gilbert home Easter Sunday.
The Kelley family were callers
at the Emil Wells' ranch on Eas
ter Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander enter-
NOW
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.teinment
Rooner in se
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l 1 !V-,ln' Dally.p.n Ii30-Bi4 f :ssi
Service Men
and Women
Home on Leave
nrtM flf fZanat Cunlal. U5N.
home from San Diego until April
25.
.: v.ltk MrRllllvarv
from Hollywood, Fla. Here until
April 7.
The above service pcopiu mo
entitled to tree passes to the
thtr mnA trmm fountain
service et Lost River dairy by
courtesy ot t,ioyo i.amo oi
theatres and R. C. Woodruff of
St.. .Inffu Plana rail at Thfl
Horald and News office (ask for
Paul Haines) for your courtesy
UCKCIS.
Vinson Confirmed
As Mobilizer
WASHINGTON, April 4 (?
Fred M. Vinson was confirmed
by the senate today as director
of war mobilization and recon
version, succeeding James F.
Byrnes, resigned.
Approval came by a voice
vote without a dissent.
The graying Kentuckian, ele
vated swiftly from stabilization
director to federal loan agent to
mobilization chief, had bran ap
proved unanimously for the
now assignment an hour earlier
by the senate finance commit
tee, headed by Senator George
(D-Ga.).
Spring Storms
Hit Midwest
By Th. Associated Prtis
One of the most severe spring
snowstorms in years deposited
as much as 17 Inches In Ne
braska, Iowa, Minnesota and
northwestern Wisconsin today,
blocking highways, interfering
with bus, train and plane travel
and forcing some rural schools
to close.
The storm developed In Texas
and as it moved northeastward
it left a tra.ll. of thunderstorms
and dropping temperatures from
Texas to eastern upper Michigan,
Sailors Waive Rape
Charge Hearing
Slc LeRoy Junior Mllliken
and S2c Richard Burdotte Gra
ham, charged with statutory
rape Involving two 13-year-old
Klamath Falls girls, appeared
before Justice of the Peace J.
A. Mahoney late Tuesday and
waived preliminary hearing.
The men, attached to the
Klamath naval air station, wore
bound over to the Klamath
county grand Jury under $2300
cash bond. each. Noither was
represented in court, and re
turned to jau in neu of ban.
The girls remain In the cus
tody of the county Juvenile of
ficer. Guano Sales Agent
To Arrive Here
Alfred L. Perry, sales man
ager of the Pacific Guano com
pany, Berkeley, Calif., will be
In Klamath district April 11 and
i to discuss fertilizer orders
with customers.
Information received by C. A.
Henderson, county agent, from
Perry, requested a meeting to
be arranged to talk with Klam
ath growers April 11, and with
Tuleiake growers April 12.
tained their son', family on Eas
ier.
all jut long for topi In eatei.'
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Dr. Jaim-s Millar of rortland.
field ippii'entativ. of the Ore.
son council of churchr. will
here May 1. Klamath
counlv hoincmiikcrs' day. I
Tliii liH" of Dr. Millars talk
will be "Ships of Clllzi'iishlp.
He will also discuss details of
the Dumbarton Onks plan.
Ilonipmakcrs' day is observed
annuallv by home oxlmislon i
units of Oregon State college,,
bv counties. Other counties have !
aWiulv observed this day, and
Klamath county has scl May 1.
A program is being arranm-d,
Mrs. Winnlfred K. Glllen, Klam-.
ath county home demonstration
agent, stated, to bo held In tho
basement rooms of tho Method
ist church.
Each home extension unit In
the county will demonstrate one
subject learned during the year, !
giving a resume' of work done
throughout the county. i
All homemaker. are Invited
to keep this date open as tho
program will provide an (i
nnrlunltv to see dcmonsli'iitlonn
wmcn may nave oecn humcu
before.
Barracks Dispensary
Needs Two Cabinets
The wards at the Marine Bar
racks dispensary could make
annrl use of two ohonourauh rec
ord cabinets. Tlicy have a col
lection of tine records out no
place to keep them.
Anyone willing to donate cabl.
nets or dark room equipment,
baby scales, or small radios,
please call 7184 and they will
be picked up for the boys at tho
barracks.
State Guard Boost
Authorized, Report
SALEM. April 4 (P The war
department has authorized an In
crease in the active state guard
from 2000 to 2500 men. Adjutant
General Ray Olson said today.
Olson said new units would
be activated soon. Tho federal
government provides .implies
and equipment for active units. 1
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