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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1945)
, .fOUR HEHALD AND MEWS FRANK JENKINS f " koi tor nnnrirv rnmhtnatlon nf fF Kvanin liaraia Pna inw . t Esplanade and PIna atreU, Klamath J JUrald Publishing Co. and the Newg m' K!amatn mwi. ruonsnea evry inimuun c1 . .r-7 Entered aa Mcond claaa matter at tha III. Or.. on Auiut 30, lKtt. under act ol consreu, tat au, two, u March S, 1878 . , , SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ""(! carrier monlh 7Sc By mall . month! 3as ItBy carrier ...year I7.S0 By mall year M M ,. pul.lde Klamath, Laka, Modoc, SUklyou counUea ...jaar S7.00 Membar, Ateoclated Praia today's Roundup 5 By MALCOLM EPLEY lyLAMATH basin people need to develop a more definite understanding with the reo ff lamation service as regards the extension of m irrigated agriculture in this f area. 2 While we have all indulged m in a great deal of tall talk 2 about the possibilities of bring " ing huge areas of land into J irrigation, and it is true the potentialities are great, we JJ must face the fact that the m immediate postwar projects of the reclamation service In Z elude only a relatively small development on the Klamath P project and a lot of big jobs w eisewnere. Z It takes a long time to get these plans into jj the actual work stage. There are surveys to be Z made, and many problems to be worked out. s It is time to get started, t? .. Meeting Proposed 1 jr A E think high officials of the reclamation Z W bureau should be asked here for a con- ference with the civic and agricultural leader i, ship of the basin, a meeting at which local - aspirations can be presented and some definite ., program worked out. We should not depend - on catching reclamation officials on hurried trips through here, or on mail communications. f The Klamath basin agricultural community is blessed with a great deal of Individual enter vprise. We do not believe that anywhere are Z there farmers with more vision and practical - ability to make the most of resources available. 2 The tremendous agricultural strides that have been made here in the last two decades testify 2 to that. " But irrigated agriculture extension requires Z collective effort and cooperation of the gov- crnment service in developing water use. We Z have important dealings with the reclamation bureau if we are to go ahead along the lines talked about so much since the recent diversion r squabble directed attention to the need for full J use of water resources. We should get the reclamation bureau offi cials here and talk turkey with them. 7 Ceremony A LITTLE ceremony was held here.last night t- over a box of candy. Z The sweets were mailed last October by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hamaker to Staff Sergeant Haarby Bechen of this city, who was then in Europe. . . , They were intended for Bechen's Christmas, but they didn't get to him. Subsequently, he went to a German prison camp, and the candy came back. The Hamakers saved it. Yesterday Sgt. Bechen, home on furlough, visited them at their home here and the box was opened, i The candy was a bit dry and rancid, but Sgt. Bechen remarked that in the German prison camp, where he virtually starved for two months, it would have been terrific. 'News Behind The News By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, July 17 No secret meet ings with the military were held by the Woodrum house committee which urged what it called "a broad policy of universal military training." i No special information concerning difficulties ahead of this nation was privately passed to the committee by the war department which has Tourists Drive Through Snow Banks To Crater Park i "When will the lake be blue?" j This and similar questions are now bombarding superinten dents and raneers as visitors fil ter Into Crater Lake national park in a lively percentage of pre-war lourisi seasons. The ODenine of the road through the park to Diamond laKe was narcuy completed De fore it was in use. Several cars arriving too early were turned back and others virtually fol lowed the snowpiows. Saturday traffic . found the road through 15-foot snowbanks at some places and strewn with boulders from landslides at oth ers, but passable all the way. The road around the lake is alf-, open. Although the hewn-rock lodge on the crater's rim is closed for the duration, and cabins in rim village are not available until victory, visitors may make use of the campgrounds overlooking the lake if they bring all their own equipment, including food. Much of the 1945 traffic to the park is from military installa tions nearby, with buses provid ed to transport personnel from bases in Klamath Falls and Tule lake. ' ' The 1906-foot-deep lake, cup ped in the crater of an old vol cano, is not always the violent blue it is pictured, park attend A GEM of There was an old Gal named Blue Who said "I don't think I look thirty, do you?" The guy said with a tmilt, , NO, not for my pile. But I bet by gosh you used to. Face Powder, 25c to. $1.00 From Doc and Idella's Drug Store . Phone 8466 been promoting MALCOLM KPUEY Managing Kauor Falls. Oregon, by in Publishing Company. noitorflcfi of Klamath hearings. It seemed to gram which partments and Member Audit Bureau Circulation cational groups, societies, and against it. six members women a miracle is wrought. a Favors All EPLEY ants tell visitors, as its color de pends upon atmospheric condi tions. It is bottomless as some believe. It is always beautiful wnetner veiled in mysterious grey smoke-haze or sparkling under the sun, with the Phantom Ship riding at anchor near the shore, and unique Wizard island with its own cratered peak. The object of national parks is to keep sections of forests and wooded areas lust as nature in tended, untouched by the hand of man, which explains why thousands of dead whit frooa killed by insect infestation years ago. still stand in th nark area ghostly sentinels among ine living green. Buildings are all in keeninc wiiu uie surroundings, con structed of native rock and tim ber. Road signs and warning signs painted on slabs of trees retaining the bark preserve the rustic atmosphere. Animals native to the area roam at will with no restricting bars and cages and mav be seen anytime, anywhere. Wildflowers carpet the hillsides. farK rangers will direct visi tors to the most interesting spots during their stay. Supt. E. P. Leavitt and Assistant Supt. Thomas C. Parker of Crater Lake national park, extend a cordial welcome to all visitors. THOUGHT - Tuatday. July 17. 194S the youth draft. Specifically, no Inside scare over Russia inspired the com' mlttee, a a Woodrum Mystery NONSEQUENTLY, considerable perplexity has developed as to how and why it wont contrary to the weight of evidence in its own vote 16 to 0 in favor of a pro none of its hearing witnesses endorsed, except the army, navy, state de the U. S. chamber of commerce, against the popular opposition of national edu both major national labor or ganizations, two of the three national lurm organizations, as well as the usual peace women a groups. To make the mystery more possible, one member of the committee says he has received only two letters from his district in favor of the youth draft, while he has a bushel of mail When congressmen go 16 to 0 (the remaining abstained or wanted to delay action but did not vote against the report directly) in favor of something opposed by their constituents and the most powerful lob bies in Washington labor, farmer, education, THIS one seems to come within the realm of magic political magic. It should have been entitled "How to Be a Politician in One Easy Lesson." Caught between the army and the lobbies, the committee favored both op posite courses in moderation, of course. Committee Chairman Woodrum tossed all the hot potato evidence he had amassed, into the air, then caught and came forward with some conglomeration which steamed in the head lines. Actually it is cold potato salad. His pride in it did not leap even to ordinary bounds as he did not even have it printed in the con gressional record which prints all congressional thoughts for the asking. Upon close inspection you will find the re port did not endorse the war department pro gram but was worded to sound as if it did, by approving "the principle" and "the broad policy" yet undefined. Among members of the Woodrum committee is Representative James W. Wadsworth, of New York, who is supposed to have seen to the wording. He wants to draft all youth of 18 or thereabouts for a year in the army. Talking around with the committeemen, you will find many favor a democratic substitute such as advocated by the Veterans of Foreign Wars for training boys in schools, without in terrupting their education, expanding the na tional guard and reserves systems, and summer camps. The report did not oppose this, ex cepting it seemed to want the youths drafted for it, .., VFW Program THE Veterans of Foreign Wars program, fol lowing the lines outlined in this column since last September, now rates the best chance of adoption by congress in the end without a draft but only after more magic and semantics. Next will come a report from the house mili tary affairs committee and this may recom mend drafting, as the military totalitarian are in the majority there also. But on the floor of the senate and house today, a majority for a youth draft would be hard to find. Compulsion for home and school training without a national draft is the obvious compromise. The army has never come forward with a specific outline of what it intended to do with the young men if it gets control of them for a year (no one mentions the young women any more and I assume they have been dropped from the army training program.) But retired officers who are going around the country whipping up sentiment in Ameri can Legion posts advocate something like this: Nine weeks' basic training (bunk-making, setting-up exercises, etc.); nine weeks of special ists training in various of the 4000 specialist categories in the army; 13 weeks of small units training, working in squads, companies and battalions; 13 weeks of combat training and the final eight weeks in maneuvers. There would be no refresher courses. Even so, the program still calls for a regu lar army and navy and a national guard con siderably larger than pre-war. Tulelake Captain To Stay With Unit TULELAKE Capt. Don Rei ben, wounded in action in Aus tria on April 30 while serving with the 44th division, U. S. army, is not returning to the United States with his unit, ac cording to word received by his wife here. Capt. Reiben suffered a skull fracture when the building in which he and others were locat ed was bombed. He is at present stationed at Rhetms, France. During his service in Europe, he was awarded both the Silver and Bronze Stars for heroic assist ance to wounded while under fire. Our men in uniform are de pending upon Oregon for part of their food supply. Back our country and our armed forces one hundred Der cent. Let's all do our part to keep fire from the farms, fields and forests of Ore gon. Help Keep Oregon Green. Half-Wool UNION SUITS OREGON WOOLEN 800 Main RADIO REPAIR By Expert Technicians GOOD STOCK OF AVAILABLE TUBES-PARTS-AERIALS For All Makes ol Radios ZEMAN'S ' Webuy, sell and trade radios Quick, Guaranteed Service 116 N. 9th Phone 7522 Across From Montgomery Ward on North 9th SIDE GLANCES Mk' 7" . I "'I . ' " co. t4 ay WfA mvKi. wc. T. m. WW. U. a. tT. Off, 7 Are you ft,ff'T"nl'!!l'lll'llIV!!ll"'V','lll Klffmiiifi'i! IK From tha Klamath Republican July 13. 1905 A. H. Naftzger has obtained a franchise to build a street rail way in Klamath Falls. Get a bum cigar? Not at the City Drug store. Mrs. C. A. Sherlock of Lake- view spent a few days here visit ing friends. Wise. Orem and Maxwell have started a new sawmill near Keno. a a From the Klamath Herald July 17. 1935 A grass fire has covered be tween 2000 and 3000 acres near Bonanza. Fishing conditions are cood in Lake county. , SEES 135 PERMITS Between January 1 and June 30 this year, 195 building per mits involving work valued at $208,326.50 were approved by Klamath Falls city council, ac cording to reports of A. W. Downs, city building inspector. The greatest monthly number of permits during the past six months were approved in May when 41 were issued. January construction topped all other months, amounting to $54,745 value. Types of construction, num ber of permits and total estimat ed value for each month are as follows: January, 18 pei-mits, value $54,745; five ' business buildings remodeled; 11 residen tial buildings remodeled and re paired; 1 new residence; 1 new church. P.hm.ra nawnlla .rail, a $24,825; 8 business buildings re modeled and repaired; 25 resi dences remodeled and repaired; 1 new resience. March, 26 per mits, value $25,998; 1 new busi ness building, 3 remodeled; 4 new non-residential buildings, 2 remodeled (SO and Teen-age); 16 residences remodeled. April, 36 permits, value $29, 326,50; 1 new business building. 13 remodeled; 2 new residence garages; 13 residences remodel ed;- 1 temporary construction of fice; 4 poster panels. May, 41 permits, value $41,760.50; 1 new Dusiness Dunning, i; remodeled; 3 new residences, 19 remodeled; 1 residence garage and 1 wood shed; 3 poster panels. June, 40 permits, value $31, 671.50;' 1 new business building, 14 remodeled; 2 new residences, 21 remodeled; 2 residence gar ages. Friendly Helpfulness To Every Craed and Purs Ward's Klamath Funeral Home Marguerite M. Ward and Sons 923 High Phona 3134 pre-Peurl Harbor?" GREETS NEWSMEN By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON. July 17 WV As plain as an old shoe, the new secretary of labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach sat down in a tan wind-breaker Jacket like soldiers wear and humbly set a precedent. (At least newsmen who have covered Washington for 30 jtears never remember a member of the cabinet doing anything like it before.) Schwellenbach called an off-thc-record press conference, sat down with the newsmen whose beat is the labor department, and asked them simply: x What do you think I can do to improve the department? He's been busy trying to re organize the department since he took ofXice July 1 when Presi dent Truman appointed him. He quit a federal district judgeship in the state of Washington to take the Job. He had quit the U. S. senate in 1940 to be a fed eral Judge. He has to work with the news men. They re the men who in the years ahead will praise him, or criticize him for the Job he does, i Unpretentious, dressed in tho wlndbreaker, wearing horn rimmed classes the 50-ycar-old secretary asked the question. Frankly he was trying to pick the newsmen's brains. He want ed to find out what they thought could be done to Improve the department which Labor Sec retary Frances FerKins Deiore him had headed many years un der President Roosevelt. The answers were not very profound. One newsman thought this might be done, another thought something else. There didn't seem to be any general agreement on reorganization or policy. He seemed very eager to do whatever could be done to get the labor department's story across to the public, to keep the public informed on what was happening and what could be expected. He listened to the suggestions, "Darlings of Rhythm" Best for either hot or cold packing Available in bottles and gallon jugs 0 al tm THE SECRET of piclding success Heinz White Pickling The same vinegar used in Heinz own piclding Good full flavor .... yet mellow because it's aged in wood MARINE VISITS HOMETOWN ON RECRUIT TOUR "By now Klamuth Falls should be fully marine-conscious," sulci sgt. swan li. swunson, recruit ing officer for tho mni'lnn corps, who visited liis homo town on recruiting duty, Sgt. Swanson Is a former car rier lor tho llorakl and News, and a graduate of KUHS. Ho Is stationed at tho murmo corns re crultiiig and Induction station, Portland, ami is at present on a recruiting tour ol southern Oro gon. Enlisting In the U. S. marine corps in 1942 at tho Kluniath Falls station, tho scrgcuut has dccii in active coinoal ul uumiul canal. Tarawu. Snlpan and Tin Ian. Many of his oversens bud dies stationed at trie Barracks during tho past eight months have told him of tho welcome which is typically Klamath Falls. Seventeen-year-olds mav now enlist in the U. S, marine corps for four years, or In the marine corps for the duration of emer gency and, or war. "Watchlni! civilians become marines in seven weeks is one way to feel absolutely certain that Americans can outfight any. tiling on earth." Sit. Swanson said. "This war Is still on and will continue to bo until we get sufficient men to wloe out the Japs!" Young men are needed now to replace veterans with months of service in the Pacific, who have done their share and are entitled to come home. Women between the ages of 20 and 38 who arc interested In Joining this great fighting outfit are also being accepted now to "weor the green of the' woman ma rine.'' Interested applicants may ob tain full Information by. writing to 208 New U. S. Courthouse, Portland 8, Ore. Linn County Must Stretch Income ALBANY, July 17 (IT) The Linn county publle welfare de partment today pondered how to stretch an estimated $375,000 1945-40 Income to cover a $430, 000 need, Mrs. Ruth Cotter, administra tor, said the county's welfare needs had swollen because of higher living costs, population growth, more old-age benefici aries, and an increase In neglect ed or orphaned children. The state welfare department has lent her three workers for an investigation of ways to ease the strain on the county's pocket book. ' U WEATHER Mndy, Jnlr if, ItlJ Max, Mln. Prccln. Eugene ..-. HI 48 .00 Klamath Fall! 02 52 .00 Sacramento 0j M .00 North Hend M M .00 Portland o no .uo Reno 04 .00 Kan rranclico 74 51 .00 Seattle on M Trice Medford ' HO 34 .00 Red Bluff 103 73 .00 Oregon Scattered cloudi today, to night and Wednesday with few scattered howera In northeast portion today. Moderate northwest winds off coast. Warmer. Northern California Clear today, to night and Wednesday hut fog on coast. Little chang In temperature. Moderate northwest wind off coast. didn't argue, made mentnl notes and kept his own Ideas to him self. The first results of the reorganization now under way may be announced In August. Closed Wed.-Thurs. July IB and 19 for employees' vacation RUDY'S 600 Main Vinegar OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN SERVICE fek fe. fei tea I HOME ON FUhLOUdH Homo on a thirty-day furlough Is Sgt. Verlon Bruiumoll, USMC, son of Mr, and Airs. Drunk Jumes, 30S2 Bi.ibuc. Uriimmoll has been lit tho South Pacific and the Philippines for the past 111 mnntlui. After ontorlng tho serv ice, ho took Ills boot training at Sun Dlcgo. While attending Klamath Union high school, ho worked for Klnmuth Mucliiiiu and Locoinotlvo Works mid after his graduation In 1U43 was omployad at Montgomery Word. When his furlough Is over, ho will report to Kl Cvtitro, EINARSSON GRADUATES Tho United Slatos navy school Music, receiving station, uiivy yard. Washington. D. C. has an nounced tho graduation of Gerald r.inur.vion. who is a (ormvr resi dent of Klamath Falls. WITH U. S. FORCES IN BEL GIUM Stock records clerks of tho army's largest ordnance Darts depot In Europe maintain a 40,000-card fllo system which enables dnpot troops to fill or ders for automotive or tank parts correctly and quickly. Among the members nr the unit Is PKC Harold L. Robertson, 533 Lincoln, Klnmntli Falls, 9 9 9 CASEY DECORATED "For cxemulurv behavior, ef ficiency and fidelity" to duty, PFC Jiimcs M. Casey, 120 S. 8th, Klamath Falls, has been awarded tho Good Conduct Medal. A truck driver for the Engi neer Section of Lt. Oni. Robert L. Elchelbergi-r's eighth army headquarters, Leyte. P. I., Casey was inducted March 17 1043. He was formerly a switchman for the Great Northern railroad. His wife, Mrs. Grace Ca.i-y, and daughter, Addllne, live at the S. 8th street address. WINS COMBAT BADGE PFC Clifford Engclklng, hus band of lllancho E. Engulking, 1433 Oregon, and son ot Pcnrl E. Engclklng, 317 Pino, Klam ath Falls, has been awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge for exemplary conduct displayed while In combat against tho Jap anese on Luion island -in the Philippines. PFC Engclklng came overseas In December 1043 and Joined the 43rd "Winged Victory" division In' New Zealand. During 32 months overseas, the 43rd has participated in four campaigns; Guadalcanal, Northern Solo mons, New Guinea, and Luzon. a GILCHRIST BECOMES ENSIGN Stewart J. Gilchrist, son of F. W. Gilchrist, of Gilchrist, was graduated from the USNR Uni versity of Notre unme, Notro Dame, Ind., at tho Midshipmen's school on Monday, July 8. He was one of approximately 730 men graduated as ensigns. USNR, after having successfully completing four month's train ing as midshipmen. TRE INSPECTION STATION DICK B. MILLER CO. 7th and Klam. Ph. 4103 Though It's surprisingly light delightfully lithe, this Chnr mode Nu-Back lots no wuywnrd lino cscApo Its molding power. Particularly Important for comfort nnd fit Is tho patented sliding back that "will not ride up," Tho cool, porous open weave bust Is attractively fashioned. Tho fine quality mesh body material has full length elastic side sections and Is moderately boned, It's neatly finished, right . far summer and mado to do smart things for your figure. Sizes 34 to 42 Butt I I I 133 So. 8th Describing some nf tho things ho has seen, Sgt. Junius Uvur turf wrolo to tils mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Charllo Ovcrturf of Honloy, that, "l'vo really si-en sumo turriblo sights big towns turgor than Kluni ath Fulls Just btimbod cluur to the ground. Muybo you reiuciiw K,. ,ll,,u nlwuit Ht I .ii w. went through thoro at night unci all thoro was standing woro Jus' DiiHcrlblng fighting In th, "Belgium bulge," Uvorlurf salt "Wo laid In holes for 01 lu In tho Hurl won forest. The sno wus two to Ihrro feet deiy couldn't have a flru hacuusv t, Jerries would see tho smo' nnH Imnw IiimI whnru wo wertl WATSON GRADUATES f FORT KLAMATH MTf.f Jumes A. Watson. USMC, of Mrs. Murgiirot Watson of " Klamath, has been lirndu from t Ii c Curtlss Techi Trnllif ihnnl ,,( Hfulr, M after receiving special training In tho repair and m tennnco of the C-IB nlrplni Wutson wus graduated sr' In a class of ovnr ou men.' Ho has served for tlneo y overseas with the ground c of llio air corps In the South' clflc unci returned homo spring. a a HOME FROM PACIFIC Herbert Perdue, HS ML 3 Is homo from the Pacific w zone. vm nis who aim iu sons in Klamath rails, no lias . 14 (In y leave, after which he will report to Seattle for further as signment. I'erclur, who has uvea nere for three years with his family was employed by a local Isnn dry company before his enlist ment, lie has served in most or the ma lor campaigns of the (e lias served In most of South Pacific, Including Gunin, Loyle, Iwo Jlina and Okinawa. TIN CLOTHES Single or double weight COATS and PANTS OREGON WOOLEN 800 Main Paul O. Landry this question: "I work in local plant and s.veral men who 1W. in my neighborhood rid to and from work in my car. paying part of my gaiolln. oxp.ni. for th.lr transportation. Is It true that th now automobile liability policy will pro tect me av.n whit. 1 am carrying passengers for a charg?" For information on any Insurance problem, consult THE LANDRY CO. 419 Main St. Ph. 5612 Serving Klamath 20 Yean Th Courthoui. Is Now On Block tDown Th Str.t From Our Ofiic. Mesh Nil-Back All-in-One $0.98 Phono 518S
