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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1946)
it ii i It Ifcralb &1li).2tt(r$ News Behind The News B PAUL MALLON FRANK JKNKINI Editor MALCOLM KPUCY Managing cat tor AMMQlldatlon ot th Kvanlnf Hrald and th Klamath awa, Publish! very aftarnoon except Sunday at Kipla- Kite and Pin atreeta, Klamath PalU, Oregon, by Uia Harald bllaning Co. and tha Naws PubiliMng Company. Bntarad aa aaeood ctaai matter at tha poatof flea o raiu. Or, oa August 30, ltwa, under act of loatofflca of Klamath congreu. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: fittttlda Klamath, Lak. Modoc, Siskiyou eounUee py oarnar By mall By mail ST. 00 A months S3.2S ear Sfl.00 imscRIBKRjl Tor corrections on delivei ill, mm. tor arcuiaaon omnimnL ww SaUO I circulation manasmr. dial ft- aervlcat dial M p. n. call Mambar, AMoeiatod Flaw Mambar Audit Circulation t 3 fcsa linaaa natal Giesf Editorial By MITCHELL TILL0TS0N Manager. Klamath Falls Branch of tha First National Bank of Portland FROM the standpoint of business activity Klamath county rang the bell in 1945. In spite of curtailed lumber production and shortages in labor and ma terials which reduced agri-! cultural production in I many lines this war-ending year showed probably the greatest dollar volume of income in the history of the county. This IS inaicatea ay volume of sales in whole-1 tale and retail establish ments and by bank debits, volume of savings and commercial deposits and i (u. tinlnm rt hnnds v 1 Surchasei U bond TILLOTSON drives and the amount of bonds still in the hands of buyers. The end of the war brought many industrial communities face to face with tremendous problems of reconversion, but this community is fortunate in having few such problems con fronting management in its major industry, lumber production and re-manufacture. The day after the war ended local industry could go forwaYd without delays in supplying the peacetime economy with a critical and very scarce material for which there is every pros pect of an excellent market for several years to come. It is not Inferred that we do not have prob lems. In the field of agriculture there are problems of surpluses, of production costs, of possible price declines, of marketing and many others which will require a realistic, business like approach and a background of experience s fighting nations with bottomless purses give up the role of buyer and in many cases even move Into the role of seller of accumulated surpluses. But here again Klamath county Is in an ex ceptionally favored position. Agriculture is well financed. Its debt Is small and most farmers are resting easily on comfortable cash surpluses. The rank and file of agricultural ownership is ' experienced in' crops most adapted to our soils and climate. Our ranges are not overstocked, and there has been a minimum of pure specu lation in farm lands, livestock and agricultural products In the area. By and large, we are In a most favorable position to move from a wartime, to a peace-., time economy. But of course we shall be affected by the shift. What then can we see in the business picture for the next 12 months? 1948 will be the year of business uncertainty. Some inflation seems probable in prices, but the government will be fighting inflationary forces which might otherwise prove uncon trollable. The government will be shifting from the role of almost unlimited buyer to that of seller. Some commodities now show huge surpluses which will tend to drive prices down in these lines. Others are scarce and with plenty of money bidding for them price inflation seems inevitable in these lines unless rigid controls are exercised. General business activity already is showing a sharp decline in many war production areas, but these declines may be partially offset by in creased activity in the production of durable goods, semi-durable goods and some building materials which have been out of production ' for several years. It appears certain that wage rates will be' raised and that this trend will tend to increase prices in some smaller degree, the amount of such increases being variable and largely not subject to present estimate. Truly the next 12 months will be packed with business uncertainties, readjustments and realignments. Generally speaking the Inflationary influ ences can be expected to outweigh the influ ence of surpluses in a few lines such as wool, wheat, corn, cottonj etc., and prices generally can be expected to rise. Much will depend, of course, on rate of production of goods and our ability to make good present shortages. Prompt filling of inventories would be the greatest deterrent of inflation. About the only certainty In the picture for 1S48 is that it is a good time to prepare each business against these and many other un certainties, to keep a most realistic attitude . toward the future and at least to prepare against almost certain price declines at some future date which cannot be clearly foreseen. Br PAUL iMALLON WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 The Imagination of Jules Verne could hardly encompass the practical, official concepts of the next war, which lie behind the current debate on unifl cation of the army and navy, the atomic bomb issue and youth draft It is not a fully accepted theory of what the next war will be like, but rather the practical vision of the unhidebound and thinking men of . the military trade. It seems to me to be so sound that I un hesitatingly present it as authentic, even though it has not been offered publicly beyond the limited reports of air corps General Arnold, Furthermore, it furnishes the key to the con gressional issues under debate, to wit: Point 1. The next war will be fought on our own soil. This is a logical expectation because this nation has no mental capacity for aggres sion, but only for defense, and science has de stroyed the value of our geographical ramparts fh two broad oceans and two vast, wen and svmoathctic adjoining nations). Point 2. The invasion will come from Europe or Asia or both simultaneously. This Is certain hix-aiise the onlv nations which could conceiv ably oppose . us politically and who have the military resources to challenge us are in those two continents. Point 3. Practical military theory would re quire an invader to lay down a bombardment of directed missiles across the great circle route r, ArMlo waste unon our larger cities. The logical point of attack would not be New York or San Francisco, but Chicago, through which all the great arteries ot east-west travel run, and the Detroit area, origin or motor pruuui? tion. -a a a ProsDecr Of Attack THESE conceivably could be severed and destroyed by missiles much larger than the V-2, probably including me atomic oontu Tk. nrnenn-t of attack no doubt would eontenv plate leveling the big auto plants and Chicago and its vast rail yaras as itai mm iuis'".' as Nagasaki was destroyed. It coum oe iot i. v, rtinvt homblne attacks from airplanes. nin rfm.ht hnth methods would be used ' in nv thnroueh scheme. From a military stand point, these ventures would have the nature of an artillery, bombardment, a preparation for attack. Pnin 4 The invading army would come .niini. v.v air. An initial force of 10,000 to 20,000 planes carrying 40 or more men each could seize the destroyed area, ineir w.. and tanks would come by air, as would their aiinnlies. Dailv reinforcements couia DUiia up their forces, conceivably within a week's time to the power of a substantial army. These steps can be taken without sacrificing the advantages of the high dollar volume of business which seems certain for at least. 12 months and probably much longer. At least we can say that 1946 will be a good business year in Klamath county. Enemv Hazard GREATEST enemy hazard of the attack no doubt would be to secure air cover for the landed army, but this could be provided if fields along the route across the Arctic were seized simultaneously by the invaders and stocked with fighter planes and supplies. Our problem would be to muster greater mili tary air and land power at the points of in- vasion and build it up faster, than the invaders could . build up their forces, pushing planes, tanks and men in to annihilate the invading ' forces. The speed with which this defense could be put into action would decide the outcome of the Invasion. This, at any rate, is the bare nucleus of the next war's prospects as of today. It seems to say primarily that unification ol tne armea forces is essential. Complete coordination and Immediate use of every weapon would be neces sary. The navy would protect commercial sea and air lanes and bases in the oceans, but the primary responsibility would rest upon the air, land and supply forces of both branches of the service. It would seem to require also the mainten ance of a scientific and substantial air and land force equipped and ready to move at a moment, since speed is the critical point. The youth draft would be of little consequence in such a war. The war could well be over before such reserves could be mustered. Now science, terrified at its own discovery of atomic destruction, wants to prepare our de fense on that score by outlawing the use of their weapon. This no doubt will be done, but unless all the natural laws of war and human beings are simultaneously repealed, and men become angels all of a sudden, every effective weapon will be used in the next war as in all past wars. a a a a Gas Not Effective Weapon r CEENTISTS say poison gas was outlawed and J not used in this past war It was not used because it was not an effective weapon and only for that reason. It required perfect weather conditions and the slightest deviation in weather could make the gas more destructive toward users than to their enemy. But gas has been used in violation of treaties Mussolini used it in Ethiopia when his hard- pressed Italians could not clear out the bare foot natives any other way. His planes sprayed - mustard gas upon the ground to burn their feet. A nation at war for Its' life naturally will use any effective weapon at Its command regardless of treaties. If this concept of war is correct, it answers clearly the military problems we are debating. I submit it for that reason only. ' No one here believes any nation is in a position today to carry out such an attack. It cannot reasonably be expected next week, next month or perhaps next year. It is merely the next war problem with which we are faced and. for which we must in all common sense, make new, revolutionary arrangements to face. The Wordf Today By Dewrrr mbckenzie AP World Traveler VrvTrirLruxTLrLri nnnnnnnfin .. Mackenzie PARIS. Jan. 7 The French capital's famous girl-show, the roues .uergeres, lias, ot course, always been revealing affair, but in these post-war days one iinas it maKing disclosures in a iar larger sense than is implied In our little pun. One should n't expect, for instance, to be able, to gauge, the state of the nation from a visit to the Folics, or yet to make interest! ng psychological observation regarding the genus Yankee-GI. Still that has been the experience of Madame Mack and myself on renewing ac quaintance after some years wnn this internationally known variety snow, We sat on the center aisle and five rows back. We noted that a large percentage of the crowd was American officers and ui s, Thtatxe Unhealed Our first discovery had to do wun tne state of me nation, and it was indeed startling. The great theatre was unheated at though it was sub-freezing. Most spectators kept their overcoats on. as did many of the orchestra. and they still were cold. The real sufferers, however, were the ladies of the cast, who were in an unnappy slate or deslia bille for such a night. G strings rent gooa protection against wintry blasts, and some girls were blue with cold. Still, they were good troupers, for they went through two and a half hours of torture without losing tueir smites. So here again there was regis tered in an extraordinary man ner one of the most dangerous problems not only of France but oi an uurooe the terrible short- age of coal and other fuel. This shortage is striking everywhere homes, public places, business houses, industries. It fills the winter months with peril. However, to return to the Folies Bergeres. Mrs. Mack and I were much interested in get ting the reaction of the GI's to this G-strlng svmDhonv. which is considerably more liberal than me snows lo which the boys are I accustomed at home. The tires. out Folios, by the way, are no mora ircc-aiici-casy limn wero those which I saw offored a gen eration ago during the last war to the diuis of tho present GI's. uui the r ones always wore nuughty. That's the naked truth, Little Enthuiiaim It must be admitted that some very handsome figures drifted across the stago. Still (and wo inougnt this would be of particu lar interest to tho girls back nomei tne ui s snowed little or no enthusiasm. They applauded a superb strong-man act. some very funny turns by a comedian and other bits but had small commendation for the back-to-nature scenes. The boys just sat there, chewing gum and viewing the display with an Impartial and unemotional attitude. When the show was about half through I asked a sergeant what he thought of It. Ho considered my question for a minute and then replied cynically: "I was trying to figure that out mysolf. And what does all this mean? Well, if you nro going to suggest that the boys are blase, you will be wrong. Healthy minded lads don't get blase. I think It means mat a little of this sort of enter tainment goes a long way with the average American. College Shows Student Gain The Southern Oregon College of Education at Ashland has it 1)0 per cont Increaso in student enrollment over the first week's curollmont of the 1945 winter quarter. The sexes are equal. Two-thirds of the 60 men aro re turned servicemen. Among tho latter are many lettermon. The college Is now planning to carry out extended social and athletic programs. The students come from near ly every community In southern Oregon, Most of the students are registered In lower division, qr junior college courses. In these Monday. Jan. 7. 1I4S HERALD AND NEWS TOUR. courses, (hey aro preparing to enter law, medicine, engineer lug, and oilier professional fields which require the students do ing their upper division work at tho university or college. Many are taking the three and ftmr-yoar courses In toucher edu cation. Many women and some of the men aro registered In either the one-year or two-year secretariat ctirriciilu. Still others are taking advantage of the mer chandising, denial and medical assistants, and ratilo-uloctrlc management and service, cours es of study. These soml-nrofos xlnnal terminal courses of two years duration are of particular interest to veterans. Through the efforts of the Ashlund chamber of conimorce, the church groups, and citizens, all students nave been adequate- was' b' housed. Mora homing, nccoin I niodutlons are now available. Methodist camp meeting being held. !fon!,rie''i,fe From the Klamath News January 7. 1936 The city council last night over-rode by unanimous vote Mayor Willis Mtthoncy's veto of the 12-ycar franchise for tho Pa cific Telephone and Telegraph company. Supreme court Invalidation of the AAA will throw out the War ren potato control act, Klamath farmers believe. The Warren plan was vigorously opposed 1 here. a a From the Klamath Republican January 4. 1908 Bert Osborn. Steel Swnmo mail carrier, narrowly escaped Drowning Christmas dav when he fell through the ice into Tule lake while hunting. He crossed bit of rotten ice and fell nto the bitterly cold water. There was no one near and he finally pulled himself out on stronger ice. a a a There are thnusnnds of swan on Tule lake. To hear them of an evening, one would think How it feels to sell a million dollars of life insurance in one year. I I i Ji i I I I I Registration for the winter quar. tor and on January 22, FIRST BABY Or YEAR BORN TO QODBBYB LAKEVIEW The first baby of tha yoar in Lake oounty wns horn Now Year's evening to Mr. and Mrs. Jess Godsby ot I.akovluw at the Lakevlew pub lic hospital. Tho young man, not yet immod, weighed In at pounds and 6 ounces as he Ul nut a yell to welcome in the New Year. Radio Programs C II Mutual-Don Lee IVr " 1240 he. -Mndy Ee January 7, 1841 : Stiullltlit n.n !'?! Tf.u' "4 " lino I, on, Saiinr !'!! "I "titrna !.! t"",kl Omhulra lift availing Cuni'trl IliOO tll.m, ii.rijy kwi m II,, Mlll.r Ji.M Mm. In Thai tn.rklM !!'!! ""."t Orunnnanil leiSO Muilo Al Vail 1,1k, II 1100 I II', lianra II Orn tl.i and Wari aaii Tuesday. January f, 1946 . m. W.k.ua Tuaaa farm HhIUUiii t:a Prank Htmlniwar, Nawa 1:11 Mnrnlliv M.laalM 110 ll..dll... 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Several hun dred dollars worth of clothing was ready for delivery, and may j amvttgea Dy re-cleaning, Frank LaBass, owner of the cleaning establishment stated. a,Flrand theft insurance of J15.000 was carried on clothing nd $4000 on machinery. No estimate of the fire loss to the Masonic lodge and cleaning plant was given. England's telegraph system uses up-130,000 poles in a. nor mal year. Frozen Food Lockers Now Available Quick Freezing Cuffing Wrapping Storage CALL 5361 Brattons Frozen Food Lockers 3 Miles Out on Keno Road No wonder airline captains get accustomed to effort less power, the smoothest motors in the world ride the nation's skyways. And Captain W. L. (Swanee) Swan son of American Airlines has found how to get that kind of performance oa the toad. Says Captain Swan son During tfio war we found new ways of rearranging petroleum molecules to make gasoline blending agents that unleashed extra speed, range, power for the sky ways. 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